Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, November 11-13, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Saturday-Monday, November 11-13, 2023

Hamas/Israel/Gaza 

Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver confirmed dead in Israel

Medics and patients, including babies, stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals

Largest group of Canadians yet flees Gaza while others hope for their turn 

Tensions and fallout from Remembrance Day pro-Palestinian protest in London

'From the River to the Sea' chant sparks free-speech debate after Calgary protester charged 

Canadian lawyers, spurred by UOttawa law students, issue a call for unity on mid-East

Netanyahu's tough approach to Gaza may wipe out Hamas, but at what cost?

Israeli hostage families urge women's groups to speak up 

Hate condemned after Montreal Jewish school struck by gunfire for 2nd time this week 

Crisis at Gaza hospitals 'extremely dire' as health officials accuse Israel of hostility 

Canada working to cope with 'profoundly frustrating' situation at Rafah crossing wit Gaza 

Medics and patients , including babies, stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals 

Massacre of 1,200 feels alarmingly familiar to the world's Jews 

Canadian feared taken hostage in Hamas attack dead in Israel 

Gaza evacuees question Canada's policy for who it will help evacuate 

Global Affairs says 10 more people with ties to Canada have managed to leave Gaza 

Ottawa man arrested after allegedly inciting hate, antisemitism 

The Israel-Hamas war has divided Canadians. Why can't our politicians unite us?

Canadian feared to have been taken hostage in Hamas attacked dead: Reports 

Survivors of Hamas terror attack want Canadians to be aware 

A principal joins those in hot water for anti-Israel postings 

Hamas controls the narrative now 

Anti-Semitism is on rise and 'hate rallies' need to stop 

The left's alliance with Islamofscism ignited today's anti-Semitism 

Time for Police, prosecutors and courts to deter further acts of hate 

The undying hatred of Jews poisons the West

Hillary Clinton shows Trudeau it's possible to be left-wing and not naive about Hamas 

Hamas had detailed instructions on which (terror) commander should rape which (Israeli) soldiers; IDF

Universities could at least try countering antisemitism. They might even see results 

Greta Thunberg interrupted after pro-Palestinian message at climate protest  

Canadian peace activist believed kidnapped by Hamas confirmed dead

Ottawa's new 'pragmatic diplomacy ' policy misfires at the UN

The Canadian lawyers and professors signing petitions to 'contextualize' Hamas terror

Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver confirmed killed in Israel 

Jewish Canadians 'on high alert' amid rising antisemitism, Gould says 

Ukraine/Russia War           

Reports of Russian pullback in Ukraine illustrates information war around real battlefields

Globe and Mail

While Ottawa lends support to new housing units, cities seek ways to foot massive infrastructure bills 

Things could get interesting next year for young people priced out of the housing market 

Furniture retailer Bad boy to file for bankruptcy over financial troubles, debts to vendors

For boys who died at North America's first residential school, reburial offers peace to the living and dead

BC housing minister tells people not to help 'desperate. scammers' with Airbnb fraud

Alberta's new 'Tell the Feds' ads are a naked ploy to unyieldingly serve Big Oil 

Interest rates aren't going back to their pre-COVID lows. Good

Watch out, premiers: Accountability creep is pushing politics farther away

Canadian trade deal with beleaguered Taiwan one of a kind

Superpower summit set for APEC sidelines as Biden and Xi seek to stabilize relations 

Billion-dollar renovation of the Supreme Court of Canada running over budget 

Former RCMP intelligence director was 'enabling subjects of probes, prosecutor says

Conservative premiers push Trudeau for meeting on carbon pricing to no avail 

Teck to sell coal business to Glencore, Nippon Steel and POSCO in $8.9 billion deal

CBC

Poilievre works to ratchet up pressure on Liberals to pass farming carbon tax carve-out

What is C-58, the government's new anti-replacement worker legislation?

After seeing impact on family, Victoria MP wants to criminalize coercive control

Federal government to table fall economic statement on November 21 

Alleged RCMP leaker says he was tipped off that police targets had 'moles' in law enforcement 

MPs grill federal green fund chair who took part in decision to grant her own firm $217,000 

Edmonton police release suspect images from deadly gang-related shooting of father and son 

Vancouver leads the way as Canadian rent prices hit new hight for 6th month in a row: report

King Charles to be feature on new coins circulated by Royal Canadian Mint 

Misunderstanding from social media spurs rise in International student food bank visits 

Child-care workers in Nova Scotia struggle to afford daycare for their own children 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Most Canadians want Justin Trudeau to cut the carbon price on all home heating, poll suggests 

Inside Rick Leary's TTC: Allegations of bullying and a secret meeting about the CEO's future  

Toronto saw a slight dip in rent prices last month - but don't expect it to last 

Canada's prison system is failing Indigenous inmates 

Building a US-Canada border wall is a dopey idea 

Family doctors are suffering and so are their patients 

International car thieves scammed GTA dealerships by posing as luxury-car buyers, police say

Kathleen Wynn, Dalton McGuinty to be honoured at Liberal leadership convention 

Canada's richest 1% saw largest leap in annual income in years, while lower earner's wages declined 

Salmonella outbreak linked to raw pet food leaves animals dead and dozens of people sick or hospitalized across Canada

Bad Boy Furniture files notice under bankruptcy act, unable to give refunds 

Encrypted email service denies accused RCMP leaker's claims it has intelligence ties 

Poilievre says he needs to study replacement workers bill before taking position  

China ambassador seeks 'rational' relations, trade boost by 'reserving differences' 

Toronto Sun

Poilievre pushes to get carbon tax off of food and farmers 

Marxism, Trans rights, genocide over math, English, Science in Mr. Cirinna's class 

Tone-deaf Liberals lost touch with Canadians 

Unidentified soldiers are forever remembered 

Trudeau's empire set to crumble in possible election 

Time for government's to renew Billy Bishop's governing agreement 

Liberal MPs leave Canadians out in the cold

Trudeau's faith in Climatology will cost him his government 

National Post

Poilievre vows to 'speed up' approval of clean energy projects as filibuster to continue on C-49, C-50

Trudeau's open immigration policies are becoming a problem for America 

Ortis tells espionage trial he was on secret mission from foreign agency to lure criminals 

White visitors to Vancouver Art Gallery can compare their faces to infamous Nazis 

Furniture retailer Bad Boy has filed for bankruptcy. Here's a timeline of its rise and fall 

"Kick them out': Poilievre responds to revelations on Irainian interference in Canada  

Global          

"Kick them out': Poilievre responds to revelations on Irainian interference in Canada  

Far worse than you can imagine': How Iran's regime has 'spread it's tentacles' in Canada 

Cost of living in Canada may mean winter tires are put on ice. Here's why 

Drug-resistant salmonella outbreak spreads across Canada, affecting many kids 

The little university that could(n't): UPEI's nightmare behind closed doors 

Bad Boy furniture files notice under bankruptcy act, unable to give refunds 

Royal Canadian Mint to begin circulation of coins with image of King Charles 

For Canadian veterans, the toxic legacy of burn pits lingers: advocate 

Who are the 500,000 immigrants headed to Canada? A look at the numbers

Defence chief 'very concerned' about readiness against growing threats 

'Extreme': Residents fed up with overnight parties held in downtown Vancouver park 

Wiley wolf dog on the run on Vancouver Island

Poll suggests British Columbians cooling to carbon tax

BC Housing minister tells people not to help 'desperate scammers' with Airbnb fraud

'Zero approvals': HIV drug less accessible in BC, doctor says 

'Hunkered down, stayed warm': Family members missing on Vancouver Island found safe 

US court orders fugitive former BC gang leaders' extradition to Canada  

Hullo cancels weekend sailings due to vessel storm damages, dry dock work 

Up to 15 cm of snow expected on BC's Highway 3 

'Tremendously disturbing': BC anti-gang organization concerned with child gang killing 

Miscellaneous            

Unions to get more power with Replacement worker ban 

Please advise! What's this Tucker Carlson, Danielle Smith Summit?

BC Greens Drop Gandhi from Party after Social Media Blunder