October 5, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 10/05/2013: Morning Edition

• NCC ‘blindsided’ by cuts in federal budget: Dewar -   Elizabeth Payne , Ottawa Citizen
• Phoenix Program gives sex offenders special treatment, Wildrose says -   Mariam Ibrahim , Edmonton Journal
• It’s Alberta’s prerogative to say who speaks at oilsands reviews: Redford -   The Canadian Press , Calgary Herald
• Quebec’s death legislation might fall to courts -   The Canadian Press , Macleans
• Strange smells emanating from review of Agricultural Land Reserve -   Vaughn Palmer , Vancouver Sun
• Where are all the women in Nova Scotia politics? -   Gail Lethbridge , The Chronicle
• $830-million network of berms, diversions may avert future disasters: flood panel -   James Wood , Calgary Herald
• One big difference -   The Chronicle
• Marshall taking on Kennedy’s duties for now -   St. John's Telegram
• Ontario’s private gambling plans hit another political snag -   Thomas Walkom , Toronto Star
• NDP set wiser course, Grits navigate shallows -   Ralph Surette , The Chronicle
• Land sale stirs controversy -   Eva Hoare, David Jackson and Staff Reporters , The Chronicle
• The things party leaders say at election time -   Paul McLeod , The Chronicle
• Letter warning Stephen Harper against appointing Arthur Porter to oversee spy agency raised no red flags -   Stephen Maher , National Post
• Don’t be fooled by the ex-premiers, the Parti Québécois has never been inclusive -   Andrew Coyne , National Post
• Pan Am internal compliance audit proof heads should roll -   Sue-Ann Levy , Toronto Sun
• Harper’s Throne Speech to focus on families, sources say -   Steven Chase , The Globe & Mail
• Ottawa wants companies to jointly train workers through Canada Job Grant -   Bill Curry , The Globe & Mail
• Official met with Cyclone rivals as Tories consider ditching chopper program -   Murray Brewster, Canadian Press , Saskatoon Star Phoenix
• Protesters, politicians gather on Hill to demand justice for aboriginal women -   Ben Makuch, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Separatist icons right this time -   Editorial , Ottawa Sun
• No development dollars for abortions after war rape, child marriage: minister -   Lina Dib and Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Compensation committee on hold as Treasury Board re-evaluates pay packages -   Kathryn May , Ottawa Citizen
• What is Stephen Harper’s problem with Elections Canada? -   Kate Heartfield , Ottawa Citizen
• Tory Senate leader received large donations from 17 members of the same family -   Glen McGregor , Ottawa Citizen

Washington 10/05/2013

• An energy boom that could last -   Bryan Walsh , Time
• Man sets himself on fire on National Mall; taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries -   Eric Tucker, The Associated Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Six decades in Detroit: How abandonment, racial tensions and financial missteps bankrupted the city -   Joel Kurth, Mike Wilkinson and Louis Aguilar , Detroit News
• Experts debate decision to shoot U.S. Capitol car chase driver -   Rachel Jacksonallie Wright , The Globe & Mail
• Boehner finds splintered party is hard to lead -   Ezra Klein , Bloomberg
• D-Day memorial closure evokes memories of Reagan speech -   Matt K. Lewis , The Daily Caller
• GOP House can’t claim to speak for America -   Thomas Mann , CNN
• Obama keeps Congress at arm’s-length in government shutdown -   Kathleen Hennessey and Christi Parsons , Los Angeles Times
• Washington still deadlocked on shutdown and debt ceiling -   Thomas Ferraro and Caren Bohan , Reuters
• Shame on Republican states doing everything they can to hurt the poor by rejecting Obamacare -   Alan Colmes , Huffington Post