Ottawa Observations: Thursday/Friday, December 15-16, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday-Friday,  December 15-16, 2022

Ukraine/Russia War

 

The man in charge of keeping Ukraine from financial collapse 

Russian mass air attack kills civilians, cuts power across Ukraine

Canadian on frontlines of Ukraine war saw most of his team killed. He's going back

Zelenskyy 'welcomed' Canada's move to revoke Nord Stream sanction exemption: PMO

Globe and Mail

Why the world should be watching Germany as it re-engineers its industrial future 

Canada works to rescue COP15 biodiversity conference on two fronts 

Hospitals prepare for the holidays with surge clinics and second ICUs

Provinces want a blank cheque for health care. Ottawa should say no

Ontario and British Columbia headed for a buyer's market, RBC says

Drivers warned as temperatures set to plummet from Vancouver to Yukon

Enough with the Trudeau government's ethics violations. Mary Ng must resign  

The real agenda behind Alberta's sovereignty act

If health care becomes the next federal election's big issue, the Tories need to get in the ring

We'll never get back to low inflation, and we shouldn't even try

The world needs to let Haiti write its own story

Yes and No: Premier David Eby's climate leadership is a muddle

No 'rubber stamp' for online news bill, says Senate

Inquiry possible into forged papers sent to Muslim charity, Trudeau says

Robert Prichard appointed chair of new board to lead Quebec City-Toronto high-frequency rail project 

Financial intelligence agency tracking signs of homegrown terrorism financing 

Ottawa seeking to delay expansion of MAID for mental disorders 

Canada is losing ground and falling behind US on trade with Africa, senators say

Federal public servants ordered to return to office at least twice a week 

It took a lot for the Liberals to screw up a gun bill this badly 

The secret to success in Canadian business? Befriending a Liberal cabinet minister

National Gallery mess shows what happens when Decolonization goes awry

CBC

Canada takes sides as hemisphere splits over who rules Peru

Canada's electronic spy agency watching TikTok 'very carefully' Trudeau says

Federal public servants mandated to return to office 2-3 days a week by March 31

Canada sending more armoured vehicles to Haiti as gang terror paralyzes island nation

Liberals want to expand parliamentary precinct after Freedom Convoy 

A Senior says she ended up in the ER after being denied the COVID treatment Paxlovid

As many as 1 in 10 Canadians don't file their taxes - and Ottawa owes many of them money 

Government seeking to delay to MAID expansion that would cover mental illness 

Alberta NDP holds lead in new survey, but 'reluctant' UCP voters could be the key on Election Day: pollster

CRTC overstepped in response to use of N-word on Radio-Canada program, attorney general says

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Record amount of opium found in Vancouver marine containers; border services 

BC government continues the pandemic wage top-up for care home workers 

Personal health information is 'disturbingly' vulnerable: BC privacy commissioner

Drivers warned as temperatures set to plummet from Vancouver to Yukon

BC's Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods

BC disease centre says signs of decline, with no new deaths of children 

'This is our jurisdiction': Alberta moves to block federal charges under firearms ban

'An aberration: Ford government's process to select next Chief Justice violates separation of powers, Ontario judges warn

Union critical of Ottawa's plan to buy back Pacific salmon licences

The uneasy relationship between medically assisted death and suicide 

Canada's approach to foreign policy is now 'speak loudly and have friends with big sticks'

This is how democracy dies in Canada - we give it away

Ignored by a succession of governments, Canada's military is now a tiny, under equipped and demoralized force 

There are too many warning signs on medically assisted dying. David Lametti is right to hit pause 

Toronto council showed unity of the housing vote, So why the minority-rule powers for the mayor?

A community approach to improve TTC safety

Toronto Sun

TTC workers fearful of assaults and of reporting incidents to bosses 

Allowing 7-Eleven to sell booze a welcome baby step for Ontario

Student busted for vaping enlarges controversy for Halton's High school teacher 

Canada takes dark turn in rush to expand medical assistance in dying

Yes, Prime Minister, people are broke and hurting 

Expert says government decision to delay MAID expansion not necessary

Toronto's new police chief to take over on Monday 

Canadians need to demand more for themselves 

Why is Jagmeet Singh willing to take a back seat to Trudeau?

As Iran executes its own citizens, Canada's moral obligation to act grows 

Trudeau government tells the rest of us to buy EVs when they won't 

Fords opponents call for OPP probe over Greenbelt charges based on lies

Even the UN had to act on Iran

National Post

Viral surge linked to 'negative consequences' of extended mask mandates: Ontario's chief medical officer

Scrap the Saskatchewan First Act or face blockades, Indigenous leaders tell province 

Permanent injunction granted barring Indigenous protesters from disputed Caledonia land

Facebook trying to intimidate Canadians with threats to pull news from platform: heritage minister

Liberals need to prevent killing mentally ill people, not just 'delay' it

Delaying assisted-dying expansion not necessary, some experts say while other cheer decision 

Justin Trudeau's hilariously low bar for declaring Canada isn't broken  

Plumbing the depths of a Liberal cabinet minister's 'high standards' 

Two more passengers on Toronto Subways have been attacked by a stranger, police say

7-Eleven to serve alcohol with in store dining in Ontario

Unions vow to fight order for public servants to return to office 2 to 3 days per week 

Trudeau's call-out for questions on Twitter yields multitude of sarcastic, bizarre responses 

Liberals say they will heed calls to delay MAID for mental illness

Alberta says it will take over prosecutions for banned firearms from federal government 

House of Commons erupts in laughter after Jagmeet Singh says: "When I'm Prime Minister ... "

Global          

Advocates concerned as 3 women killed in the Lower Mainland in a week

Plans afoot to raise wrecked ship that may have left BC with millions in gold aboard

'Wintry mix' of snow, frigid temperatures forecast for Lower Mainland this weekend

'Trust, but verify': Animal welfare auditors support greater oversight of BC wolf cull

Man dies after police 'interaction' at Burnaby shopping plaza, watchdog say

Border services in Vancouver make 'record seizure of opium' in fake pallets 

1 year after catastrophic flooding, Coquihalla Highway reopening all 4 lanes

BC SPCA urging people to take down bird feeders as avian flu spreads 

BC government continues the pandemic wage top up for care home workers 

Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 percent of BC Market, retailers, industry fear 

'Canadians don't like being intimidated': Ottawa slams Facebook over threats to pull news

Chinese interference: What government documents tell us about election meddling

New dental benefit has rolled out to 100K Canadian kids so far,  feds say

Firearms bill debated pushed to new year as MPs weigh more talks over hunting concerns 

Canada falling behind US on trade with Africa, senators say 

Feds looking to delay expansion of assisted dying: "Need to get this right'

Back to the office? Here's how often federal public servants will have to go in

Minister asks feds to raise rent top up threshold, says thousands of Albertans on AISH ineligible 

Alberta's Crown Prosecutors to determine charges under federal Firearms Act: Shandro 

Canada encouraged to adopt it's own 'moonshot' science research program 

Miscellaneous            

Inside Gig Work: Trading Flexibility for uncertainty, Risk and Racism

We're losing journalists. And PR Jobs are rising  

We're making a Terrible mistake on MAID and Mental Illness

Your Medical Info is not Safe: BC Privacy watchdog 

How Public Schools Supported Settler Colonialism in BC

'These kids needed a place to feel included'

'Small  Care' Happens every day

Sonia Furstenau on what must change in BC