Ottawa Observations: Tuesday-Wednesday, August 15 - 16, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Tuesday-Wednesday, August 15-16, 2023

Ukraine/Russia War           

Russia resumes strikes on grain infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Odesa region

Ukraine's frontline farmers face Russian rockets and rock-bottom prices 

Russia unless a country wide missile barrage on Ukraine as Putin addresses security conference

Russia strikes Ukraine's grain facilities agains as Kyiv uses new Black Sea corridor 

 

Globe and Mail

Yellowknife, other Northwest Territories towns ordered to evacuate due to wildfire threat 

Yellowknife on alert with fire nearing city's edge, BC could see blazes grow in coming days

Drug overdoses now the leading cause of death among BC youth ages 10 to 18, data show

Intimate partner violence an 'epidemic' federal government says in response to coroner's inquest  

Bank of Canada stuck wondering why interest rate hikes have not been enough to tame inflation

Ontario college faculty get salary boost after Bill 124 struck down

Wab Kinew, the NDP leader vying to be Manitoba's next premier, addresses criminal past

Two Vancouver homeowners are challenging the city's empty homes tax

Housing crisis: Federal Government sticks by immigration plan, rethinks international student flows

Cabinet ministers given October 2 deadline to cut $15 billion from spending plans

Poilievre casts doubt on Liberal plan to shave $15 billion off spending 

Ottawa blamed AFN for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill, documents show

Trudeau urged to make trade deals with India contingent on respect for human rights 

CBC

Yellowknife begins evacuation as wildfires approach 

High winds in forecast pose looming fire threat, BC Wildfire Service says, as heat wave peaks

New health minister says pharmacare legislation is coming this fall

Hockey Canada releases plan to promote  equity, diversity and inclusion

China snubs Canada on its list of approved travel spots, setting back tourism's post COVID recovery

Taxpayers are spending hours on hold with the CRA - despite repeated promises of faster service 

Two years after Kabul's fall, Ottawa considering expansion of Afghan immigration program

Feds blamed AFN for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill: documents

Veterans minister says she's appalled by vandalism at Vimy memorial in France 

Update on Emergencies Act inquiry recommendations coming soon, says Ottawa

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Evacuation ordered for 20,000 residents of NWT capital as wildfire approaches 

"There are too many bikes": A sharp rise in the number of food couriers commenting into Toronto's core has left GO Transit struggling and the workers scrambling 

LCBO reports another data breach a some customers' personal information compromised

TVO workers threaten to strike Friday

Is the fall wave of COVID-19 starting early? Here's what the data shows us

How Canada poached 10,000 tech workers from the US - in just 48 hours

Doug Ford can't bluster his way out of the Greenbelt controversy 

Steven Guilbeault to become first Cabinet Minister to visit China since 2018

NDP and Green leaders cleared to review secret evidence on foreign meddling attempts 

Kids overdosing is a public health emergency Canadian paediatricians say 

Saskatchewan begins forming new police service; critics question lack of oversight 

Toronto Sun

Doug Ford needs to shut down or take over safe injection site 

Guilbeault wants China as ally, serves as adviser to Beijing

Canada's safe injection sites a failure

Even Harper and Freeland warned us about the WEF

Mortgage crisis in Canada? Are the Liberals ok with people losing their homes?

Don't expect a Trudeau victory lap as inflation rises again

Toronto is broke. Maybe renaming Dundas Street shouldn't be a priority 

Dear Pierre, let's talk conspiracies 

Canada must step up Afghan rescue mission

Inflation is on the rise, again

National Post

Evacuation of Yellowknife ordered as wildfire approaches city

Harrowing two year journey brings Afghan Interpreter who escaped Taliban to Canada

Former Alberta CRA employee charged after $20,000 in COVID benefits stolen: RCMP

The Liberals' Taylor Swift ticket fiasco is the greatest crisis of our times 

The TDSB anti-racism training controversy, explained: Listen to audio from he DEI sessions

Ontario University to remove details on gender studies course from website after stabbing

Liberals prioritize climate virtue signalling over keeping the lights on

So we need more immigrants ... to build homes for all the immigrants?

As 2033 net zero target becomes a national one in the sand, Alberta political world is deeply divided

Nonsense for Trudeau to open immigration, but not the economy

Feds hand Irving $463 million more from taxpayers for troubled warship program

Anand tells Federal ministers to find $15 billion in government spending cuts by October 

Global          

City of Yellowknife ordered to evacuate due to nearby NWT wildfires

NWT wildfires Destry town of Enterprise threaten Yellowknife: "Everything I loved in life is gone"

$2,000 for 200 square feet: TikTok of Vancouver rental raises hackles 

Canadian home prices have stabilized. Will incomes ever catch up?

Vandalism of Canadian National Vimy Memorial condemned by Minister 

Should Ottawa build houses again? 'Conversations' happening, minister says

NDP, Green leaders cleared to review evidence of alleged foreign meddling

Search for new federal ethics commissioner crosses six month milestone 

Over half of Canadians worry about climate change's impact on food: Survey

LGBTQ policy in NB schools violates Charter rights of kids: child advocate  

Miscellaneous            

Why more low income people in BC can't get dental care 

Please Advise: Who wins this Alberta-Ontario battle?

Why Calgary is split on its housing affordability recommendations

Don't believe the spin. Trudeau isn't done 

The VPD won't release a review of its Chelsea Poorman investigation

Canada's Health Workforce is in crisis. Where's the Fix?

Climate Collapse is happening now. Why the heat tells us