Ottawa Observations: Thursday-Friday, July 13-14, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Thursday-Friday, July 13-14, 2023

British Columbia Port Workers Strike

Archive of notes on the labour dispute available here.

Canadian Wildfires 

BC firefighter killed as wildfires continue to burn

Emergencies minister mobilizes military to help fight BC wildfires 

19 year old firefighter who died in BC is identified by her brother 

Canadian military to help BC wildfire fight as federal assistance approved 

Quebec Wildfires: Canadian Rangers help to evacuate Cree communities 

19 year old firefighter struck and killed by fallen tree while clearing brush 

BC wildfires: Crews battling new blaze at south en dot Pitt Lake

North Vancouver wildfire considered held, human cause now expected  

BC firefighter killed while battling wildfire near Revelstoke: BCGEU

BC asking for firefighting help as MLA calls for state of emergency to be issued 

Ukraine/Russia Wara

Canada's emergency visa applications for Ukrainians fleeing war to end Saturday 

Putin wants to attend an August summit. Host country South Africa doesn't want to have to arrest him 

Zelensky warns of Russian efforts to halt Kyiv's troops, general notes advances in South 

Putin says he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to stay as single unit

Why NATO won't give Ukraine full membership

The final rejection of Vladimir Putin's imperialist designs  

Black Sea Grain deal extension vital to avoid 'further shocks' Canada says  

Cluster munitions in Ukraine may unleash 'dogs of war' ex-minister says 

Wagner Group 'simply doesn't exist' as a legal entity, Vladimir Putin says

Globe and Mail

Winnipeg judge grants injunction to end protestors blockade of Brady Road landfill 

Assembly of First Nations demands Manitoba, Ottawa work together on landfill search

Canada won't say if it's in talks to lift ban on arms sales to Turkey

'It's not working as quickly or as powerfully as we thought': Tiff Macklem explains why BoC restarted rate hikes 

The Liberal-NDP deal has changes the political game in ways we still haven't grasped 

Chrystia Freeland warned unilateral digital services tax on tech giants could trigger US retaliation  

In the wake of the Bank of Canada's latest move, here are the savings rates that are on the rise 

Australia-Caaada economic forum in Toronto seeks to deepen two-way ties 

BC Premier David Eby pulls advertising from Facebook over Bill C-18

Poilievre promises revamped natural-disaster response in next election platform  

Elizabeth May says recent hospitalization caused by a stroke 

Animal rights groups urge Ottawa to ban strychnine poison for causing unnecessary suffering 

At the heart of artificial intelligence is racism and colonialism that we must excise 

There must be (at least) nine more ways for the Liberals to defend democracy  

E-bike problems are just the latest sign that the gig economy needs better regulation 

Forcing all Canadian hospitals to offer MAID would be a toxic dose of intolerance  

Canada's approach to housing is bad for the economy

Part of Olivia Chow's job is to restore Toronto's confidence 

CBC

UN official calls on Canada not to separate mother, 6kids held in Syrian detention camp 

Feds conducting 'broader review' of social media after banning TikTok from work devices 

'Money talks': Federal environment minister calls on businesses, banks to fight climate change 

Did past health accords work? Ottawa is trying to make that question easier to answer 

What do the Premiers want after their latest meeting? More meetings, it seems 

Premier's say they're concerned - and confused - about Ottawa's plans for the future of the RCMP

Supreme Court won't examine Canadian banks sharing account info with US

Sir Wilfred Laurier is staying put on the $5 dollar bill - for now

Tim Houston hopeful for 'adult discussion' with Ottawa on Chgnecto Isthmus, Atlantic Loop 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

BC phasing out single-use plastics, giving business six months to use inventory 

Telus International shares slum on lower guidance 

BC drops Facebook, Instagram advertising in response to Meta's news lock, says Premier David Eby

Alberta and British Columbia in talks to expand Canadian LNG reach globally, Danielle Smiths says 

'Traumatized family': Key UN official urges Canada not to split up mother and six kids held in Syria detainee caamp

Canada set to end domestic studies for unabated fossil-fuel production 

Feds doing 'broader review' of social media after banning Tik Tok from work devices 

Deal reached in Montreal cemetery workers' standoff that has left 300 bodies unburied 

GTA regions join outcry over funding to shelter asylum seekers 

Tornado hits Ottawa suburban neighbourhood, damaging 125 homes and scattering debris 

'Wild West': Amid foreign meddling headlines, lawyers fear unfair immigration rulings 

Doug Ford can be a bully or a bestie, depending on what's in it for him. Will Olivia Chow figure that out?

What an Alberta Pension Plan would mean for the province - and the rest of Canada  

Toronto Sun

Safe injection site only safe for drug dealers 

Ford calls for tougher bail and audit of injection site after deadly shooting. 

Calm before the storm: No end in sight for Toronto asylum seekers awaiting refuge 

Poilievre says we can't become numb to horrific criminal acts 

Governor Generals' trip to Iceland cost nearly $300,000: Canadian Taxpayers Federation 

Tornado aftermath: Crews work to repair homes, researchers assessing damage 

Higher, faster, stronger and politically fraught 

Trudeau's latest Conspiracy Theory: Says Muslim parents influenced by 'far right'

Downtown empty spaces and food deserts 

No refuge for the refugees in Toronto 

Toronto's sidewalk shelter for refugees is Trudeauy's shame 

Wall Street Journal right to say Justin Trudeau belongs at NATO's kid's table 

Bank of Canada staffers are doing just fine 

National Post

Why Canada keeps missing its NATO spending target - and why Conservatives aren't promising to meet it 

'Straight pride'  is a tempest looking for a teapot to res in

The limousine and luxury suite lifestyle of our oblivious, rapacious leadership 

Ottawa expected to unveil guidelines next week aimed at curbing fossil fuel tax breaks 

Poilievre 'sitting next to our phone waiting' for Trudeau to update on public inquiry  

Liberal minister Ahmed Hussen desperate to keep housing prices high 

Ontario finally dumps the Liberals' naive green-energy ideology for reality 

Poilievre, Smith don't owe apologies for 'straight pride' photos 

Liberal party launched over a dozen Facebook ads after government Meta boycott 

Google leaves  Canada out of AI chatbot launch 

Bank of Canada employees got $20M in pay raises in 2022 amid inflation crisis: documents 

Would-be pilots still stuck in Transport Canada limbo as processing delays drag on another year

Global          

Alberta and BC in talks to expand Canadian LNG reach globally, Danielle Smith says 

Bus stolen from Vancouver Transit Centre causing property damage one man arrested: Transit Police 

BC family evicted for demolition but found new tenants were moved in

'Should have never happened': BC MLA shocked with Indigenous Band clearcutting 

Kelowna Mountie involved in 2019 traffic stop shooting won't be charged 

BC provincial government to address racism with demographic survey 

Highway 8 closed between Merrit and Spences Bridge due to mudslides 

Production frozen in BC's Hollwyood North amid historic US writers, actors strike 

Man accused of racist rant against Vancouver Tim Horton's workers charged 

'Hub for the Coquihalla': Merrit mayor concerned with repeated ED closures 

Surrey cop who died by suicide was facing probe for texts with 15 year old girl 

Carbon price rebate rolling out to more Canadians. How much will you get?

Barrhaven tornado shows how twisters in Canada are changing: 'It's concerning'

Canada's hot housing market 'settling down' amid rate hikes, new listings 

Post-COVID smell problems? Ontario researchers investigate treatments  

After summer storm rips through Quebec, some power outages will last into the weekend

UN Security Council wants options in 30 days on how to combat Haiti's armed gangs 

Amid C-18 row, media group urges advertisers to pledge 25% of budgets to local news 

Miscellaneous            

Poilievre's Mission Impossible on the Vancouver Port Strike 

Meta blocked us, but you're still sharing our journalism, Thanks!

UCP's Kaycee Madu faces misconduct allegations by Law Society

FOI gap restricts information on Vancouver Fires 

If Notley exits, who will take her place?

BC cuts ads on Meta over Canadian media censorship

At Metrotown, the case of the Bridge to nowhere 

Why is BC Ferries cancelling sailing? Bad Jobs