Ottawa Observations: Tuesday-Wednesday, September 5 & 6, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Tuesday-Wednesday, September 5-6, 2023

BC, NWT Wildfires

Evacuation order lifted for Yellowknife after three weeks of wildfire danger 

Shuswap wildfire ruin is revealed as BC Faces 'sleeping giant' of drought 

'Safe travels': Evacuation order lifted for NWT capital after weeks of fire danger 

Evacuation order lifted for Yellowknife after weeks of fire danger 

Ukraine/Russia War           

How a parts shortage and corporate infighting hamper efforts to repair Ukraine's Leopard tanks 

Ukraine says its counteroffensive 'advancing confidently' Russia denies gains 

Russian attack kills 17 at Ukraine market as Blinken visits Kyiv

Globe and Mail

Bank of Canada holds key interest rate steady at 5 per cent, but leaves door open for further hikes 

Banks of Canada holds its key interest rate steady at 5%. Here's what happens next

The Bank of Canada looks determined to undersell its shift in policy direction

New Ontario housing minister pledges open Greenbelt review

Canadian bank CEOs warn of growing stress in US operations as economic headwinds grow 

Convoy protest become 'more volatile' over time, police officer testifies at Tamara Lich and Chris Barber trial 

Trial for Ottawa trucker convoy's key organizers not about their political views, Crown says

Canada's tech industry experiencing shift away from remote work 

If Canada's political parties are too hungry for money, let them have less 

Dear Premiers: No, the Bank of Canada is not an ogre 

Tiff Macklem reads the tea leaves: Bank of Canada was right to hit pause on interest rates 

Conservatives to vote on controversial issues at Poilievre's first policy convention as leader 

Indo-Pacific leaders see a partner in Canada, elevating its status within ASEAN-bloc

Ottawa awards $15 million contract to Sun Life to lay groundwork for dental care program 

CBC

UN envoy links temporary foreign worker program to 'contemporary forms of slavery'

Canada's 'last resort' recovery fund should make communities more disaster-resistant, critics say

Former top banker says premiers are 'grandstanding' on interest rate hikes 

More Greenbelt land could be opened to development, new housing minister says

Scope of convoy protest 'exceeded expectations' co-organizers trial hears 

Trial for convoy leaders Lich and Barber starts with police witness

Humanitarian group calls on Ottawa to push allies away from banned disaster weapons 

Freeland calls Bank of Canada's interest rate decision 'welcome relief'

Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady at 5%

Singh launches broadside against Poilievre as New Democrats prepare for Parliament's return 

Canada's promised Indo-Pacific trade representative to be based in Jakarta: Mary Ng

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Greenbelt protection could be lifted from more land, Doug Ford's new housing minister says

Millennials nearly twice as likely to vote for Conservatives over Liberals, new survey suggests 

'Freedom convoy' got more volatile as protest went on, police officer tells court 

As support for Liberals slides, NDP ramps up focus on housing solutions 

Doug Ford's fatally flawed Greenbelt plan must be stopped in its tracks 

Politics, planning and the Greenbelt: we have to get it right 

Liberals could ask Bank of Canada to stop hiking interest rates: NDP

Contract talks with Ontario teachers' union continue - slowly

Feds award $15 million contract to Sun Life to lay groundwork for dental care program  

CPTPP panel sides with New Zealand over Canada dairy supply-management rules 

Children's Ministry refuses to compensate youth it misinformed: BC Ombudsperson  

Council debates Toronto's financial future as Chow presses for refugee shelter help 

India envoy 'very satisfied' by Canada response to threats by Sikh separatist groups 

Ombudsman says military underestimating mental health risks of domestic deployments 

Political pressure to stop rate hikes now coming from premiers, as BoC decision nears

Mounties eyeing change to recreational cannabis use policy for members

Toronto Sun

New school year, new look at teacher shelves Z-Cup prosthetics  

Toronto council backs more taxes, ignores call for efficiency review

Body remains in Scarborough parking lot for hours after accident 

Our friends are worried, our foes are laughing 

Trudeau's super ego party of personality 

We pay a lot more than one carbon tax

As council votes on tax hikes, Bradford calls for a tax break

Where was Trudeau's LGBTQ lecture to Indonesia's president?

Government spending doesn't buy happiness

Trudeau and Guilbeault the most divisive of all

Ford blasts Bank of Canada for rate hikes, Trudeau to blame, too

Medically assisted dying and the slipper slope 

National Post

Voters need more than snappy slogans from the Conservatives 

'Anti-woke' general and his wife to endorse Poilievre, talk 'common sense' values at CPC Convention 

Success for Pierre Poilievre looks like the most boring Conservative convention ever 

Who started calling residential school burial sites mass graves?

Stolen Canadian cars are ending up in Africa and auto industry says not enough is being done to stop it 

'Patience is wearing thin': Air Canada vomit incident ignites anger of frustrated fliers 

Quebec anti-corruption unit arrests former junior college manager on fraud charges 

The plan to solve housing needs to help renters, too

The real danger to trans kids to confuse involving parents with 'outing'

Freedom Convoy trial won't help Trudeau's tanking poll numbers 

Doug Ford deflects Greenbelt conspiracy theories 

Ottawa awards docking contract to same company it's suing for negligence over damaged Coast Guard ship

Global          

'Very large increase' in weed-related traffic injuries since legalization: study 

Public health agency launches probe into Air Canada vomit incident 

Day 2 of 'Freedom Convoy' trial hears police were told: 'Not one inch'

Here's what happened on Day 1 of the 'Freedom Convoy' trial 

'Freedom Convoy' duo faces trial in Ottawa. Here's what the charges mean 

Bank of Canada holds key rate but leaves door open to future hikes

New COVID shots effective against latest variant, Pfizer and Moderna say 

International students pay sky-high fees. Whose job is it to house them?

'Slap in the face': Permission withdrawn for Khalistan vote to be held at BC School

Children's ministry refuses to compensate youth it misinformed: BC ombudsperson 

Council debates Toronto's financial future as Chow presses for refugee shelter 

Canada's teachers say ongoing shortage creating 'crisis' What's behind it?

Links to BC town's website 'scrubbed' from Facebook community groups: Mayor 

RCMP investigate ex-RCAF pilots reportedly training China's Air Force 

The writ has been dropped: Manitoba election campaign underway 

Justin Trudeau kicks off Indo-Pacific tour with arrival in Jakarta 

Canada partners with 10 southeast Asian countries to tackle food insecurity 

Miscellaneous            

Who is Mike Roman? The Trump indictee with Canadian ties 

How weird will the Greenbelt Scandal get?

Making room for more Queer Counsellors

Naked Truths From Sex Worker GoAsk Alex

Did a High Profile wildfire review lead to real change?

Mapping the Sea Floor. If conditions allow

Is Steve Bannon coaching Alberta's UCP?