October 3, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 10/03/2013: Afternoon Update

• Ontario expanding trail system before 2015 Pan Am Games -   Toronto Star
• Ontario Liberals under fire for giving MLSE $500K for NBA all-star game -   Keith Leslie , The Globe & Mail
• NS Liberals remain on track for big win -   Eric Grenier , threehundredeight.com
• PQ stung by Jacques Parizeau’s rebuke of values charter -   Chantel Hebert , Toronto Star
• Ambrose to close ‘loopholes’ in program that would provide heroin to some addicts -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Court calls out Alberta government for blocking oilsands opposition -   Matt Dykstra , Calgary Sun
• Alberta’s political evolution opens doors on the left -   Tony Coulson , The Globe & Mail
• Health care for seniors on provinces’ agenda -   Joe Couture , Saskatoon Star Phoenix
• Environmental ruling likely to sour European trip defending oilsands -   Graham Thomson , Edmonton Journal
• Remember our Liberal/NDP/Bloc coalition crisis if you think the U.S. shutdown is crazy -   Andrew Coyne , National Post
• Politicians and pipelines: oilsands debate will soon get very sticky -   Jason Fekete , Calgary Herald
• Polls suggest voters ready for change -   Brian MacLeod , London Free Press
• Redford government considers flood insurance options -   Chris Varcoe , Calgary Herald
• Alberta government reaches new compensation deal with pharmacists -   Keith Gerein , Calgary Herald

Loonie Politics 10/03/2013: Morning Edition

• NDP leadership hopefuls chomping at bit to attack Clark -   Michael Smyth , Vancouver Province
• For Liberals, the house is not a home -   Vaughn Palmer , Vancouver Sun
• Proposed changes to CPP spur momentum for pension reform -   Bill Curry , The Globe & Mail
• Quebec charter ‘goes too far’, says former premier Parizeau -   Ingrid Peritz , The Globe & Mail
• Liberal support slipping as Parliament’s return draws near -   Eric Grenier , The Globe & Mail
• John Gerretsen lays down law on sharing public information about court cases -   Martin Regg Cohn , Toronto Star
• Could GO Trains with electricity-capturing exercise bikes be in Wynne’s next platform? -   Rob Ferguson , Toronto Star
• Supreme Court nominee Marc Nadon fields questions from parliamentarians -   Tobi Cohen , Ottawa Citizen
• Here’s what to look for in the throne speech, says Stephen Harper’s former communications director -   Jason Fekete , Ottawa Citizen
• Canada has a long way to go before Asian trading partners take us seriously -   Matthew Fisher , Ottawa Citizen
• Wynne at the beck and call of unions -   Christina Blizzard , Toronto Sun
• Subways: We have the man and the plan -   Tim Hudak , Toronto Sun
• Unions spell corruption -   Eric Duhaime , Toronto Sun
• ‘No one has been barred’ from Harper’s Malaysia trip, PM’s spokesman says -   Terry Pedwell , The Globe & Mail
• Ontario Auditor-General to report on gas-plant closings Oct. 8 -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Why the wheels are coming off Ontario’s transportation plan -   Michael Warren , The Globe & Mail
• Baillie challenges McNeil on MLA pensions -   David Jackson , The Chronicle Herald
• When it comes to politics, negative spin obscures reality -   Claire McIlveen , The Chronicle Herald
• Poll offers different picture of race -   Paul Mcleod , The Chronicle Herald
• Harper heads to APEC summit in Bali preaching trade amid Asian economic worries -   Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Feds appeal decision that cleared way for Afghanistan vets lawsuit over benefits -   Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Care homes in crisis; Sask. health minister ‘angry’ about details in facilities report -   Joe Couture , Saskatoon Star Phoenix
• Dialogue needed on soaring debt -   Editorial , Calgary Sun
• B.C. losing its position as climate-change leader -   Gordon Hoekstra , Vancouver Sun
• Premier Christy Clark says she’s confident in RCMP investigation into ethnic vote scandal -   Vancouver Province
• Christy Clark warns Canada unprepared for tanker oil spills -   Susana Mas , CBC News
• MPs grill Supreme Court of Canada appointment Nadon at special committee -   Tim Naumetz , The Hill Times

Washington 10/03/2013

• John Boehner reports no progress after meeting with Obama -   Eyder Peralta , National Public Radio
• Honey, they shrunk my job -   Deroy Murdock , National Review
• Barack Obama spitefully *chose* to make WWII Memorial inaccessible to veterans. -   Moe Lane , Red State
• The truth is, Americans love Obamacare -   Michael Hiltzik , Los Angeles Times
• Shutdown could be shock therapy -   David Gergen , CNN
• White House vows veto for piecemeal GOP spending measures -   Peter Schroeder , The Hill
• Government shutdown: W.H. meeting with lawmakers goes nowhere -   Jake Sherman, John Bresnahan, Burgess Everett and Jonathan Allen , Politico