Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, November 26-28, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Saturday-Monday, November 26-28, 2022

Ukraine/Russia War

 

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Globe and Mail

RCMP investigating Chinese interference in Canadian affairs, Commissioner says

Chinese students in Canada mobilize covertly to deliver anti-Xi message

Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy is better than no strategy at all

Coroner's' inquest hears testimony from mother of Cree teen who died in group home

Two Senior Air Force officers charged over 'inappropriate' fighter pilot nickname 

India's envoy calls on Canada to crack down on Canadian funding of Khalistan separatist movement 

Alberta not proceeding with Premier Smith's bill to protect COVID-19 unvaccinated

Fate of Petro Canada rests with Sunoco's need for speed

Who was the Prime Minister who testified at the Emergencies Act inquiry, and how do we get more of him?

We built the railway in five years. So why are so many megaprojects now stalled?

Freeland defends government's $4 Billion change to Canada Workers Benefit, despite PBO criticism

Where's the oil boom? Why Alberta's recent good fortune is mostly a mirage

Developers who bought Ontario Greenbelt land linked to Ford Government 

Toronto and Vancouver 's office vacancies on the rise as companies try to get rid of space

Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy sees China as a 'disruptive global power' 

If Indo-Pacific strategy falters, it'd be 'our country's future that is being stolen'

Canada will soon decide if launching trade talks with Taiwan: official

Was the Emergencies Act really about the economy? Depends on whom you ask 

New BC Premier David Eby looking for federal action on crime, health care

CBC

Trudeau announces $43.5 million in funding for Saskatchewan First Nation rocked by stabbings

Trudeau tells us how he became the 'somebody' who did 'something' about the convoy

Could the Convoy come back?

Emergencies Act inquiry price tag estimated at nearly $9M

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the stand at Emergencies Act inquiry - here's what we learned 

Backlog of air passenger complaints still rising but may have peaked, enforcement agency says

Emergencies Act inquiry  studies fundamental rights and freedoms at stake in protests 

Melanie Joly summons Russian ambassador to answer for anti-LGBTQ tweets

Trudeau government unveils long-awaited plan to confront an 'increasingly disruptive' China

Twitter's time in Canadian politics began wit an apology - and then it to worse 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

New BC medical school at Simon Fraser to train next generation of doctors: Premier

BC announces measures to license more internationally trained doctors

Hundreds in Vancouver rally in sympathy with China COVID protests

Human rights commissioner calls for an end to police officer program in BC schools

Why Justin Trudeau can survive the inquiry and Pierre Poilievre has stayed silent

Pierre Poilievre îs în touch with his feelings, and they're angry

At Emergencies Act inquiry, Justin Trudeau's testimony revealed a previously unknown side of the prime minister

Canada's new China policy says everything and nothing 

Mother of Cree teen who died in BC group home testifies at coroner's inquest 

Opposition, experts praise new Indo-Pacific strategy but want implementation plan

Feds must deliver 'concrete actions' to fix emergency response on First Nations: AG

Conservatives are 'fearmongering' over assault-style gun ban: public safety minister 

Joly seeks reprimand of Russian ambassador  as embassy tweets against LBTQ community

Ottawa's new police chief says building trust a top priority after 'a tough year'

Alleged Chinese spy who worked for Hydro-Quebec granted bail ahead of trial

Justin Trudeau gives Emergencies Act inquiry scathing assessment of police during 'Freedom Convoy' occupation

Trudeau offers olive branch to convoy protesters but no apology for vaccine mandate 

Trudeau government doesn't yet have the tools to match its threat of economic aggression 

Toronto Sun

Trudeau's Liberals tell MPs to be election ready, raise cash by spring

Ford needs to ignore radical environmentalists who oppose building anything at all

Is Justin Trudeau getting ready for a spring election?

Forcing students to wear masks again is a bad idea

Tardy Trudeau shows contempt, again 

Trudeau government fails another test of its so-called 'transparency'

Lametti and Medicino must resign or be voted out by Canadians ASAP

tLesson's from China's 'Zero COVID' disaster

Tone deaf time for CBC largesse 

National Post

PBO challenges Freeland's fiscal restraint in fall economic statement"  'Not keeping one's powder dry'

Canada's modest Indo-Pacific  strategy' has much to be modest about

New Indo-Pacific strategy seen putting Canada in 'lock-step'  with US on China

Trudeau's Emergencies Act theatre pure distraction 

'Kids could die': Doctors warn of escalating crisis at Canada's Children's hospitals

China is not our partner" Three scenes from a regime gone rogue 

Liberals have 'no intention whatsoever' of banning long guns, hunting rifles : Mendicino

Air Force charges senior officers over 'inappropriate' call sign for fighter pilot 

'You have to come to the table' AG tells Feds on failure over emergency response on First Nations 

Justin Trudeau stands firm agains the rule of law

The truth in Xi's 'very naive' insult to Trudeau 

Doug Ford's strong mayor reforms hardly anti-democratic

Parent's still waiting for Trudeau's promised $10 a day childcare

Canada to summon Russian ambassador over 'hateful' anti-LGBTQ

Canada launches new Indo-Pacific strategy, focus on 'disruptive' China 

Global          

Vancouver School Board restores controversial police in schools program

Launch of new BC medical school at SFU delayed to 2026

Council vote set to bring Surrey one step closer to scrapping municipal police force 

Broadway corridor businesses urge shoppers to buy local as subway construction delayed  

Abbotsford police reviewing arrest after officer filmed punching man

BC South coast gears up for first significant snowfall of the season 

Inquest begins into death of Cree teen found in closet of Abbotsford group home 

Nanaimo club heartbroken after vintage canoes destroyed in fire

Document show 'inhumane' approach to wolf cull, group says

Two navigation centres for Vancouver, Nanaimo delayed following 2020 BC budget promise

Human rights commissioner calls for an end to police officer program in BC Schools

IIO investigating after suspected shoplifter fall several storeys from Sannich parkade 

Vancouver rally reflects Chinese COVID protests

Indo-Pacific strategy adds more pressures to navy amid ship, sailor shortages 

Trudeau commits $62.5M to Indigenous safety, healing projects in James Smith Cree Nation 

Miscellaneous            

Alberta's 'World Class' University risks collapse, says expert 

China is in Serious Trouble 

The new faces of BC's Labour movement 

Why did it take a year to De-Barge Sunset Beach