Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, July 27 & 28, 2019

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Saturday/Sunday, July 27 & 28,  2019 


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Hong Kong tensions reach BC's Simon Fraser University as notes, posters supporting protests partly torn down


Canada wide Manhunt for BC homicide suspects

We have an archive of stories related to the case files available here.



Globe and Mail

Internal documents challenge Via Rail's business case for extending new rail line to Quebec City
Two Saudi sisters who fled allegedly abusive father hope Canada will grant them asylum
Is Elizabeth May ready for the Green Party's big moment ahead of the fall election?


CBC

TMX Board approved additional $5M in future bonuses for federally owned project
How the New Democrats could create 300,000 new green jobs
What's the ballot issue in 2019? The high cost of living
Will there be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050?
How the parties' paths to majority government have changed
SNC-Lavalin affair could turn Indigenous votes away from the Liberals, national chief warns
Behind-the-scenes work on skills policy detailed in election-tinged documents


Toronto Star

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Toronto Sun

Trudeau's budgets did not balance themselves
What is obstruction of justice?
24 Sussex Drive a money pit worth saving
The latest Liberal affront to free speech
The three politicians blocking Andrew Scheer's path


Maclean's

So Long, Tory lead


National Post

The Yaniv outrage has left Canada, rightly, the laughing stock of the world
Via's case for major rail project better without Montreal-Quebec leg, according to fed. document
Advice to party leaders: Play nice or you'll be punished in the polls


Global

Bernie Sanders joins group of US diabetics coming to Ontario to buy cheaper insulin
'Nothing to fear' for Canada despite Johnson, Trump comparisons: expert
'Illegitimate' internet use under the microscope at Five Eyes meeting: Goodale
Government 'didn't care' about reducing emissions, says members of Quebec's green fund
Indigenous communities and water crises - is a real solution in the works?
Who is Hassan Diab and why was his extradition so controversial?


Miscellaneous

Scheer's 'working class' election playbook designed to woo BC voters