Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, April 9-11, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Saturday-Monday, April 9-11, 2022

Ukraine/Russia War

Ukrainian mothers who survived shelling of maternity ward describe the day Russian forces opened fire

Ukraine says tens of thousands killed in Mariupol, accuses Russian forces of torture, executions 

Canada takes aim at Russian defence sector with new sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine

When will the war in Ukraine end

With Ukraine's digital history risking erasure, Canadians join efforts to preserve it

Russia threatens legal action if forced to default ton its sovereign debt

Ukraine expects Russian assault soon in east

The West cannot let Putin outlast it in Ukraine

Trudeau says Russian forces are 'systemically' targeting civilians' in Ukraine

UN refugees chief fears long war in Ukraine will worsen regions's humanitarian disaster

Canada pledges additional $100M in humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Canadian officials purchasing weapons for Ukraine need to act quickly: Former ambassador

Canada takes aim at Russian defence sector with new sanctions over Ukraine

Meet the man now running Russia's war in Ukraine. He's been called 'The Butcher of Syria'

Barbaric war against Ukraine underscores need for the memorial to the victims of communist Russia 

Boris shows Trudeau how it's done

Ottawa is buying armoured vehicles for Ukraine but they won't be enough 

US monitoring reports of possible chemical weapon attack in Ukraine by Russia

Alberta government terminates relationship with 3 Russian regions 

Russia's head of Chechnya republic says forces will 'take Kyiv'

Russian invasion to cut Ukraine's GDP by over 45% this year, World Bank predicts 

Russia appoints new war commander after Ukraine invasion setbacks: US Official

Ukrainian forces dig in as showdown with Russia in eastern Ukraine looms

Nearly two thirds of Ukraines' children n\have fled homes since Russian invasion: UN

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Getting COVID-19 twice with Omicron is more common as immunity wanes

Maskless people living in a dream world, as cases climb once again

Pain in my hips, a buzzing feeling in my face: These strange symptoms came with my run-in with 'mild' Omicron

Ontario's top doc urges making but won't bring back mandate

Time to stop living in perpetual fear of COVID

Dr. Moore returns to tell the mask mandate crowd to relax

Bringing back mandatory masking not what we needed

US orders all non-emergency consular staff to leave Shanghai due to COVID-19

Curiosity and an open mind can help us slay some of the worst effects of COVID-19 in BC

Smart minds know why the BC NDP government's COVID-19 response is deadly, but how can it be fixed?

Globe and Mail

Afghan interpreters press Ottawa to rescue their families

'Canada has left us high and dry,' says former guard stuck in Kabul

As Canadian police grapple with hate crimes, a wave of reforms are improving how they handle incidents

Mountie asked supervisors to alert public about fake police car

Ontario regulator approves two organizations to grant financial planning and financial adviser credentials

Ottawa still giving financial criminals the kid-glove treatment

Pierre Poilievre's support of trucker convoy 'disqualifies' him from political leadership, Jean Charest says

Canadian watchdog asked to probe allegations that imports made with forced labour in China 

Former CRTC leaders say regulator is not equipped to oversee the Online News Act

Bank of Canada expected to announce oversized rate hike this week

Liberals plan national policy convention for May of next year

CBC

Candidates vying for Conservative leadership to meet for first debates in May

Trudeau talks electric-vehicle infrastructure, incentives during Victoria visit

Freelands's budget leaves out a number of major Liberal campaign promises

Liberals planning national policy convention for May 2023

Dry cells to be banned for women prisoners suspected of carrying contraband in bodies

Government report acknowledges 'feminist' federal budget benefits men more than women

Canada isn't hopelessly divided - but our politicians can always make it worse

Prince Charles and Camilla to visit Canada in May

Global EV demand creates once-in-a-generation opportunity for Canadian mining sector 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

BC mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds 

Association of friendship centres to steer $5M fund for Indigenous safety planning

Five people in hospital after fire in residential building in Vancouver:  chief

Pierre Poilievre did a campaign video about this Vancouver house. Here's the story of how its price climbed from $254,000 to $$4.9 million

Did Jean Charest see this threat coming to his Conservative leadership bid?

A new world order is coming and it cannot cope wit the flexibility of capitalism  

Trudeau wants more electric vehicles across Canada; does not rule out nuclear power

CRTC given $8.5M for online news regulation as critics question its capacity

Liberal government's budget still lacking in gender-based analysis: advocates

Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world

Quebec's English colleges say they are being targeted by government for their success

These three countries are proving that without economic stability, democracy will falter 

A lacklustre federal budet demands a meaningful Conservative reply on key issues

The treatment of newcomers under Canada's immigration system is frankly appalling 

Ottawa and White House in talks to stop future trucker blockades, top US envoy says

The countdown for Jason Kenney starts today - as Alberta politics reach bizarre new depths

Toronto Sun

Jean Charest just lost my support

Fiery Conservative leadership race could be dangerous for Poilievre

The scorched earth politics of Senator Housakos

Liberal tax banks on banks really a tax on Canadians' retirement

Another credit card budget from Trudeau government 

For those closely watching real estate market, a shift is underway

Low productivity hurting Canadians

National Post

Steven Guilbeault finds himself the Liberal front man for a Canada awash in oil revenues

Charles and Camilla to visit Canada in May to celebrate Queen's seven decade rein

Ontario councillor. loses day's pay for saying 'judgment day' awaits vaccine supporters 

Stop playing politics with our families' lives, demand Afghan interpreters at Commons committee

Pierre Poilievre draws rock stat crowds of people tired of Trudeau

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Global          

Five people injured after fire breaks out at women's shelter in Gastown 

Tory leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre entreats Vancouver voters with housing promises

Three Vancouver councillors drop independence to join ABC Party ahead of October election 

Federal budget boosts electric vehicles, but Trudeau says nuclear power 'on the table'

Surrey councillors set to vote again on freezing new ethics complaints before election

Trudeau says Canada needs to do more, even faster with electric vehicles

Pre trial conference for Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum held in Prince George

'This is insane': Vernon city councillor raises concerns about long waits for lab testing 

Google to build submarine cable across Pacific Ocean, connecting Vancouver and Japan

People in BC will soon have access to new and expanded mental health care teams support

Canada wants to build 400,000 homes a year. Who's going to build them?

Sky-high home prices in Canada are 'intergenerational injustice,' Freeland says

What's a Canadian film? Regulator to define if new online streaming bill passes: minister

Miscellaneous            

COPE nominates its slate of candidates for 2022 Vancouver election

Fire burns In Gastown

Non disclosure agreements and the price of silence in Canadian politics 

Why must Black, Indigenous or otherwise racialized women and non binary physicians endure racist harm in the workplace in silence and isolation?

Integrated Homicide Investigation Team identifies Maple Ridge shooting victim 

Bill Gates TED Talk prompts COVID-19 vaccine opponents to hold protest outside Vancouver Convention Centre 

Canada's voting age should be lowered

'I want them to break up with their drug dealer'

We Should all be standing with the Nuchatlaht