October 20, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 10/20/2013: Morning Edition

• Violent native activists disrespectful to the good will of most Canadians to their plight -   Rex Murphy , National Post
• Mulcair questions timing of PM’s trip to Brussels -   CBC News
• Court case puts sovereigntists, federal government on collision course over rules of Quebec separation -   Benjamin Shingler, Canadian Press , National Post
• Harper and the Commonwealth: A dumb move -   Louis A. Delvoie , Kingston Whig Standard
• N.B. First Nation’s violent protesters fight jobs to preserve band’s 85% welfare status quo -   Christie Blatchford , National Post
• More than 150 vehicles take to Hwy. 402 for mass rally against wind turbines -   Chip Martin , London Free Press
• A bunch of screw-ups -   Adrienne Batra , Toronto Sun
• Wynne’s electricity disaster -   Lorrie Goldstein , Toronto Sun
• How corporate Ontario gets its way at Queen’s Park -   Martin Regg Cohn , Toronto Star
• Train disasters will be the ‘new normal’ unless safety rules change: Greenpeace -   Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Conservatives throw down gauntlet with media after caucus-meeting brouhaha -   Lee-Anne Goodman and Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Running on empty: Harper’s Conservatives don’t even have a message anymore -   Warren Kinsella , Toronto Sun
• Ottawa must deal with the state of the Royal Canadian Navy’s fleet -   Simon Kent , Toronto Sun
• Provincial Tories have eyes on next election as they meet in Brandon -   Bruce Owen , Winnipeg Free Press
• Witness reports ‘huge, huge fireball’ as train carrying oil and gas derails near Edmonton -   Bob Weber, Canadian Press , National Post
• PC voters split on leadership review -   James Wood , Calgary Herald

Washington 10/20/2013

• John Kerry on forging a Pacific future -   Secretary of State John Kerry , Los Angeles Times
• Regulators fire up engines again -   Julian Hattem and Ben Goad , The Hill
• Did the Obama administration know Healthcare.gov would fail? -   Brendan Bordelon , The Daily Caller
• Potemkin Parliament -   Mark Steyn , National Review Online
• Democrats aim to restore immigration to agenda -   Julia Preston and Ashley Parker , New York Times
• Another shutdown stickup -   Sen. Rand Paul , Washington Times
• Remembering Tom Foley, and civility in Washington -   Albert R. Hunt , Bloomberg
• A Ted Cruz on every corner -   Gail Collins , New York Times
• Scott Walker knocks Mitt Romney in book -   Emily Schultheis , Politico
• Tyrone on why the government shutdown and the debt ceiling crisis were brilliant Republican strategy -   Tyler Cowen , Marginal Revolution