Ottawa Observations: Thursday/Friday, April 6 & 7, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday/Friday,  April 6 & 7,  2023

Ukraine/Russia War

Russia protests over Canada's UN ambassador Bob Rae's remarks about dead blogger

Ottawa struggles to keep up with fallout from explosion of international sanctions

Ukraine's Prime Minister will visit Canada  in 'coming weeks,' PMO says

Globe and Mail

First their homes flooded, then interest rates soared: 'We just can't afford to rebuild'

Federal disaster aid program for 2021 BC floods now tops $1-billion

A year after the last big flood, BC isn't ready for the next one

Accused in Keele Subway  TTC killing violated probation orders, documents reveal

Private mortgage lenders refusing to renew loans to borrowers 

Canadian group led by Pierre Lassonde launches plan to protect Teck's coal spin-off from foreign takeover

Death of woman whose body found at landfill not a homicide, Winnipeg police say

Nova Scotia suspends doctor's licence after 17,000 Ozempic prescriptions sent mostly to US

Potential leaders of influential BC groups undergo Chinese 'political review' recording reveals

Ottawa repatriates Canadian women, children detained in Syria, leaves other Canadians behind

David Johnston given broad powers to probe freight interference in Canada's elections

Minister Harjit Sajjan says Liberals might reverse foreign-aid drop if economy bounces back

Thirty percent of Defence Department procurement positions vacant, internal report finds

Regional Chief, federal minister offer condolences after body of another Indigenous woman found in landfill

Legault can't stop praising Trudeau while announcing shipbuilding project

Quebec's top language cop targets franglais

                  

CBC

NATO is getting ready to twist Canada's arm on defence spending

Agencies reviewing foreign election interference face a wall of cabinet secrecy

Assembly of First Nations wants federal UNDRIP plan overhauled, slams consultation process 

Supreme Court dismisses BC doctor's appeal in challenge over access to private health care

Ministers want PM to apologize to First Nations children and families once $23B compensation deal approved

RCMP arrest 3 Canadian women after repatriation from camps in northeastern Syria

CRA workers vote for strike mandate during tax season as mediation looms

Ottawa condemns Russia embassy calling Finland 'nuclear target' after joining NATO

Opposition critics denounces lack of access to cabinet secrets for agencies probing election interference

30% of Defence Department procurement positions vacant, says internal report

Toronto/Vancouver Star

           

BC lifts health-care mask rules with province 'emerging' from pandemic, Henry says

Armed robbery suspect shot, killed by police at Surrey motel

Back on Vancouver's Hastings Street with no tent, no mattress and nowhere to go

Doctor says health wait times now permanent after high court rejects challenge 

A text message. A code word. And finally, Canadians detained in Syria prison camps start their controversial journey home

Justin Trudeau doesn't need to convince voters to like a 'grocery rebate'. It's his other, bigger rebate that's a tougher sell

Ex bureaucrat pleads guilty to stealing $47.4M from Ontario government, gets 10 years in prison

The were supposed to be on the job. Instead Ontario workplace inspectors dined in restaurants while billing taxpayers for overtime, probe reveals 

Alberta premier Danielle Smithe says politicians cannot talk to accused, but her call was OK

Man dies of carbon monoxide poisoning durning power outage, Quebec Police say

Toronto Sun

Canadian woman released from Syrian camp released on bail in Alberta 

Canada Revenue Agency workers vote in favour of taking strike action

Cold case killer to spend rest of life in jail

Hockey Canada ban punishes the innocent 

Ethics of grocery CEO compensation, what Loblaw should have done

Galen Weston's big raise was really dumb move for Loblaw

Loblaw what were you thinking? Galen Weston read the room!

Voters should not forget the 'defund police' scam

Yet another ethics challenge for Trudeau's Dominic LeBlanc

Would cutting back on health care administrators fix Canada's doctor shortage?

Runaway federal spending prolonging inflation, says report

National Post

I'm TaxGPT'': Ottawa developer designs chatbot to help Canadians file their taxes for free

Canadian woman released from Syrian camp released on bail in Alberta 

Ontario MPP wants to demarcate areas in which 'offensive remarks' are illegal 

Romanian migrants found dead near Quebec riverbank had deportation delayed over pregnancy complications 

Canada Revenue Agency workers vote in favour of taking strike action 

In Calgary, former PM Jean Chretien scoffs at UCP using federal Liberals as provincial election target 

Johnston's foreign interference probe expected to end in December as new details emerge 

Efforts to purchase new military equipment hindered by lack of procurement staff: DND report

Search suspended for man linked to dead migrants, police say efforts exhausted

Missing man linked to migrant death boat used to smuggle drugs across same border river

The bigger danger from TTC violence - more road deaths

NDP spends housing misinformation to protect Trudeau

Ontario NDP's push to ban protest around drag events an affront to free expression

Mr. Prime Minister, tear down this house

Union members (even public sector ones) are breaking for the Tories

Once popular rural Quebec road for asylum seekers quiet since US-Canada deal

Liberals promise to speed up regulatory process on critical minerals mines, green power projects

Global          

'This is my neighbourhood': Vancouver tent city residents say they have nowhere to go

Victoria bar patrol program gets funding to resume operations after much debate 

BC Marine unit leaders renew call for small tugboat safety inspections

BC Liberals to formally adopt new 'BC United" name and branding Wednesday

Press freedom advocates slam media restrictions in Vancouver tent city removal 

Legion members speak out after cenotaph outside Museum of Surrey vandalized

BC Ferries adds 180 extra sailings for long weekend travel 

High streamflow advisory issued for BC South Coast with days of rain forecast 

Top court's refusal to hear private healthcare ban appeal 'unfathomable' BC doctor says

BC removes mask mandate in hospital and health care settings 

Ex husband of Edmonton soldier who tried to kill their children sues Canadian Military

CRA workers vote in favour of strike action as tax deadline nears 

Deadly Ice Storm leaves 3 dead, hundreds of thousands still without power

Family of Indian migrants who died in Quebec shocked by river crossing attempt 

Ottawa might reverse scaling back foreign aid if economy rebounds, Sajjan says

Miscellaneous            

Panic on the Cutblock

Counting the cost of Substance Use - and Finding solutions 

The rising chorus of renewable energy skeptics 

BC's Orwellian LNG Con

How Europe escaped an Energy Crisis

Canada should help Americans Access Abortion Care

A Plea for a new housing approach at UBC

Please Advise! What's with John Horgan's New coal job?