Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, May 28-30

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Saturday-Monday,  May 28-30 , 2022

Ukraine/Russia War

EU bans most Russian oil; Zelenskyy calls Donbas situation 'extremely difficult' 

Son-in-law of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin quits as Putin advisor: sources

Okanagan firefighters donate gear to Ukrainian counterparts working in 'utmost horrifying conditions'

Globe and Mail

Ottawa to halt handgun sales, imports, but stops short of total ban

Canada has a real gun violence problem, but  it's (mostly) not the one the Liberals want to talk about 

Military has 'failed' to keep women in uniform safe from sexual assault, former justice Louise Arbour finds 

The term 'Sexual misconduct' is ambiguous. That's also why it is powerful

Tim Horton's faces scrutiny over app's tracking of customers

Building on river floodplains has proven costly and devastating to Canadians. A new Globe analysis reveal which cities are most at risk

International Trade Minister Marg Ng under ethics investigation over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist 

To fix Canadian health care, let's try the Dutch model

Get ready for the 'reverse currency wars'

The future of the Ontario Liberals is at stake on June 2

Rogers, Shaw agree not to close $26 billion merger until deal reached with competition watchdog 

Ottawa announce $247 million to create 25,000 apprenticeship positions across Canada

Ontario political party leaders pledge to fix health care shortage in the north

Jason Kenney didn't learn the lessons Doug Ford has

Pierre Poilievre only Conservative leadership candidate to stay mum on Bill 96

Warning: Canadian are house -rich - but heavily in debt

CBC

Military should give up control of sexual assault cases permanently: former Supreme Court Justice

Quebec adopts Bill 96 French language reforms amid concerns

20 years after they deployed to Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers ask: Was it worth it?

Government tables bill to limit handguns, pledges to buy back assault-style weapons 

Rogers and Shaw agree to injunction that temporarily blocks their merger closing 

Mary Ng under ethics probe over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist 

Residential school survivors push for papal visit to Kamloops, want input on expected apology

 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Man turns himself in to police over manure pile left at BC premier's office

BC starts Burnaby Hospital upgrade as rural hospitals face weekend ward closures 

There were telltale signs of money laundering. Why didn't Canada's major banks flag millions of dollars in suspicious wire transfers?

Striking Sea-to-Sky transit workers reject deal recommended by bargaining committee 

Key elements of the Liberal government's firearms control announcement 

Ottawa'a main Canada Day celebrations to be held at LeBreton Flats Park

On gun control, Parliament is less divided today than it might appear

Yukon supervised drug consumption site upgraded to allow indoor smoking

Time for military to scrap harmful traditions: retired Supreme Court justice 

Racial profiling trial begins into power of Quebec police to make random car stops

Ottawa moves to ban handgun sales with sweeping new firearms control bill 

Is this the man Jason Kenney wants to replace him?

Jason Kenney's war on doctors has left health care in shambles

Canadian Forces sexual misconduct review calls for civilian criminal prosecutions, study of military schools 

Is Quebec about to push Canada in to another language war? Five things you need to know

Toronto Sun

Trudeau's new gun law doesn't target gun crime 

National handgun freeze key feature of Federal Liberals' new fire-arm control bill

'I don't despise Andrea Horwath': Del Duca says 

Time for military to scrap harmful traditions, structures: Arbour 

Bank of Canada faces credibility test in political firestorm over inflation

Del Duca's campaign takes nasty tone in final days

Stop the cuts -- and make life affordable for everyday folks

Del Duca and Horwath deserve to lose in 2022

Sticking to gun control debates is the easy way out

The Trudeau government gets serious with rapid cyber response,  Huawei ban

Trudeau is living in a dream world when it comes to economics 

Del Duca peddles false hope on car jackings and gun crime

Stop blaming climate change for political incompetence 

Hate-fest will do no good for federal Conservatives 

Ideas needed for tackling inflation 

Ford and the PCs are the only choice

National Post

Arbour report faults military's insular culture for sexual misconduct crisis

Mary Ng under ethics probe over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist 

No amount of left-wing witchcraft will support claims that Poilievre is Trump

Ford (finally) shows up in Ottawa, as Ontario campaign hist the home stretch

Military failed to protect women from sexual assault and Trudeau couldn't care less 

Liberals table bill to 'freeze' the purchase, transfer or importation of handguns indefinitely  

Federal government did not anticipate 'massive surge' in passport applications

First RCMP supervisor of Nova Scotia mass shooting describes miscue in containing the killer

Ontario school board removes Agatha Christie book due to anti-Semitic references

Macleans                           

Global          

Chinatown mural painted only 5 weeks ago already covered with graffiti  

'Like their work doesn't matter': Screening agents protest low pay at Vancouver airport

BC government upgrades Burnaby Hospital while others face closures

Striking Sea-to-Sky workers reject deal recommended by bargaining committee

Man turns himself in to police over manure pile left at BC premier's office

BC Ferries to expand alcohol sales on some routes between Vancouver, Vancouver Island 

BC wants First Nations consensus before old-growth logging deferred on shared lands

Staff shortage forces temporary closure of another BC hospital ER

More health care concerns after nursing shortage temporarily closes Port McNeill ER

Gun control advocates applaud Ottawa's handgun freeze, but some owners are angry

Ottawa is moving to freeze handgun sales nationwide. Here's what that means

Canada's trade minister faces ethics probe over Liberals $17K contract 

Canada's military a 'broken system' that's a 'liability' to the country, report finds

Quebec's use of notwithstanding clause in language law opens constitutional debate 

Tougher bail rules, sentences for gun violence in Canada 'certainly an option': minister 

Miscellaneous            

Replacement proposed for East Vancouver's Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House

Senior turns himself into RCMP in connection with manure dump at Premier John Horgan's constituency office

Needle in a haystack: Richmond condo building offers one bedroom unites for less than $200,000

A Better Broadway Plan: Radical Pro-affordabilty

Evicted while Hospitalized, Now Homeless 

The Suncor we don't hear about

When is a species really extinct?