Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, September 2-4, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday-Monday, September 2-4, 2023

BC, NWT Wildfires

Essential workers head back early to Yellowknife to be ready for everyone else 

Weekend weather in central BC causes 'very aggressive' fire activity 

After the wildfire: Inside the struggle to rebuild homes in Canada 

Central BC weather spurs 'very aggressive'  fire activity as well as new orders, alerts 

Ukraine/Russia War           

Russian General Sergei Surovikin seen in first photo since Wagner mutiny

Ukraine war, absence of Putin and Xi set to dent G20 summit 

Ukraine says Russian drones hit NATO member Romania, Bucharest denies report 

Putin says he won't renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has

War in Ukraine expected to block consensus at G20 as Trudeau visits Asia

Canada's envoy to Ukraine says Canadian support will outlast Russian invasion 

Ukraines defence minister to be replaced, Zelenskyy says

Putin dashes hopes of new Black Sea grain deal after talks with Turkey

Ukraine's defence minister resigns after Zelenskyy names replacement 

Globe and Mail

Doug Ford shuffles cabinet after housing minister resigns over Greenbelt outcry, ethics breach

Toronto council considers implementing a municipal sales tax 

Undercounting of an estimated million non-permanent residents could affect per-capita GDP, say economists 

Ottawa trucker convoy's two key organizers set to face criminal trial

Freeland imposes extraordinary measures to force out founding investors of Wealth One Bank with alleged ties to China 

There's merit in payday loans and the governments new rules do little to help 

Bank of Canada expected to hold rates steady as economy stalls 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford asks Bank of Canada to halt rake hikes 

CBC

Convoy leaders' trial will settle criminal question - but debates will rage on 

MPs say democracy is fraying in Canada - but there's hope

Ontario Premier Doug Ford shuffles cabinet after housing minister resigns 

Canadian military needs dedicates climate disaster force, former army commander says 

A new CSIS ad campaign is using Soviet-style imagery to warn Canadians about disinformation

Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls on Bank of Canada to halt rising interest rates 

Canada's history is facing a reckoning. Out national parks are too

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Premier Doug Ford forced to shuffle cabinet after housing minister Steve Clark resigns 

Steve Clark's departure too little, too late 

This Labour Day, unionized workers are catching up 

Union divisions are letting labour's 'hot summer' slip away

Olivia Chow must move fast to meet new affordable housing goal 

All roads lead to this country's dire need for affordable housing 

Canada's international and domestic students are in the grips of a housing crisis. Has this group cracked the puzzle?

Toronto Zoo board quietly boosts CEO pay 20 per cent amid city's financial crisis  

'Hold the line;' 'Freedom Convoy' organizers' criminal trial begins Tuesday 

How Tamara Lich transformed from spokeswoman to symbol of 'Freedom Convoy' movement 

Is Canada's housing crisis about to take a very dark turn?

Manitoba premier expected to launch campaign for October 3 election 

Canada set to become strategic partner with ASEAN bloc, symbolizing trade progress  

Ontario Premier Doug Ford asks Bank of Canada to halt rate hikes 

Toronto Sun

Premier reshuffles cabinet after beleaguered housing minister resigns 

Cash starved city closing profitable go-kart track, speeding up race to despair

Clark's resignation won't solve housing criss, Greenbelt saga 

PM is not a Marxist but he is something else 

A Minister resign? Ministerial responsibility died long ago

Guilbeault, the Guru of Carbon Taxes 

Ford should have fire his housing minister over Greenbelt failure 

Justin Trudeau has reached his best-before date 

Canadians caught in an economic vice

National Post

Doug Ford shuffles cabinet after housing minister resigns over Greenbelt plan

Ontario Housing minister Steve Clark resigns in wake of Greenbelt controversy 

The case for keeping 24 Sussex

'Hold the line'' 'Freedom Convoy' organizers criminal trial begins Tuesday

Government's shouldn't house the middle class

Jordan Peterson doesn't need to be cured of expressing opinions 

Canada is trampling on my God-given right to free speech

Global          

Ontario housing minister resigns amid Greenbelt land swap scandal 

James Smith Cree Nation marks first anniversary since mass stabbing 

'Freedom Convoy' organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber's trial begins on Tuesday 

Doug Ford calls for end of Bank of Canada interest rate hikes  

Canada set to become strategic partner with ASEAN trading bloc 

Miscellaneous            

COVID continues to surprise us. Here's how to stay safer 

Vancouver's only unionized Starbucks is closing 

Alberta workers see their future. Denial blocks the view

Inside the quest to chart the Seafloor by 2030