Sunday, December 22, 2019

Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, December 21 &22



Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday/Sunday, December 21 & 22, 2019 


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Canada's ambassador to China to provide deposition about his role as head of McKinsey & Co.


Globe and Mail

'All I was ever doing was my job,' Jody Wilson-Raybould says as SNC-Lavalin saga ends
Bill Morneau takes shot at Tories over recession talk in wake of fiscal update
Thunder Bay's economic hardships are a sign of things to come for the rest of Canada
Why Ottawa should say yes to Frontier, an oil sands project that might never get built
Six relics vs. one BC pipeline: How the Wet'suwet'en's fight against a natural gas project became an argument about archeology


CBC

Canada's new Arctic patrol ships could be tasked with hurricane relief
Turkey passed up Canada's offer to help with Khashoggi investigation, documents show
Canada joins international condemnation of Russia, China over UN veto of Syrian aid
Trudeau says he won't let resistant premiers scuttle municipal handgun ban
Conservative Party convention postponed to November 2020
Elections Canada added 69 on-reserve polling stations in response to ballot shortages
Son of Russian spies relieved to keep Canadian citizenship


Toronto Star

Is Trudeau finally finished with selfies?
Bill Morneau warns Tories to stop recession talk
Ethnic media's coverage of Canada's federal election closely mirrors mainstream press


Toronto Sun

Only question for Conservatives is 'who can beat Trudeau?'
Be wary of government social media meddling
Scaring children in the name of climate change
Buying out contraband tobacco players would save lives
Roll out the Maple leaf for Prince Harry and Meghan


National Post

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Global


Manure dumped at Premier Doug Ford's constituency office by climate activists
Patrick Brazeau continues push for male suicide study, says many 'ashamed to ask for help'
Finance Minister Morneau won't draw red line on how far feds willing to push deficit
Politically and legally, the SNC-Lavalin affair has hurt Canada's image
Trudeau says he won't let provincial resistance scuttled municipal handgun bans


Miscellaneous

Justin Trudeau and BC Premier John Horgan extend best wishes to Jewish Community on Hanukkah, aka Chanukah
Gidimt'en spokesperson Sleydo', aka Molly Wickham, accuses RCMP of acting as mercenaries for industry


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