Ottawa Observations: Thursday/Friday, July 7 & 8, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday/Friday, July 7 & 8, 2022

Shinzo Abe Assassination

Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minster, assassinated at campaign event 

'Outraged' world leaders remember Japan's Shinzo  Abe as 'dedicated visionary'

Shinzo Abe, Japan's former PM, is dead after being shot at a campaign speech. 

Japan's former PM Shinzo Abe assassinated at campaign event 

World stunned by Abe's assignation in light of Japans gun laws

Video shows moment Japan's former PM Shinzo Abe assassinated while gibbon speech 

Shinzo Abe, influential Japanese prime minister, 1954-2022

Ukraine/Russia War

Canada imposes new sanctions on Russian media in crackdown on Ukraine war disinformation 

Canada announces new Russian sanctions targeting disinformation

The contours of a deal that could end the Ukraine war are becoming clearer. But does anyone really want to end the fighting?

Globe and Mail

Rogers begins to restore service following nationwide outage

The Rogers outage has disrupted services across Canada. A list off act has been affected

Far-reaching implications of Rogers outage shows need for competition: Expert 

Suncor CEO resigns after latest fatality at a company facility 

Calgary Stampede kicks off with parade in first full event since start of pandemic 

Bill Moreau memoir will be tough on Trudeau, says ghostwriter 

Peak inflation? Why some prices are tumbling fast 

Canada poised to send sanctioned Russian gas turbine at the centre of European supply dispute to Germany 

Pierre the Polarizer has got the Conservative party - and he could certainly take the country, too

Poor Patrick Brown is the subject of a takedown, yet again

The very nature of a leadership race based on selling memberships as fast as you can is corrupting

Bank of Canada may need to reconcile with money supply to stabilize inflation 

US pushes Canada, Mexico to stop imports of Chinese goods produced by Uyghur slave labour

Boris Johnson's resignation won't affect talks on free-trade deal with Britain, Ottawa says

Assembly of First Nations chiefs agree to financial review

A summer of last-minute passports from a government that was too slow in spring

The capital of wind and solar power in Canada? It's Alberta

CBC

Conservative Party tried to bring Brown into compliance with election laws and failed leadership chair

Conservative whistleblower says she discussed 3rd party payment with Patrick Brown

Liberal MP says probe into claims against Patrick Brown should extend to Conservative Party  

Brown says Conservative establishment, Poilievre campaign worked to oust him from leadership race

What doest Patrick Brown's disqualification mean for the Conservative leadership race

Canada caught between allies as Germany presses for return of Russian turbine

Tamara Lich's bail revoked, will remain in custody

Supreme Court asked to rule on environmental impact legislation after Alberta ruling 

Heritage Department restarting consultation on online harms bill

Review of polygraph tests stokes privacy fears at cyber spy agency

Saskatchewan lawyer did not face undue delay in disbarment case, Supreme Court of Canada rules

Toronto/Vancouver Star

BC to offer COVID-19 booster  for 12 plus starting this fall, new vaccines expected  

Former clerk of BC legislature to serve three months; house arrest 

US removing tariffs on Canadian solar panels, as USMCA trade reps meet in Vancouver

2030 Olympic Games in BC offers chance for reconciliation: bid leaders 

Vancouver Street Church destroyed in fire on Downtown Eastside, no major industries

Liberal government moving too slowly to treat drug crisis as a health issue, Liberal MPs say

24 handguns in a rental car gas tank. The inside story of a gun bust at the US-Canada border 

A whiff of Donald Trump, a gleeful Justin Trudeau: Dumping Patrick Brown comes with bi risks for Conservatives

Patrick Brown 'knew full well' the allegations against him, Conservative party brass insist

AFN starts reviews into finances, bullying in chance to heal, clean up: Archibald

Tamara Lich will stay in jail because of 'troubling' new evidence about her role in the Ottawa protest, Ontario court rules 

On passports and airports, public patience with Liberals is running out

Toronto Sun

Rogers outage disastrous in the technological age

Hunt for lost bag at Pearson  continues amid delays

Farmers feel ignored as Trudeau government pushes them to reduce emissions

Internet outage a reminder about grid, system resilience 

'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich to remain in jail pending trial

Patrick Brown defends himself by disparaging Conservatives 

Is this the end of the Patrick Brown saga?

Dire shortage of nurses must be addressed 

Ottawa needs to become a capital where all Canadians feel welcome

Dutch farmer protest sparked by policy Trudeau wants for Canada 

Freeland's absurd claim 'climate action' insures against high energy prices 

Why is Ontario transportation ministry hosting forum on impact of Roe v Wade being overturned? 

Indigenous Canadians need a federal leader like Pierre Polievre

Liberal nobodies cower before Trudeau 

National Post

Oilpatch leader Mark Little resigns following another death at Suncor site 

'Brown campaign knew full well' the allegations, tory officials say in letter to members 

Brown still has to file Elections Canada paperwork, pay any debts despite disqualification  

Patrick Brown whistleblower comes forward, claims Brown knew of improper payments

Tory leadership committee was advised not to approve Patrick Brown's nomination

'Freedom Convoy' organizer, Tamara Lich denied bail, ordered detained until trial

Liberal ineptitude reaches a new low with the great passport drought  

Critics call for Parliament, CRTC to immediately investigate Rogers outage 

The rot in Canada's dysfunctional government is coming from the top

Poilievre's Conservative critics don't understand their own party

How the COVID 'hero pay' scandal prompted Ottawa to make wage-fixing illegal 

How 'multiculturalist' became an insult in Quebec

Release specifics of Patrick Brown allegations and end the circus

The Ford government is in no hurry to save a collapsing health system

Expert panel backs Liberal approach to online harms, but not content takedowns

As Airport chaos continues, no sign of Liberal governments promised consumer advocate

Macleans                           

 

Global          

Rogers service recovering but key BC services still affected 

Metro Vancouver gas prices sink below $2 for first time in months 

BC health officials recommend a fall booster for COVID-19

Former BC Legislature clerk Craig Ames gets three month conditional sentence

First case of monkeypox reported on Vancouver Island, bringing BC total to 21

'Not afraid at all' Escaped pigs threaten Vancouver island golf course 

BC Superstore workers narrowly vote to avert strike 

'Popular, historic and lasting': Looking back at John Horgan's legacy

Cost estimates released for First National led 2030 Olympic Games bid in BC

BC Ferries cancels 2 evening sailings Friday due to staff shortage 

BC unemployment rate decreases to 4.6% halfway through 2022

Former BC legislature clerk Craig James gets three-month conditional sentence 

CFL game set to be broadcast in an Indigenous language for the first time

How close is too close to the far-right? Why some experts are worried about Canada's MPs

Feds won't buy tobacco company's stake in Medicago to free up COVID vaccines: minister 

Line 5: Michigan panel wants details on Great Lakes oil tunnel plan

Patrick Brown: Liberal MP seeks probe on whether CPC benefitted from wrongdoing

Quebec judge under fire over sexual assault discharge citing career impact 

Miscellaneous            

Freedom Convoy organizer Tamar Lich is back in jail after breaching bail conditions 

Immigrants face crisis of the withering Canadian dream

16 blocks of Knight Street to be repaved this summer 

'Forever Plague

What does affordable housing mean anymore?

Why was it so hard to get info about the Winters Hotel Fire?

No 'Ramped up Second Boosters until the fall

Winters Hotel Fire Report confirms Extinguishers were empty 

More Criminal charges In Gas Pipeline Conflict 

The Proud Boys never fully went away

'Carbon Capture' is no fix. Big Oil's know for decades