October 7, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 10/07/2013: Afternoon Update

• Close races in Halifax and Cape Breton -   Eric Grenier , threehundredeight.com
• Brazilian president demands Canada explain spying report -   Reuters , The Globe & Mail
• $7M in Pan Am bonuses money well spent, insists premier -   Richard J. Brennan , Toronto Star
• Wynne refuses to ‘wade into’ police probe of Rob Ford -   Robert Benzie , Toronto Star
• Thomas Mulcair would like you to vote for a candidate with whom he doesn’t agree -   Kelly MacParland , National Post
• Legion calls Conservative position in defending veterans lawsuit ‘reprehensible’ -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Stephen Harper says he’ll boycott Commonwealth, threatens to turn off funding tap over Sri Lanka -   Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press , Vancouver Sun
• Premier says $830-million flood plan not final -   Amanda Stephenson , Calgary Herald
• Harper out of step with other Commonwealth countries in boycotting Sri Lanka gathering -   Matthew Fisher , Calgary Herald
• Alberta government stumbles at economic summit -   Graham Thomson , Edmonton Journal
• NDP hit by tax-hike backlash -   Mary Agnes Welch , Winnipeg Free Press
• Manitoba litmus test for Trudeau -   Chantal Hébert , Winnipeg Free Press
• Nova Scotia party leaders make final pitch for votes ahead of Tuesday’s election -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Who will be the next Tecumseh? -   Paul Martin , The Globe & Mail
• For McNeil, election 2013 is a matter of trust -   Dan Leger , The Chronicle
• Mulcair and NDP plan new approach to pipeline politics -   Rosemary Barton , CBC News
• Canada’s ‘Indian Magna Carta,’ turns 250 -   Leslie MacKinnon , CBC News
• Ottawa Tory, Liberal Senators claimed regular travel in city in 2010: Senate expense reports -   Bea Vongdouangchanh , The Hill Times
• Dirty truths surround Clark’s clean LNG boast -   Justine Hunter , The Globe & Mail
• Premier Wynne defends $7-million bonus package for Pan Am organizers -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail

Loonie Politics 10/07/2013: Morning Edition

• NDP Leader Adrian Dix says 36 days not good enough for B.C. democracy -   The Canadian Press , Vancouver Sun
• Media inaccuracy unfair to candidates, McNeil says -   David Jackson and Eva Hoare , The Chronicle
• Canadian spies targeted Brazil’s mines ministry: report -   The Associated Press , CBC News
• Harper scrubs Sri Lanka visit over human rights violations -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Paradis recounts first few hours of devastation in Lac-Mégantic -   Laura Ryckewaert , The Hill Times
• Conservatives, NDP only true choices, Liberals ‘stand for nothing,’ says Lavigne -   Abbas Rana , The Hill Times
• Tories have slim lead in Ontario, Libs substantial lead in Quebec -   Tim Naumetz , The Hill Times
• Quebec’s economic policy to be revealed Monday -   The Canadian Press , Montreal Gazette
• Alarm bells ring with new report of B.C.’s oil-spill system -   Michael Smyth , Vancouver Province
• NDP calls for an end to government cronyism -   Andrea Hill , Ottawa Citizen
• Double down on conservative values -   Editorial , Toronto Sun
• DND pares front-line jobs -   David Pugliese , Ottawa Citizen
• Cities ask Stephen Harper for housing, infrastructure help -   Mike De Souza , Ottawa Citizen
• Tying teachers’ pay to performance a controversial topic -   Antonella Artuso , Toronto Sun
• Quebec anti-charter protesters feeling more hopeful after PQ’s difficult week -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Leaders accelerate down home stretch -   David Jackson and Michael Gorman , The Chronicle
• Nova Scotia Liberal leader lays out priorities if he wins Tuesday’s election -   St. John's Telegram
• Howe Room: Liberals cautious on funeral tax break -   David Jackson , The Chronicle
• First Nations issues would be top priority for an NDP government, Mulcair says -   Gloria Galloway , The Globe & Mail
• Former Liberal cabinet minister and rear admiral Fred Mifflin dies at age 75 -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• New federal web portal for freedom-of-info expanding with 16 new departments -   Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press , Ottawa Citizen
• New Brunswick premier and First Nation agree to resume shale gas talks Monday -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• UN fact-finder arrives in Canada to survey concerns of Aboriginal Peoples -   Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Mulcair says no to wealth tax, expects star NDP candidate to be team player -   Julian Beltrame , Ottawa Citizen
• Ballot photos investigated -   Dan Arsenault , The Chronicle
• Harper arrives at Asia-Pacific summit bearing $36B Malaysian investment boost -   Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press , Ottawa Citizen
• NDP cool to altering information process -   Paul McLeod , The Chronicle

Washington 10/07/2013

• Why the shutdown is hurting all of us, and why that doesn’t matter -   James Fallows , The Atlantic
• Five myths about House Republicans -   Robert Costa , Washington Post
• Governing by blackmail -   Nicholas D. Kristof , New York Times
• A wolf, a sheep, or what? -   Thomas L. Friedman , New York Times
• The high cost of corruption: How Kwame Kilpatrick’s crimes deepened Detroit’s crisis -   Tresa Baldas , Detroit Free Press
• Chronicle of a death retold -   James Wolcott , Vanity Fair
• Now Obama rescues the GOP -   Peggy Noonan , Wall Street Journal