Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, August 12-14, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday-Monday, August 12-14, 2023

Ukraine/Russia War           

Russia targets city of Odesa with missiles and drones; Ukraine reports fierce fighting along front line 

Moscow blames Kyiv for missile attacks in southern Russia as Kremlin forces pound Ukrainian village 

Russian military push on eastern front prompts Ukraine to evacuate thousands of civilians 

Ships backed up in Black Sea lanes as Russia warning shots raise tensions 

Russian ruble sinks to lowest level since the start of Ukraine war 

Ukraine to receive $200 million in US security aid, including air defence munitions 

 

Globe and Mail

Two years after Taliban takeover, many Afghans who helped Canada's military remain in limbo 

China's economic misery threatens global recovery from COVID-19, raising spectre of financial market chaos

A strangely torpid summer for Justin Trudeau's Liberals 

Renewable energy companies seek transparency on Alberta moratorium 

Ontario government memo reminds political staffers to follow conflict rules after Greenbelt report 

Canada deploys second and third warships to Indo-Pacific this year 

Inquest into cadet's suicide to shine rare public light on Royal Military College 

Pierre Poilievre, the class tourist who didn't read the guidebook

Canadian Forces members deployed to wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary

Parti Quebecois announces death of former minister Jacques-Yvan Morin 

CBC

'Historic' congress of Black Canadian politicians gathered in Ottawa  

Canada reports worst wildfire season on record - and there's more to come this fall

Months after closure of Quebec's Roxham Road, more asylum seekers arriving by air 

Conservatives call for committee's foreign interference probe to resume

Housing might not be Trudeau's sole responsibility, but is's his problem

Trudeau to hold cabinet retreat in PEI ahead of Parliament's return in the fall 

Poilievre's Conservative Party embracing language of mainstream conspiracy theories 

Singh mum on preferred target for net-zero grid as Alberta, Saskatchewan NDP split on date

Canadian businesses seek extension on 2024 rules targeting slavery in supply chains 

Hugh Segal, former senator and chief of staff to PM Mulroney, dead at 72

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Ontario college finds new potential school for international students whose admissions were revoked at the last minute 

Greenbelt controversy overtakes Doug Ford's finance minister's economy announcement

Ontario's public school teachers to hold strike votes as contract talks drag with Ford government 

Two years after the fall of Kabul, the resettlement of Afghans in Canada continues

Four lessons from Canada's mission in Afghanistan: 'If you go to war, make sure you have a plan to finish the war with dignity"

Style vs Substance: How Trudeau, Poilievre and Canadian minds are changing 

Doug Ford's Greenbelt damage control is the sort of nonsense that comes back to haunt politicians

  

Toronto Sun

If Toronto can afford to rename Dundas, it doesn't need financial help 

Government funded drug site offers chocolate for dirty needles 

Poilievre's surging poll numbers 

Ford/Wynne LCBO tax grab could keep beer from corner stores

Trudeau's net-zero regs push unnecessary fight with provinces 

Trudeau asks for privacy for his family, then violates their privacy himself

Foreign interference hasn't gone away

A tale of two countries and Big Brother banking 

High immigration fuels housing shortage  

National Post

Federal Government consulting on generative-AI code of conduct, accidental post reveals 

Poilievre's strong poll numbers free Danielle Smith to ramp up anti-Ottawa broadsides 

Inside Canadian school boards, "if you disagree ... you're punished 

'We have reached a tipping point': Ontario high school, elementary teachers to hold strike votes 

US Customers and Border Protection silent on operation that rounded up 124 people along the Canada-Us border 

Ontario mayor who lives with her parents says she can't afford to buy a home in her municipality 

Toronto safe injection site apologizes for offering chocolate in exchange for used needles 

Canada's judicial watchdog to probe apparent political donations by judges 

Global          

Yellowknife declares state of local emergency due to wildfires in Northwest Territories 

Elementary school teachers in Ontario to hold strike votes: 'Reached a tipping point'

Federal Government should have stayed in housing game, minister says

Trudeau's cabinet to tackle housing, economy in 1st retreat since shuffle 

Singh mum on preferred target for net-zero grid as Alberta, Saskatchewan NDP split on date 

New federal immigration minister pressures Quebec to increase family reunification capacity

Suncor earns $1.88 billion in Q2; takes restructuring charge related to layoffs 

Breakthrough in Manitoba Liquor strike as conciliator recommends arbitration 

Miscellaneous            

Can Seamus O'Regan heal the bad blood in BC's Ports 

Alberta stumbled onto the World Stage