Ottawa Observations: Thursday/Friday, June 9/10, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday/Friday, June 9/10, 2022

Ukraine/Russia War

How Hong Kong could become the next hot place for Russian oligarchs to store their wealth

Russia stealing Ukraine grain and selling it, mining fields, House committee chair says

Macron has embarrassed France with his comments on the Ukraine war

RCMP says $123M in Russian assets frozen, $289M in transactions blocked since Ukraine invasion

Vladimir Putin needed 'urgent' medical care after 'sharp sickness, weakness and dizziness'

Ukraine asks Canada to send 'storage facilities, plastic bags' to save brain blocked from export 

Canada on 'high alert' for cyberattacks from Russia, others: minister

Globe and Mail

Canada and Denmark reach settlement over disputed Arctic Island, sources say

Federal government temporarily suspends random COVID-19 airport testing, leaves vaccine mandates in place

Ranchers push back against Health Canada's proposed warning label for ground beef

Ontario's top doctor says new round of COVID-19 vaccine boosters planned for the fall

Canada would be first country to require warning labels on individual cigarettes with new proposal

Despite government's rosy view, indexed pensions and benefits are not keeping up with inflation 

Ottawa says it won't press Senators to pass online-streaming bill by summer after moving to shut down Commons debate

Canada's housing frenzy was the party of all parties. Get ready for a hangover

If Marco Mendicino misled Parliament, he has to go

Liberals dismiss Conservative offer to quickly pass parts of the government's gun-crime bill

Dominic Barton tapped to advise Canada on Indo-Pacific strategy

Canada to welcome 4,000 additional migrants from Latin America and Caribbean by 2028, US says

Well over 600,000 voters may be eligible to cast ballot for next federal Conservative leader

Liberals and NDP: The party mergers pipe dream is back

Canadian universities still partnering with Huawei despite 5G ban over security

CBC

Feds temporarily suspend random arrival testing at Canada's airports 

Canada added almost 40,000 jobs in May, pushing jobless rate down to record-low 5.1%

Federal government may make reporting cyberattacks mandatory: Mendicino

Canadian bishops hopeful Pope Francis will still make planned trip after postponing African visit

HMCS Halifax CO temporarily relieved of duties

Canada commutes $27M on easing migration pressures at Summit of the Americas

Following Poilievre's attacks, Bank of Canada governor says he welcomes criticism 

Canada still a long way from hitting NATO's defence spending target, budget watchdog says

Former Senate official who was fired after claiming racial discrimination gets a new hearing

Case dropped against Canadian bureaucrat accused of leaking secret documents 

CBSA officers caught giving preferential treatment, associating with criminals, documents reveal

Typical mortgage payment could be 30% higher in 5 years, Bank of Canada warns

Number of cases of monkeypox across Canada now up to 112

New Canadian regulations would put a warning on each cigarette, not just packaging

The Liberals could do more to tackle inflation - but that's now a question for the fall

Brown says he won't run for the Conservatives if Poilievre wins the leadership

Alberta NDP's best summer ever looms as Jason Kenney fades away

Toronto/Vancouver Star

High streamflow advisory issued for rivers overwhelmed by November's flooding in BC

BC Liberals gather in Okanagan, consider name change, look toward 2024 election

Indigenous leaders survey members to explore racist responses when status cards used

Former judge's report into BC money laundering to be released Wednesday

Tory confident Toronto will host 2026 World Cup games as FIFA announcement looms

Regulator extends deadline for immigration consultants facing new rule

The inside story of how Doug Ford beat the NDP - and destroyed the Liberals -in the Ontario election 

'Things are note well here': A first-time provincial candidate shares his door-kicking revelations 

Trans Mountain pipeline protester Tim Takaro should not do jail time

Looking back on the Ontario election a week later, it just gets murkier

Ontario's election produced a result that is unfair and unrepresentative. The voting system needs to be change

Should Canada have supported Mexico and other nations by also boycotting the Summit of the Americas?

Toronto Sun

Canada suspends random COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers at airports  

Enough with the airport rules farce 

'Misleading' is a polite word to describe Mendicino's remarks

Mortgage warning the latest worry for Canadian family budgets

Trudeau enjoys California sunshine as Canada crumbles

'The Trudeau government caught lying again about the emergencies act'

Ontario Liberal Party needs real, substantive change now

Michelle Rempel-Garner has what UCP needs to win again

Nothing funny about invoking emergency law

National Post

Good luck outlawing election 'disinformation' without making it worse 

Cancellations, staff shortages and COVID mandates: Why there's chaos at Canada's airports 

In world first, Canada to put warning on each cigarette, not just packaging

Canada to welcome just 4,000 additional migrants from Americas by 2029: White House

Liberals suspend random COVID testing at airports as frustration over travel rules mounts

For the sake of his integrity, Marco Mendicino should resign

Canada keeps hitting turbulence on the journey back to normal

Crisis of trust in the truth

Canada needs an edge - and immigrants can provide it

Conservative leadership contender Patrick Brown wins support of Beijing-allied groups, senator

'Like minded' Canada, California agree to partner on climate action and nature protection 

Ex-Liberal MP Raj Grewal so agitated by blackjack losses, casino flied security report 

Macleans                           

Moderna's Patricia Gauthier is preparing Canada for the next pandemic 

I've sold every handgun in stock since Canada's proposed gun freeze was announced 

Global          

'Lies': Parents of BC boy who died say medical records and care report don't match

Findings of public inquiry into money laundering in BC to be released on Wednesday 

BC mine's electrified trucks a Canadian first, with goal of net-zero GHG emissions 

Canadian passport delays are frustrating travellers. What's the fix?

Indigenous hosted skateboarding event debuts in Langley, with a focus on inclusion

Abbotsford council looking at 'hybrid' option to mitigate Sumas Prairie flooding

Indigenous leaders survey members to explore racist responses when status cards used 

More than 75% of Victoria residents don't feel safe downtown at night: Victoria PD survey

Students, Indigenous elders collaborate to decolonize BC museum exhibits 

Rebuild of Lytton after devastating wildfire to begin by September: minister

BC Liberals gather in Okanagan, consider name change, look toward 2024 election 

Ottawa's move to halt random COVID-19 testing 'welcome news' for Canada's airports

'Knowledge gap' is contributing to on-the-job electrical injuries, BC Hydro says

IIO files report for consideration of charges in Chilliwack police shooting

'The people in this province are suffering': BC Greens launch health-care tour

More females, older people are overdosing in BC

BC government delays some school upgrades due to shortage of capital cash

Canada agrees to welcome 4K additional migrants from Americas by 2028, US says

Trudeau aims to capitalize on final day of Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles

New Brunswick removes mention of 'unneeded' land from motion  recognizing Reconciliation Day

Canada, California to work together on climate action nature protection

Crown drops breach of trust case against bureaucrat over $700M shipbuilding deal

Miscellaneous            

A smarter strategy for changing the BC Liberal name, dumb as that enterprise is for Kevin Falcon

Health Minister must ensure new gene-edited foods are properly an democratically regulated  

Vancouver makes public-plaza drinking a permanent summer event 

Canada needs to step up and help the women and girls of Afghanistan

Virtue signalling about luxury air travel and carbon footprints entrenches bad behaviours 

Full text of city council's apology to Vancouver's Italian Canadian community for treatment during Second World War 

Councillor Colleen Hardwick will ask colleagues to refer Broadway Plan back to staff until after October election

BC Greens launch hearings on Health Care 'crisis'

The Day everything stopped working

Jason Kenney and the Tyee

Your Hot, Hot Housing Questions answered 

No easing of BC's Toxic Drug crisis

Tribal hatcheries and the road to restoration