Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, March 25-27, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday-Monday,  March 25-27,  2023

Federal Budget Preview

Federal Budget to include $7 billion in savings on outsourcing, travel, and consultants: government source 

Budget to offer clean tech credit worth more than $3 Billion 

What Canadians can expect from Freeland on Tuesday 

Indigenous groups hope for infrastructure dollars and economic development in federal budget 

Canada's economy faces mounting challenges - here's how we overcome them

Questions of clean energy, affordability loom large as Ottawa preps for budget day

Tuesday's budget to include grocery rebate for lower income Canadians: Source 

For the sake of our children, the global carbon budget is the most important one to balance

Chrystia Freeland's budget gets a sales pitch from Joe Biden

Justin Trudeau says federal budget will tackle high coast of living

Indigenous groups hope for infrastructure dollars and economic development in budget 

Beer tax hike in budget may be lower than the feared 6.3% hike

Budget needs to address price of groceries 

Federal Budget to include groceries rebate, increase RESP withdrawal limit: source 

Three Big Things you should expect in Tuesday's federal 2023 budget

Budget 2023 will target grocery affordability with new tax rebate: sources

What to expect from budget 2023 as 'storm clouds' gather over Canada's economy

     

                         

Ukraine/Russia War

 

Why does Russia want tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus?

Questions without answers about Ukraine

Globe and Mail

Ottawa can't show how feminist assistance policy has helped improve gender equality globally, audit says

Infrastructure bank offers $277 million loan to enable Canada's larges biofuel refinery in Quebec

Saskatchewan judge orders release of sisters jailed for 30 years for a murder they say they didn't commit

In Vancouver's Chinatown, family-run businesses to shutter due to public safety issues, skyrocketing rents

How Lethbridge found a solution to its family doctor shortage

TTC stabbing victim Gabriel Magalhaes remembered as an adventurous thrill-sieeked who was always smiling

Tory riding president, vice president quit over troubled nomination fight

Canadian MPs to visit Taiwan, another target of Chinese interference, in April trip

Pieridae cancels plans to transport Western Natural as to East Coast 

Here's a better fix for Roxham Road

The province's poor-us act on health care is wearing thin 

US wants Canada to take part in a global economic decoupling from China

Auditor-General calls for 'rigorous' approach to managing costs to keep Parliament Hill's multibillion-dollar renovation on budget

Ottawa's slow rollout of internet to First Nations creating economic rift, Auditor General says   

Here's a thought for Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy: some LNG diplomacy

Ottawa sanctions more Iran guard corps members, police after Toronto rally criticism 

US, Canada kept migrant crossing deal a secret to avoid rush at the border 

CBC

MP Han Dong says he has retained a lawyer, plans to take legal action against Global News

Canada falling behind on connecting rural areas to high-speed internet: report

Centre Block construction within budget but Ottawa needs to make faster decisions: AG

Canadian leaks have not damaged intelligence sharing relationship, senior US official says

Revamp of the Official Languages Act raises concerns among legal experts and Quebec Anglos

Ottawa asks court to dismiss ruling directing it to repatriate 4 men detained in Syria

Canada in the market for up to 16 military surveillance craft 

Once more, David Johnston steps into the breach

PM details defence spending plans during Biden's visit - but the timelines are largely the same

Biden gives Trudeau a chance to claw back control of the agenda 

International support force needed in Haiti, says UN human rights commissioner

Stunned faces and heartbreak for migrants heading to Roxham as they learn Canada will likely send them back

Unions call on Ottawa to drop challenge of Black public servants' planned discrimination lawsuit 

Walmart joins Canadian grocery rivals in pushing back against profiteering claims 

US will counter foreign interference at home and among allies, one of its top diplomats says

Toronto/Vancouver Star

           

Man charged with murder following stabbing outside Vancouver coffee shop

BC tribunal orders $9,755 payout to taxi driver over caste-based discrimination    

Vancouver looks to frozen eggs to help control Canada Goose population

BC to provide 330 new homes for people living in Vancouver's Downtown East side

BC plans family law changes to decide who gets the pets when couples split

'He was loved. He had dreams': Family in shock after teen killed in Keele subway stabbing

Here's why insiders say Pierre Poilievre is succeeding where Andrew Schemer and Eric O'Toole failed 

Interest rates are unexpectedly dropping on five-year mortgages  - and the global banking crisis is party the cause 

Want to save democracy? Focus on these three things 

Public policy must keep up with advances in deepfake technology 

Ottawa eyeing US made surveillance planes for Canadian Armed Forces 

Toronto MP Han Dong threatens legal action against Global news after Chinese influence allegations

Ottawa's slow rollout of Internet to First Nations creating economic rift: audit                                 

Joe Biden uses charm to reset relations

Stiff penalty for tweets a harsh lesson for the man who would be Toronto's mayor 

Reversing course on transit plans is a Toronto tradition. So why not the Gardiner too?

Toronto Sun

Suspect accused of subway slaying out on release, says source

We Love You': Slain teen remembered at Keene subway station 

Toronto mayoral candidates speak out on latest TTC tragedy

Family pets to get more rightist BC Divorce cases 

Liberal blindness allowing Chinese interference 

Trudeau called for Bev Oda to resign for hotel costs, will he?

Chow joins crowded field of real and fake contenders for mayor

Deal to close Roxham Road was signed a year before taking effect 

Trudeau ignored foreign interference warnings from his own MPs

Saunders points to experience as a leader in mayoral bid

Canada in dire need of efficient passenger rail service

Doug Ford disappoints with Budget 2023

What happens when an Intelligence agency is at war with a prime minister?

Our double whammy cost for green energy

Competing on an even playing field

Closing Roxham Road is largely symbolic

National Post

Alberta on the cusp of another resource boom 

Is the TTC safe? Toronto teen's random subway stabbing death renews fears over transit system

No way to tell if Canada's foreign development aid to advance gender equity is effective: auditor general

Government opens new pathway for refugees who can fill Labour shortages

As feds appear more collaborative, UCP credits threat of Sovereignty Act

Ignoring the Chinese ghost at Trudeau and Biden's banquet  

Canada requests Boeing P-8 Surveillance aircraft from US government 

Indigenous communities are key to solving the global energy crisis

How Canadian politics is (actually) different tan US politics 

Liberals defer to secret spiritual beliefs to approve energy projects 

Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown a victim of social media manipulation  

Trudeau will drag Johnston down, like he does everyone else 

Conservatives have softened China stance since riding losses in 2021 election, critics say

Disruptions during a public service strike could b 'nail in the coffin of Liberal government'

Charles and Camilla's two day 2022 visit cost Canadians $2 million

Global          

Union says spring break cancellations show BC Ferries still behind on hiring  

Murder charge laid after man stabbed outside Vancouver Starbuck dies

'Squalor': Family of 8 says landlord won't fix dilapidated rental in Coquitlam 

BC driver clocked at nearly 100 km/h over posted speed limit

BC child care providers call for provincial funding program improvements 

Prolific offender arrested in Abbotsford less than 24 hours after release 

Plans to preserve Kelowna historical building intact; wine centre plans shelved 

BC taxi driver wins nearly $10K after tribunal finds caste discrimination 

Vancouver looks to frozen eggs to help control Canada goose population 

Former Vancouver Downtown Eastside resident shares sobriety journey on TikTok

Edmonton bids farewell to 2 slaiHocn police officers at regimental funeral Monday 

Canadian Pacific train derails in rural North Dakota, spilling hazardous chemicals 

Han Dong threatens legal action against Global News over foreign interference report 

Hockey Canada says 2018 world junior players barred from international competition 

Walmart Canada willing to participate in grocery code of conduct, CEO tells MPs

Miscellaneous            

Alberta's Oil Patch Regulator Changes tune on earthquakes

The Other Policing Debate in Surrey you're not hearing