October 9, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 10/09/2013: Afternoon Update

• Liberals back on top in Nova Scotia -   Paul McLeod, David Jackson, Michael Gorman and Aaron Beswick , The Chronicle
• He’s a man of the people -   John Demont , The Chronicle
• McNeil weighs plans for cabinet, new holiday -   Paul McLeod , The Chronicle
• Valcourt urges First Nations education reform 1st, funds later -   Susana Mas , CBC News
• McGuinty’s capitulation on gas plants is a costly cautionary tale -   Adam Radwanski , The Globe & Mail
• In Nova Scotia, Liberals get their groove back -   John Ivison , The Globe & Mail
• Intense scrutiny of N.S. election brought pollsters close to the mark -   Eric Grenier , The Globe & Mail
• Tories blasted over $33,000 trip to share flood-response successes in China -   Chris Varcoe , Calgary Herald
• Sask. won’t push euthanasia debate -   Joe Couture , Saskatoon Star Phoenix
• Ex-premier Dalton McGuinty says calling off mall collapse search was ‘shocking’ -   The Canadian Press , Saskatoon Star Phoenix
• CTF says government ignored own advice on PST hike -   Staff Writer , Winnipeg Free Press
• Mulcair says alleged spying on Brazil’s energy ministry gives Canada black eye -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Liberals promise bill requiring calorie postings on some restaurant menus -   The Canadian Press , Ottawa Citizen
• Ontario Conservatives call for election -   Antonella Artuso , Toronto Sun
• What federal players can learn from Liberals’ Nova Scotia win -   Jane Taber , The Globe & Mail

Loonie Politics 10/09/2013: Morning Edition

• B.C.’s readiness to negotiate First Nations treaties questioned -   Vaughn Palmer , Vancouver Sun
• Liberals win majority as N.S. voters toss NDP government and Premier Darrell Dexter -   Melanie Patten, Canadian Press , National Post
• The banality of billion-dollar boondoggles -   Martin Regg Cohn , Toronto Star
• Horwath stamps feet over gas plants yet still won’t dump Liberals -   Christina Blizzard , Toronto Sun
• Nova Scotia Liberals win majority government, ousting New Democrats -   The Canadian Press , Macleans
• Historic NDP collapse as Nova Scotians elect Liberal majority government -   Paul McLeod , The Chronicle
• Scientists called ‘radical ideologues’ by Tories in science minister’s riding -   Gloria Galloway , The Globe & Mail
• Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace -   Greg Weston , CBC News
• Stephen McNeil: Nova Scotia’s premier-designate -   The Canadian Press , Macleans
• PBO report to look at drivers of rising salaries in the public service -   Kathyrn May , Ottawa Citizen
• Senate should abolish partisanship, NDP urges -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Justice Nadon steps aside from Supreme Court until legal challenge resolved -   Sean Fine , The Globe & Mail
• Questions go unaswered in shuttered legislature -   Michael Smyth , Vancouver Province
• Cities gear up for handouts -   Anthony Furey , Winnipeg Sun
• Mounties seek Brazeau’s bank records -   Jessica Hume , Toronto Sun
• Ontario Liberals’ gas-plant cancellations cost $1-billion: auditor -   Adrian Morrow , The Globe & Mail
• Redford government ducking a legal broadside -   Graham Thomson , Edmonton Journal
• Brandon-Souris Tory nomination process a ‘shemozzle’ says May -   Bruce Owen , Winnipeg Free Press
• Kenney says Ottawa willing to be flexible when it comes to new jobs grant -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Gas plant report shreds Liberals -   Editorial , Ottawa Sun
• Federal auditors found $1.5 billion in ‘significant’ defence accounting errors -   Lee Berthiaume , Ottawa Citizen
• Mike Duffy paid friend $65,000 in Senate funds for ‘no tangible work,’ RCMP allege -   Jordan Press , Ottawa Citizen
• Gas plant cancellations cost $1.1 billion -   Antonella Artuso , Ottawa Sun
• With most staff cuts done, Ottawa to target IT for savings -   Bill Curry , The Globe & Mail
• Cost of killing Oakville gas plant up to $815M, auditor says -   Matthew Pearson , Ottawa Citizen

Washington 10/09/2013

• The shutdown government: powerful, punitive and petty -   Mollie Hemingway , The Federalist
• Democrats won’t win a ‘blame the GOP’ game on the shutdown and debt ceiling -   Harry J Enten , The Guardian
• How changing a form can change people’s lives -   Cass R. Sunstein , Bloomberg
• Extremely conservative and incredibly out of touch -   Kirsten Powers , The Daily Beast
• Don’t abandon the sequester -   Rep. Sean Duffy , Investors.com
• Obamacare supporters turn on the law -   Peter Suderman , Reason.com
• House sends tenth funding bill to Senate -   Pete Kasperowicz , The Hill
• ObamaCare is here to stay -   Bill Press , The Hill
• GOP proposes new supercommittee to resolve impasse -   Emma Dumain and Matt Fuller , Roll Call