Ottawa Observations: Tuesday/Wednesday, June 7 & 8, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Tuesday/Wednesday, June 7 & 8 , 2022

Ukraine/Russia War

Ukraine seeks Canadian hep to develop natural gas reserves 

Canada bans provision of services to Russia's oil, gas, mining and chemical sectors 

Europe's energy crisis exposes hidden dangers of ignoring security and reliability

Ukrainian forces pull back as Russia presses assault on key eastern city

Fears of global food crisis on the rise amid Russia's war on Ukraine

What are Canada's options in Ukraine?

Globe and Mail

Canadian business leaders pursue Senate changes to proposed luxury tax

Canada's investment industry pushes for more details on planned tax-free savings accounts for first-time home buyers

Island nations facing 'triple crisis,' Barbados PM says during meeting with Trudeau  

Most remaining mask mandates in Ontario set to end this weekend

Four of six Tory leadership candidates call for third debate 

Paths to Conservative leadership are now improbable for anyone not named Poilievre

Pierre Poilievre's good fortune: His supporters don't see his hypocrisy

Moderna says Omicron-targeted COVID-19 shote shows better response 

Mandatory voting works in Australia. It can work in Canada, too

Canada: The land where any plan to build more housing risks being studied to death 

On World Oceans Day, ask: What if we could do it differently 

Bank of Canada blunders could bring a housing market crunch 

Canada's carbon offset market starts to take shape, with a lot of pitfalls still to be avoided 

Enrage expert's report fuels debate over true impact of Line 5 shutdown in Canada 

Marco Mendicino tries to clarify whether police asked for Emergencies Act

Ottawa appoints special interlocutor for residential school burial sites

Federal government is working on new measure to ease delays at Canadian airports, transport minister says

Mendicino was 'misunderstood' saying cops asked for Emergencies Act: deputy minister 

Chief Electoral Officer calls for changes in report on 2019 and 2021 Federal elections 

Canada's first carbon offset market coming to help big industry cut emissions at a lower cost 

Canada, US strike deal to strengthen enforcement of ban on exports that could aid Russian war machine

Conservatives, NDP push Liberal government to take more action against inflation 

Trudeau, Anand meet with Norad commanders, US defence secretary en route to LA

At this week's Summit of the Americas, Canada has stake in US border challenges 

CBC

5 out of 6 leadership candidates open to another debate 

2 Conservative MPs switch allegiance from Patrick Brown to Pierre Poilievre

Former US ambassador calls for new comprehensive Canada-US treaty

New defence lawyers takes on high-profile case of RCMP official accused of leaking secrets 

Big industry can lower carbon pricing costs as feds launch first offset credit market

Bureaucrat tried to undercut cabinet's powers with shipbuilding project leak: Crown

Feds appoint special interlocutor for unmarked graves tied to residential schools

How a young man in Germany saved a Canadian Cabinet Minister's life

Ex-priest who abused Inuit children 'should rot in jail' says federal minister

Trudeau saying nothing about absences and boycotts at Summit of the Americas this week

Defence raises prospect of multiple leaks in bureaucrat's breach of trust trial 

From bureaucracy to the battlefield - the Governor General's Foot Guards turn 150

Chief electoral officer says it should be illegal to spread misinformation about voting 

Island nations facing 'triple crisis,' Barbados PM says before meeting Trudeau 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

High streamflow advisory for BC's lower Fraser River, snowpack remains high

BC, StatCan partner on fire prevention pilot as deaths increase in province                                

'Anger' at meeting after marchers allegedly hit by truck, RCMP investigating

BC Ferries fined $674,000 over worker who drowned after falling from vessel

Avian flu outbreaks confirmed on BC, Alberta farms after brief pause in cases 

No public hearing into arrest of Indigenous man, granddaughter at Vancouver bank

As deadly heat dome hit BC, public agencies lagged in their response, report finds

West Fraser timber raising quarterly dividend by 20 per cent

Meet one of the first people in Canada to be compensated for a COVID-19 vaccine injury

Ontario's last mask mandate expires Saturday, but there are holdouts. Here are some of the places where you'll still need to cover up

Another chaotic weekend at Pearson leads former NHL star Ryan Whitney to declare it 'worst airport on earth'

Young. White. Male. And full of hate

'That was pretty devastating;' Ontario Liberals wonder how to rebuild after another brutal election defeat

Waive biometric, document requirements for families of Afghan interpreters: committee

Marco Mendicino tries to clarify whether police asked for Emergencies Act

PM tabs chief legal officer at House of Commons to be next privacy commissioner

Conservatives say leadership vote won't be delayed after 'many new members' signed up

Russia not invited as Arctic council resumes meetings

Could the Liberals and NDP beat Doug Ford by settling their differences? 

Justin Trudeau rescued the federal Liberals from a near-death experience. Can Ontario's party be saved, too?

Justin Trudeau's progressive values are great, but they won't guarantee economic prosperity on their own

Canadian Conservatives should be taking notes on Boris Johnson's spectacular downfall 

'It's amazing in a sad way': Handgun sales are 'insane' after Ottawa unveiled plan to ban them, store owners say

Patrick Brown loses support of two Conservative MPs to Pierre Poilievre's leadership campaign

It's time for Pierre Poilievre to get serious and stop giving oxygen to Conservative's furious fringe 

Language laws not needed to protect French in Québec

Trudeau government needs to show more urgency in fixing mess at airports

Inspiring people to vote is vital to our democracy 

Two ridings offer a road map for a Liberal comeback

Toronto Sun

Trudeau skips the hell travellers face as he jets to LA on a private jet

Speculation about Ford's cabinet takes off as transition work continues

Ontario to let masking rules for public transit and many health care settings expire

Marco Mendicino is "Yes Minister' of Trudeau's cabinet

Justin Trudeau is in La La Land!

Canada's electric vehicle ambitions are pure foolhardy fantasy

Trudeau's arrogance on full display in answer to student 

Doug Ford could benefit if Ontario's NDP and Liberal Party merge 

It's fair game to criticize Canada's leading judges 

Trudeau dishes out arrogant response to student

The privatization of hospital services under Doug Ford

User fees would improve Canadian health care, says report

Trudeau needs to make economy front of mind

Time for Trudeau to suspend carbon taxes 

National Post

Several candidates call for third Conservative leadership debate, but Poilievre and Lewis non-committal

'A fishing expedition': Cellphone searches at border will face Charter challenge, say experts 

New federal offset credit market lets big industry lower carbon pricing costs, but activists critical

Luxury tax will kill jobs and cost Canadian business billions, committee hears 

Seventh COVID wave possible this fall, Tam tells MPs: 'The pandemic is not over'

Ontario to end mask mandates for public transit, hospitals but some locations to enact their own restrictions

What the Minister meant to say about suspending Canadian's rights

The mightily misunderstood Marco Mendicino 

Trudeau Foundation accused of delaying sex harassment lawsuit, insisting it be heard in Quebec

Audit of Several Quebec dioceses' records identifies 87 abusers in the church: report 

Windfall tax would be 'extreme act of aggression' against provincial authority: Alberta energy minister 

Excess profits tax would kill investment, alienate the West 

Federal Conservatives grow strong as Liberal meltdown continues 

Macleans                           

How Anita Anand  became the Trudeau government's all-round fixer

Global          

Indigenous group, RCMP meet over alleged hit and run at residential school march

Major traffic disruptions snarl Richmond after oversized load hits overpass 

'What's done is done': Okanagan man one of the first in Canada to be compensated for vaccine injury

Surging costs eroding viability of Metro Vancouver affordable housing projects

BC Ferries fined more than $600,000 after worker dies on the job

BC, First Nation aims for tourism hub with new $3.8M restaurant, gas station 

BC snowpack surges well past 'normal' levels; flood watch to intensify as heat sets in

NDP MLA Jinny Sims challenging Doug McCallum in Surrey mayoral race 

After heat dome deaths, BC report recommends building code changes to keep people cool

Canada issues travel notice as monkeypox continues to spread around the world 

Government caught 'flat-footed' by travel surge at Toronto airport: former airline exec

City of Vancouver apologizes to Italian community for internment during World War II

Transformation of Kicking Horse Canyon portion of Trans-Canada Highway 'remarkable'

Fighting hate requires new strategies, BC Human Rights Commissioner says

Fire related deaths have more than doubled in British Columbia since pandemic start 

Vancouver Park Board unanimously passes 20 year skateboard plan

NDP alleges feds 'lost' 2,900 applications of Afghans who worked for Canada

Proposed 'red flag' gun law in Canada could lead to 'swatting' criminal lawyers say

Why is China 'buzzing' Canadian, Australian planes? Here's what you need to know

LA Summit offers Canada a chance to boost its global influence

Miscellaneous            

Vancouver City Council will apologize to Italian Canadians for treatment during the Second World War

BCLC tells $3 Road to Riches scratch-and-win buyers to recheck their tickets after system 'error'

John Horgan is still using your money to fuel fracking 

'It's the people not the buildings' - Vancouver Chinatown's future legacies

Groundbreaking report outlines Canada's quick path to clean power 

RBC forecasts national home price benchmark dropping up to 10 percent due to rising interest rates

In tribute to Jack Weisgerber, one of BC's best ever elected public servants 

NDP MLA Jinny Sims could launch Surrey mayoral bid this week

Kenney is (Almost) Out. That doesn't mean the NDP Is in

Monkeypox has reached BC: What you should know

Parents lose fight to save Queen Elizabeth Annex School 

The Hail Mary Hatcheries 

One year after heat deaths, Coroner pushes for Change

Are pruning saws the Devils's Right Hand?

Vancouver, we deserve better

Can we have too much pink salmon?

Inside the Winters Hotel as it burned