Ottawa Observations: Tuesday-Wednesday, May 10-11, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Tuesday-Wednesday May 10-11 , 2022

Ukraine/Russia War

Bringing up the dead: Ukraine searches the battlefields for unidentified remains 

Putin guilty of 'depravity' for denying hungry Africans grain from Ukraine: Goodale 

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The logic behind vaccine mandates for travellers no longer holds 

BC's physicians and surgeons are highest vaccinated groupie, naturopaths lowest 

Done with COVID? It's just the Overture 

Globe and Mail

CSIS was concerned about extremes in relation to trucker convoy, director says

The WEF conspiracy theory is in the Conservative Leadership race, and Canada's main streets

Majority of Canadians support federal government's plan to regulate internet, poll shows

Ontario Leaders debate housing affordability, health care issues in Northern Ontario

Conservative leadership candidates to meet face to face in Edmonton for next debate 

Ontario PC candidate Stephen Leece blasted for 'slave auction[' in university

Opposition parties assail Liberals for abandoning Afghans

In first debate of Ontario election, party leaders paid no attention to the issue that matters most: Cost of living

Ottawa tweaks draft regulations to ensure gun buyers have licence 

Howarth target car insurance rates on campaign trail 

Vaccine refusal? Blockades? Bitcoin? What does any of this have to do with conservatism?

The Indigenous incarceration crisis demands a bolder response: Decarceration  

All Quebeckers are victims of Bill 96's overreach 

As tensions between NATO and Russia increase, look to Kalingrad

Connected and engaged Indigenous communities are the key to unlocking Canada's full potential

SNC-Lavalin gets a deferred prosecution agreement - a first in Canada

The Liberals are eager to talk about regulating speech online - but wisely reluctant to actually do it

CBC

Conservative candidates par over inflation, abortion and TV shows - in an unusual leadership debate

RCMP commissioner denies claim Mounties used 'kid gloves' with Freedom Convoy protesters 

Ottawa tweaks draft regulations to ensure gun buyers have licences 

Canada's top soldier expelled from RMC Alumni Association  

Ottawa preparing to charter 3 flights for Ukrainian refugees 

Governor General Mary Simon says Indigenous languages 'marginalized all the time' in Canada

Finance Canada defends $10 billion loan guarantee for Trans Mountain 

CSIS was concerned about extremist violence, recruitment amid Freedom Convoy: top spy

Alberta Appeal Court says federal environmental impact law violates Constitution

Canadian online searches for far-right material increased during pandect, MPs told

Jagmeet Singh verb all harassed during Ontario election campaign stop in Peterborough 

MPs vote down Bloc motion to scrap daily reading of prayer from house procedure 

Report finds 2021 federal election debates were clumsy and didn't help voters understand policy 

CRA begins Sendung debt letters to those who received pandemic benefits while ineligible

US Senator: Canada's a freeloader on defence and it's getting tiring

Federal Government announces funding to expand access to abortion services 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

BC drops 24 tickets against pastors issued for violating COVID-19 orders

Marriage proposal in BC legislature gets a 'Yes' from fiancée, cheers from MLAs

Activists urge sanctions on Hong Kong judges following the arrest of Canadian Denise Ho

Liberals fire candidate who baselessly claims that 'rebreathing' by infants causes homosexuality  

Delayed snowmelt, potential rain and warm weather raises flooding risk in BC

Pipeline builder fined thousands over erosion and sediment control on BC project 

Pierre Poilievre will say just about anything - opening the door to anger, conspiracies and extremism 

Conservative leadership candidates questioned  about personal taste, political tactics at first official debate

With rivals like these, Doug Ford has nothing to fear 

We're paying a lot more for groceries. Calling it out is the least Ottawa can do

Doug Ford becomes an unlikely role model for Conservative leadership hopefuls

UN committee criticizes Canada over handling of Indigenous pipeline opposition 

Governor General's tour of Nunavik suspended amid poor weather in northern Quebec 

The inside story of Justin Trudeau's secret tip to Ukraine 

After rowdy first round, Conservative leadership hopefuls gather for a second debate. Here's what to watch for

Clumsy format, too many moderators made 2021 election debates less effective: report 

Toronto Sun

Horwath's pledge to cut car insurance rates 40% is a fantasy 

Party leaders avoid this top issue, meaning they are ignoring voters 

Defunding the CBC? Pierre Poilievre's empty promise? Or can he make it happen?

Let responsible drinkers raise a glass in Toronto's parks

Canadian singer, activist Denise Ho among group arrested in Hong Kong: report

Soldier charged for speaking out against vaccine requirements while in uniform 

Quebec asks feds to close Roxham Road, says province can't handle influx of refugees

Hard Hat revolution as another construction union backs Ford's PC's

An expansion of NATO now would just be about provoking Russia

The losing leadership of NDP's Andrea Horwath

Conservative debate Wednesday will show the tone of each campaign 

The Liberals have sneakily brought back the gun registry 

No end in sight for government spending spree across Canada

Cost of living must be centre stage 

We're seeing our energy future now

National Post

BC township sells landowner's property dirt cheap over unpaid taxes - without telling him 

Forty percent of Canadians wold take less pay to work from home, survey finds 

Conservatives, Liberals join forces to vote down Bloc motion to end daily prayer in House of Commons

In a province where bland works, Steven Del Duca finds his groove

Spring has sprung, but Canadian home sales on ice after Bank of Canada forces rate hikes 

'We're not getting it perfect': Carolyn Rogers says the Bank of Canada is learning from its mistakes 

Ford's PCs pull away from Liberals in new poll that should worry Del Duca 

The Liberals spurn female Indigenous lawyer for teen loyalist

Canada has lagged on policing Big Tech. That may be about to change

Embattled Bank of Canada has no one to blame but itself for eroding trust 

RCMP didn't ask for Emergencies Act to be invoked, commissioner tells Commons committee

Immigration minister pressed on why 3,100 Afghans who helped Canada have not bee approved 

Macleans                           

Canada weighing whether to invest in ballistic missile defence

Global          

'Despicable': Another video of teen violence surfaces in Metro Vancouver 

Talks resume with mediator in bitter 103 day old Sea-to-Sky transit strike 

Legislature love: BC MLA proposes to partner from legislature floor 

Vancouver firefighters issue warning amid five fold increase in battery fires 

First Nations leaders renew call to stop BC pipeline projects as UN raps Canada 

Vancouver Island community facing closure of only family medical clinic 

Crown drops 24 fines against BC pastors for violating COVID-19 orders 

BC's risk of spring flooding 'considerably' higher report says

'We have more to do': Vancouver mayor responds to disturbing spree of teen violence 

'It's systemic': Plaintiff in lawsuit against RCMP weir in after BC cop quits amid bullying, sexism

Miscellaneous            

New Rennie Report suggests balanced Vancouver housing market 'just maybe' possible this summer

CIBC says higher interest rates will 'not cure what ails Canadian housing'

Trudeau government provides $10 billion loan guarantee for Trans Mountain pipeline 

Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akela killed while covering Israeli Defence Forces raid on Jenin 

Coastal GasLink fined again for Environmental Damage 

Hospitals shouldn't be a place to ge COVID

Winters Hotel Fire: Resident Dennis Guay is missing

Broadway Corridor Plan: Seven needed amendments 

Investigate Kenney's Secrecy system, say MLA's

African Mine Disaster Turns Spotlight on Canadian Mining Firms

Keys to unlocking the Indigenous Economy 

Unionizing in BC is getting easier. Here's Why that's good