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