Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, August 26-28, 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 26-28, 2023

BC, NWT Wildfires

Wildfires that forced Yellowknife evacuation 'being held,' but area not safe for people to return  

BC to expand programs that train volunteers to help firefighters battle wildfires

Canada's emergency alert system has been busy with wildfires and extreme weather, Here's now it works

Number of homes destroyed or damaged by wildfire in BC's Okanagan rises to 189 

#TheMoment a community rallied after Hal of the fire crew's homes burned down

Infrastructure woes face BC's Shuswap and Okanagan communities, hard hit by fires

Trudeau makes 'specific commitments' to help fight fires in NWT following criticism by premier

NWT says plan for post-fire returns ready but it's not time

Yellowknife phased re-entry plan announced

'Were not letting our guard down': Community fuelled Wilson's Landing fire response 

Ukraine/Russia War           

The Ukraine war, propaganda-style, is coming to Russian movie screens. Will people watch?

Globe and Mail

Cybercriminals in Russia and Iran will threaten Canada's security and economic prosperity, say intelligence agency and RCMP

Deadly Montreal fire now being investigated as arson

Canadian workers are staying put as slowing job-changing rate signals softening labour market 

Group pulls out of Ottawa's plan to sell Trans Mountain Pipeline stakes to Indigenous owners

To fix Canada's health care, a hard economic truth must be acknowledged

Canada's overly inclusive definition of 'immigrant' threatens to upset the apple cart

Canada is burning, so why is our national pension fund still heavily into fossil fuels?

'The federal government continues to make life difficult for the Bank of Canada': National Bank economist

Special interlocutor hopeful new Justice Minister will act to address residential school denialism

Poland rejects allegations of foreign interference from former Alberta politician

Daughter of former Quebec premier says Meta news ban torpedoed her site on palliative care 

Canada's underemployed economic immigrants: ow to stop wasting talent 

Justin Trudeau is Canada's greatest drug policy reformer - but he can and must, do even more

Canada's election laws have sidelined Green voters for far too long

CBC

Braced for an increase in COVID cases, Health Canada reviews 3 new vaccines

Early signs suggest fall COVID-19 wave starting in Canada - before updated boosters are available 

'You're free to go': Alberta judge acquits restaurant owner on trial for breaking law during pandemic 

Poilievre says schools should leave LGBTQ issues to parents 

Integrity of immigration system at risk as international student numbers balloon, minster says

Chinese students frustrated by lengthy security checks as school year nears  

The federal government used to build social housing. Then it stopped. How is that going?

Guilbeault brushed off opposition calls to cancel China climate trip

New justice minister appoints more than a dozen judges in effort to address vacancies

HMCS Hausa - the 'fight ingest' ship in the Royal Canadian Navy - turns 80

Criminal hackers 'very likely' to pose threat to national security, economy in near term: report 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Housing minister being investigated first n Greenbelt scandal, integrity commissioner says

Ontario teachers face pressure from education  minister to use binding arbitration to get deals 

Metro lawyer accuses warehouse picketers of 'criminal conduct' in court bid to end blockade

Parents should be informed if child wants to change gender identity or pronouns: Poll 

Man charged with 136 offences, 28 firearms discovered after hotel cleaning staff find guns in hotel room, said Toronto police 

TTC investigating system wide outage impacting Presto fare vending machines

Feds mull stopgap plan for formula shortage before overhauling approval process: docs 

Justin Trudeau isn't the only target Pierre Poilievre has in his sights 

This is what happens when Justin Trudeau neglects issues that really matter to Canadians 

Here's why Doug Ford needs to back down on his Greenbelt fiasco

Toronto Sun

Trudeau should do right by Liberals and step down

'No threats' to safety after suspicious package reported at Union Station 

Poll shows most parents want to know about school gender change

Elections NWT says legislature has delayed October election over wildfires 

Should schools inform parents if child change gender or pronouns?

Canadians should be protesting for high-speed rail

Trudeau's Liberals at third among younger voters must sting

Government replaces Big Pharma in pushing opioids 

Liberals talk tough on climate change - but not to China

Federal policies made housing crisis inevitable

Put down the lobster and get back to work 

Liberals can't read the room

National Post

High level judges may have paid to meet Trudeau before their appointments  

For the first time, Canadians suspect their children will be poorer than they are

Beijing propaganda arm warns Guilbeault against 'condescending' to China in climate meetings 

Canadian parents want to be informed by the school if their child wishes to change pronouns: Poll 

Canada must continue to defend Israel against baseless United Nations attack 

Alberta in $130M fiscal stabilization payment dispute with Ottawa: 'secret' briefing note

Global          

Canadian doctors brace for another 'tripledemic'  COVID-19, RSV and influenza 

Crew shortage behind 4 in 10 BC Ferries cancellations last year, report finds 

Trudeau says densification is key to fix housing crisis. Is it enough?

Canada's critical infrastructure an 'almost certain' target for cybercrime

"It's happening right now': World leaders in BC For climate change meeting

Ontario college staff land retoractive Bill 124 pay after legislation struck down 

New Brunswick announces surplus 5 times original projection, now at $199.6M

Miscellaneous            

Is Poilievre's Cool Factor Climbing?

Too  hot to  handle: Heat poses rising risk to BC workers 

You've been evacuated. How to take care of your health   

Ken Sim's new Comms Director has a record of playing rough