Friday, October 25, 2019

Ottawa Observations: Friday, October 25, 2019



Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Friday, October 25, 2019 


The 2019 Federal Election Archive page


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Hong Kong protester alleging police sexual misconduct holds Canadian passport, appeals to Ottawa for help
Vancouver school cancels assignment after backlash over Chinese propaganda


Globe and Mail

Get used to it: Toronto is the key to winning
It's deeper than Andrew Scheer: the root of the Conservative Party's failure to launch
Best of luck to Canada's kids: Fossil-fuel court cases have yet to pay off
Mayors of Calgary, Edmonton criticize funding cuts to cities in Alberta budget
Public sector, education and capital spending: Where Alberta is cutting
Alberta is about to learn how the other half lives
An Alberta budget that is for good and ill, exactly as Jason Kenney promised
Why do Jagmeet Singh and the NDP seem so happy about the party's crushing defeat?
A minority government can set the stage for a nation-building vision
Enough with the broken promises. Will Trudeau do better for First Nations this time?
Can Andrew Scheer really become prime minister?
Jason Kenney is uniquely placed to save Alberta - if he has the audacity to impose a sales tax
The 'climate change' election is over. What happens now?


CBC

'Seek and destroy' contract came with strings, Kinsella reveals
Jim Carr, minister of international trade, diversification, diagnosed with cancer
Canadian Parliament Primer
'Together, we are unstoppable': Greta Thunberg addresses thousands at Vancouver climate rally
Female Conservatives expected to step up after Lisa Raitt's defeat
Possible to hold socially conservative views and be prime minister: Scheer
Special forces soldier who admitted to stealing military equipment faces expulsion
Researchers found evidence of Twitter troll activity in the last week of the federal election
Do the math - Canadians aren't getting the government they're voting for 


Toronto Star

Hostile U.S. refugee policies stoking irregular migration to Canada, study says
Elizabeth May prepares to pass the Green torch
Widespread support for Liberal-NDP co-operation in Parliament, poll says
Election has left Conservatives in a bad place
Anti-choice group attacks Scheer for not defending social conservative values
Jane Philpott on losing re-election and being 'disappointed' at the message voters sent Trudeau on the SNC-Lavalin affair
'She's not our idol': Vancouverites who swarmed to see Greta Thunberg should remember what's at stake, climate activists say
Maybe it's time to take emotion out of our politics
Newfoundland and Labrador elected six Liberals. Why are some Albertans so angry about it?
Canadians are a sensible people after all
Vulgar attack on McKenna a reminder of the abuse that all women endure


Toronto Sun

Federally funded guide tells Muslims how to vote
Federal civil service unions happy to see Trudeau  back


National Post

Was the federal election a case of the right product but the wrong packaging for Conservatives?
'This isn't just anger': Seven prominent voices assess the post-election mood out west
Sorry Albertchewan, cabinet ministers are supposed to be elected, not selected
Trudeau's hollow victory leaves the real issues facing this country unresolved
This mess of an election has definitely changed the climate in the West
Voting guide for Canadian muslims rated party leaders on their views on BDS movement, B'nai Brith says
Rethinking the shameless election, and how it was covered - damp squib and all
Scheer asked Canadians to trust him, while avoiding questions. Not a good look
The Buffalo Gap - must the Liberals find a champion from the Prairie?
Andrew Scheer says wide-ranging analysis underway into what worked and what didn't during divisive election


Maclean's

Western separatism is not a serious option
Andrew Scheer's resistance to the inevitable
Could Chrystia Freeland save Canada?
Advice to Conservatives: Think twice
The purple Senator


Global

This way to "Wexit": Navigating Alberta's theoretical secession
'Hold your nose and vote': How undecided Canadian voters made up their minds
Western alienation is very real in Alberta and Saskatchewan
'It's a human issue': vulgar slur denounced by Nova Scotia in politics
Jim Carr, Winnipeg MP and Liberal minister, diagnosed with cancer
Trudeau promised legally binding climat targets - what exactly does that mean?
'You can have a personal view' without imposing: Scheer says a PM can be socially conservative


Miscellaneous

'Together We Are Unstoppable' Thousands join Greta Thunberg in Vancouver Climate Protest
Politicians offered a choice between climate fantasies as our future grows Bleaker
How Progressives can compete to Win Next Time
Greta Thunberg marches with Vancouver climate activists through the downtown core
Why are Albertans so damned angry?
Greta Thunberg inspires thousands at climate change march in Vancouver


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