Ottawa Observations: Thursday-Friday, February 23-24, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Thursday-Friday,  February 23-24, 2023

Ukraine/Russia War

 

Ukraine could win war with Russia this year with help of allies, Zelensky

Canada to send four more tanks to Ukraine, announces new Russian sanctions 

China's Ukraine peace plan all of rhetoric, with no push against Russia to end war

World marks anniversary of war in Ukraine with tributes, rallies, vows to do more

Vladimir Putin is winning on at least one battleground: Russian hearts and minds 

'Leave our territory': Zelenskyy defiant as he rejects calls for early peace talks 

RCMP probing reports of 'heinous' war crimes in Ukraine - but prosecutions could take years 

Canada is sending four more tanks to Ukraine 

'They wanted children': Ukrainian doctors say they lied to keep kids safe from Russian troops  

What a year has show us about Ukraine, Russia and their battle of wills

Justin Trudeau promises four more Leopard tanks to Ukraine 

Invasion of Ukraine has breathed new life into a new Cold War

The Free world cannot afford a loss in Ukraine 

Canada will send four more tanks, artillery ammunition to Ukraine, Trudeau says

Canada announces more than $32 million in support for Ukraine on anniversary of Invasion 

Ukrainians in BC mark one year of brutal war with Russia

Thousands rally across Canada for Ukraine on anniversary of Russia's invasion 

Russian disinformation fogs up view of Ukraine war for many Canadians 

Ukraine war anniversary likely to bring 'disruptive' cyberattack on West, agencies warn 

Ukraines's Canada ambassador says joy is gone, but hope remains after 1 year of war

Most Canadians still bak Ukraine aid amid economic challenges.Elsewhere not so much

Understanding Putin's War on Ukraine: A type reader

Globe and Mail

Trudeau rules out public inquiry into Chinese electoral interference 

Australians are wise to Chinese interference. Canadians need to catch up

Chrystia Freeland rings national security alarm about founders of Canadian bank with suspected ties to China 

Trudeau condemns Google's decision to block some Canadians' search threw as a 'terrible mistake'

Conservative MPs criticized for meeting with anti-immigration German politician 

Former chief electoral officer calls for independent inquiry into Chinese interference in Canadian elections 

Federal government posts $5.5 billion deficit for April to December 

Federal government to launch $250 million ups killing program targeting high-growth sectors 

TikTok being investigated by coalition of Canadian privacy protection agencies

MPs want Google boss to be summoned to explain blocking of search for news sites

Federal outsourcing on pace to reach record  $21.4 billion this year

Special measures will make it easier for Iranians in Canada to extend their stay 

Canada's  worker 'shortage' is an illusion and bringin in cheap labour doesn't help

Ottawa reaches agreements in principle with five provinces for federal health care funding 

Ottawa paid out more than $37 billion in pandemic wage subsidies with tax in debts 

The Liberals play the Trump card on election interference, and lose 

Danielle Smith should abandon her terrible orphan oil well plan for Alberta 

Danielle Smith's corporate welfare for the oil industry

CBC

Poilievre condemns 'vile' views of German politician seen lunching with Conservative MPs

An Afghan military interpreter made it to Canada - but his siblings were forced back to Afghanistan   

A liberal backbencher with an independent streak is eyeing a new challenge - party leadership 

US delivers reality check:  New border deal with Canada not top priority

What can be done about Roxham Road?

Leaks alleging China interfered in 2021 election have 'inaccuracies' Trudeau says

Bused out of Quebec, francophone asylum seekers struggle to get medical services 

Accused extremist recruiter Awso Peshdary pleads guilty to terrorism related charges 

Trudeau says he will raise Safe Third Country Agreement during President Biden's visit 

4 Canadian privacy regulators to undertake joint probe of TikTok

Auditor General to probe federal government contacts with McKinsey 

Federal, Ontario and Atlantic Canadian governments reach agreement on health care funding

Why Google is blocking some Canadians from seeing online news 

NDP files integrity complaint over developers' attendance at Ford family wedding events 

Gymnastics Canada parts with CEO Ian Moss after months of calls for resignation  

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 Lawsuit accuses BC government of coercing Indigenous women into sterilization        

Man charged with assault of media member, say Mounties in Surrey

BC to probe 'troubling' complaints about RCMP in Prince George 

Police, emergency crews respond to explosion, fire near Marine Building in Vancouver 

10 year cancer care plan in BC to improve detection and treatment: Premier 

Vancouver Port Authority suspends Rolling Truck Age program for at least nine months 

Bell Media wouldn't nominate Lisa LaFlamme for an award - so she did it herself  

Insiders, government appointees also attended Doug Ford's daughter's wedding 

Why Justin Trudeau's health minister is accused of caving to corporate interests 

Trudeau says he's bothered by Google preventing some Canadians from accessing news 

Auditor general to prove federal government contracts with McKinsey 

Quebec tables bill to protect rights of children born of sexual assault

Tory leader says German politician who met with MPs holds 'vile' and 'racist' views 

'The weather got the best of us:" Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway to stay closed 

Poilievre's choice: It ish't being a right wing populist leader in Canada 

Justin Trudeau is changing his tune on a politically fraught border crossing 

Doug Ford has failed the accountability test 

Toronto Sun

Conservative MP Leslie Lewis won't be called racist by Blackface PM   

Value for money audit needed for Ontario Place redo: NDP

Ontario Place Marina boaters feel stranded y 2023 closure

Word Salads and Bafflegab: Trudeau's climate promises aren't adding up

Trudeau needs to come clean on China's interference in Canada's election 

Long overdue for federal government to recognize Ontario Metis

Ford's total health reform package isn't revolutionary but it is substantial 

Trudeau claims his drug policy is saving lives, so why have OD deaths risen so dramatically  

Conservative MPs wrong to meet with German extremist

Ford's opponents put politics above patients in health-care debate 

Trudeau claims Chinese election interference leaks inaccurate but won't be open with Canadians 

Why is Trudeau reluctant to look into China's election interference  

Has Justin Trudeau broken Canada?

Poilievre's addressing main issue for Canadians head on

More tax dough down the drain 

End secrecy about foreign interference 

National Post

NDP calling for investigation of federal health minister amid crisis with Canada's drug pricing regulator 

Pierre Poilievre says German politician who met with Tory MPs holds 'vile' and 'racist' views 

Liberals shamefully turn celebration of Black history into a partisan affair

Whistleblower accounts raise new alarms on youth transgender clinics 

Auditor General to prove federal government contracts with McKinsey 

BC government coerced Indigenous women into sterilization over decades, lawsuit claims 

Google making 'terrible mistake' in blocking Canadian news: Trudeau 

Whiffs of impending death from Trudeau's Liberals 

Treasury Board to grant 12 month return-to-office exemptions to some public servants 

Global          

Two hurt in explosion and underhand electrical fire  in Vancouver 

Vancouver police officer suing former colleague convicted of sexually assaulting her

Snowfall warning issued for parts of BC ahead of Saturday's storm  

Fraser Valley bus drivers to halt service Monday, Tuesday in contract dispute  

BC announces new $440 million, 10 year cancer care action plan

Coquitlam man charged with assaulting media member at 2022 Surrey border protest 

BC Olympian's gold medals restored 43 years after they were stolen 

Iconic eatery in Vancouver's Chinatown shutters due to labour shortage 

Controversial plan to ban older trucks from Vancouver Port delayed again 

BC orcas threatened by lack of fatty salmon, UBC researchers say 

Telus says it's investigating claims employee information was posted on 'dark web'

Poilievre condemns 'racist' views of far right politician who met Tory MPs

Canada to send another $30M to Turkey, Syria as earthquake rebuild work starts 

TikTok on government devices under assessment in Canada 

Bad deal or injustice? Quebec, Newfoundland Premiers see Churchill Falls differently

Miscellaneous            

We must improve home support for Seniors: Report 

'This place felt like a torture chamber'

Police Street checks plunge from 8,000 to Eight 

Can we end deaths from Air Pollution?

BC pledges a big budget boost to protect workers' rights 

Where is the next round of COVID boosters?

'He was the leader of working people in BC'

The time has come for a bolder BC budget 

These teachers are filling a gap in black studies for teens