What does the Liberal convention say about the state of the party?

Loonie Politics Tuesday: Afternoon Update

• Guaranteed not-even-low income a leap in the dark - Colby Cosh, National Post
• Toronto is in the ‘hearts and prayers’ of Canada, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - Bruce Campion-Smith, Toronto Star
• G7 security ministers gather to discuss ‘soft targets’ and online radicalization after Toronto attack - Murray Brewster, CBC News
• Why Trudeau may take a pass on universal pharmacare, despite his party’s wishes - Andrew Coyne, National Post
• Documents show how Liberals put abortion, summer jobs on collision course - Jordan Press, The Associated Press, CTV News
• UN says Canada needs more helicopters to fully meet its peacekeeping commitments in Mali - Susan Lunn, CBC News
• Atlantic seniors among hardest hit by suspended income supplements - Susan Lunn, CBC News

Loonie Politics Tuesday: Morning Edition

• Liberals show their election hand by reaching left - Chantal Hébert, Toronto Star
• National threat level not being raised after 9 killed in Toronto van incident: Goodale - Peter Zimonjic, CBC News
• Canada mishandling nuclear waste plans, Indigenous, environmental groups warn - The Canadian Press, CBC News
• Protesters disrupt speech by Kathleen Wynne to voice outrage at seven-week York University strike - Robert Benzie, Toronto Star
• Big construction union turns on Wynne - Mark Bonokoski, Toronto Sun
• 
• Federal Liberals latest exercise in vote pandering — identity trade missions - John Ivison, National Post
• Canada to oppose Alaska oil drilling on caribou habitat: minister - Bob Weber - The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
• Trudeau’s carbon price: A $10 billion anchor on our economy - Lorrie Goldstein, Ottawa Sun
• Liberal-dominated committee rejecting many proposed changes to security bill - The Canadian Press, CTV News
• MP Francis Drouin still in Liberal caucus as Halifax incident is investigated - Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press, CTV News
• Report recommends no immediate changes to province-wide testing of Ontario students, sources say - Kristin Rushowy, Toronto Star

Washington Tuesday

• Rejecting Pompeo Would Be Incredibly Reckless - Hugh Hewitt, Washington Post
• Biden His Time? - Kyle Clark, Public Opinion Strategies
• The GOP’s Desperate Obsession With Nancy Pelosi - Jeet Heer, The New Republic
• Can Female Dem 2020 Candidates Avoid the Victim Trap? - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
• The Fight for Wisconsin Is On as Outside Money Pours Into Senate Race - Stephanie Saul, New York Times
• Flight records show Trump spent night in Russia, contradicting what he told Comey: report - Avery Anapol, The Hill

More from Loonie

Loonie Business

• Last resort lender keeping Canadian home buying dreams alive- Allison McNeely - Bloomberg, Toronto Star
• Toys ‘R’ Us ends Canadian stores auction with Fairfax as only bidder- The Canadian Press, Financial Post
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan part of new GFL Environmental investor group- The Canadian Press, CBC News
• Sears shares jump as CEO urges sale of Kenmore appliance brand- Damian Troise - The Associated Press, The Globe & Mail
• Saskatchewan introduces law to allow control of oil, gas exports- CTV News

Loonie World

• Serzh Sargsyan resigns as Armenia’s prime minister after protests- Andrew Roth, The Guardian
• Salah Abdeslam gets 20-year sentence in Brussels trial- Al Jazeera
• Threat of nuclear weapons use growing, UN warns- AFP, The Times Of India
• Senior Houthi official killed in coalition air raid last week, Yemen rebels say- France 24
• Royal baby: Duke and duchess show off new son- BBC News

Loonie Sports

• John Lynch: Reuben Foster will be cut if proven he hit woman- ESPN
• Canadian rugby is facing a critical moment- Benjamin Blum, CBC Sports
• Bautista promoted to Braves’ AAA affiliate- TSN
• Capitals eliminate Blue Jackets behind Ovechkin’s 2 goals- The Associated Press, Sportsnet
• Poised Leafs hold off Bruins, force Game 7- Bruce Arthur, Toronto Star

April 23, 2018

Loonie Politics Monday: Afternoon Edition

• Patrick Brown files $8M defamation lawsuit against CTV News - Paola Loriggio , The Canadian Press, CTV News
• Doug Ford says he hated appointing candidates, inherited ‘a total mess’ from Brown - Kristin Rushowy & Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star
• Budget watchdog says Feds to post deficits $8B more than expected - Andy Blatchford - The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
• Has the Ontario NDP finally shaken off the ghost of Bob Rae? - Kelly McParland, National Post
• B.C. Liberal MPs tout environmental measures in Trans Mountain talks with constituents, but opposition MPs say Grits to ‘absolutely’ lose support in 2019 - Laura Ryckewaert, The Hill Times
• With Trans Mountain on the brink, another major pipeline project faces live-or-die moment - John Paul Tasker, CBC News
• Veteran federal politician Keith Ashfield dies at age 66 - The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
• NDP asking MPs to invite Pope Francis to apologize for residential schools - The Canadian Press, CBC News
• Asylum seekers could be moved out of Quebec as part of deal with Ottawa - Jonathan Montpetit, CBC News

Loonie Politics Monday: Morning Edition

• Tories demand government explain how much a carbon price will cost Canadians - Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press, CTV News
• Memo to Alberta: Get a grip - Stephen Maher, Macleans
• Duelling daycare plans pit Liberals against NDP in battle for parent votes - Laurie Monsebraaten, Toronto Star
• Liberal leadership and grassroots members appear to be on a different path at policy convention - Chris Hall, CBC News
• Allegation made against MP Francis Drouin at Liberal convention in Halifax - The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
• Justin Trudeau was a hard act to follow, but the next speaker defined the most important issue of the 2019 election - Meagan Campbell, Macleans
• Backing Trans Mountain pipeline will send message to investors, finance minister says - CBC News
• North Korea nukes, Russia tension set to top G7 foreign ministers’ talks in Toronto - Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press, CTV News
• Lobbying commissioner asked to investigate Facebook - Katie Simpson, CBC News

Washington Monday

• Indiana’s Lessons for Republicans - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
• Presidency in Disarray, Trump Lashes Out at Comey - Jules Witcover, Baltimore Sun
• The DNC Sued to Protect Election Integrity - Donna Brazile, USA Today
• Trump aide: Mueller probe ‘has gone well beyond’ initial scope - Mallory Shelbourne, The Hill
• What a Top Clinton Aide Thought of James Comey’s Book - Jennifer Palmieri, Politico
• Barbara Bush: Fake Pearls, Real Heart - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
• Trump Rejects Notion He Has Made Too Many Concessions to North Korea - Katie Rogers, New York Times

More from Loonie Monday

Loonie Business

• Why a lot of B.C. skiers are kissing Whistler goodbye- Adrienne Tanner, Macleans
• While inflation pressure heats up, Stephen Poloz comfortable with keeping his powder dry- Kevin Carmichael, Financial Post
• Pot firms look across borders to raise money in bid to secure bud dominance- CTV News
• BP Canada given the go-ahead to start drilling off Nova Scotia coast- Alex Cooke - The Canadian Press, The Globe & Mail
• PC Optimum member hit by theft a third time after Loblaws says password problem fixed- Sophia Harris, CBC News

Loonie World

• Germany’s Social Democrats elect first female leader- Agence France-Presse, The Guardian
• Suicide bomber strikes in Afghan capital, 57 killed and 112 wounded- AFP, The Times Of India
• Will the Lebanese vote in parliamentary elections?- Asma Ajroudi, Al Jazeera
• Iran nuclear deal: Macron urges Trump to stick with 2015 accord- BBC News
• Saudi Arabia to diversify economy with ambitious plan for entertainment industry- Thomas Abgrall, France 24

Loonie Sports

• Raptors fighting for playoff lives after failing to respond in Game 4- Michael Grange, Sportsnet
• Bouchard survives Fed Cup marathon, Dabrowski loses as Canada remains tied- The Canadian Press, CBC Sports
• Severino goes seven as Yanks beat Jays- The Canadian Press, TSN
• Jay Feely says picture with gun, daughter was joke- ESPN