November 4, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 11/04/2013: Afternoon Update

• Conservatives move to cut off debate on suspensions of three senators -   Kim Mackrael and Gloria Galloway , The Globe & Mail
• The Senate has spent $34,535 over three years on iPads, but who got one and its cost is a mystery -   Jordan Press , National Post
• Ottawa gripped by ‘juicy’ Senate expenses scandal, no end in sight -   Laura Ryckewaert , The Hill Times
• Feds bring down legislative hammer on massive budget implementation bill -   Bea Vongdouangchanh , The Hill Times
• Amid contradictory polls and the soap opera in Question Period, Justin Trudeau is an island of calm -   Kelly MacParland , National Post
• Federal dollars for flood mitigation could take years -   Trevor Howell , Calgary Herald
• Documents: DND knew Cyclones might not measure up -   Murray Brewster, Canadian Press , The Chronicle
• Gov. Gen. starts campaign aimed at getting young Canadians to volunteer -   The Canadian Press , Macleans
• Ontario premier talks about importance of Holland Marsh -   Miriam King , Barrie Examiner
• Top Tories warn PM Harper against throwing ‘Wright under the bus,’ some Tories call Senate scandal ‘a delicious irony’ -   Abbas Rana , The Hill Times
• Public service unions to lobby MPs against labour law changes in omnibus budget bill -   Abbas Rana , The Hill Times
• Senate scandal back to the forefront as members of Parliament return to Commons -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Veterans burial fund has more money, but access still restricted: budget office -   Murray Brewster, Canadian Press , Calgary Herald
• PM needs better Senate advice -   Dan Leger , The Chronicle
• Brazeau set to make last-ditch defence of expenses to the Senate -   Jordan Press , Ottawa Citizen
• A never-ending campaign -   Elliot Ferguson , Kingston Whig Standard

Loonie Politics 11/04/2013: Morning Edition

• Ontario mulls tax reform to spur companies to stop hoarding cash -   Adrian Morrow , The Globe & Mail
• Why Harper dug in his heels: That’s where the money is -   Tom Flanagan , The Globe & Mail
• Senate soon to decide fate of Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau -   Daniel Leblanc & Steven Chase , The Globe & Mail
• Rob Ford apologizes for public drunkenness, but won’t step down -   Daniel Dale , Toronto Star
• Populist style carries the day for Coderre -   Philip Authier , Montreal Gazette
• Liberals refuse to make needed spending cuts -   Sue-Ann Levy , Toronto Sun
• Tories hope to turn page on Senate scandal but new chapters keep emerging -   Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Senate scandal doesn’t damage Conservative faith in Harper -   Laura Payton , CBC News
• Jaded Conservatives thinking wistfully about a future without Stephen Harper -   John Ivison , National Post
• Conservatives’ closed door convention doesn’t win them any new friends -   Andrew Coyne , National Post
• Harper’s command over party remains ‘masterful,’ despite Senate fiasco -   Don Braid , Calgary Herald
• Protesters set up mock fracking rig outside B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s home -   Mike Hager , Edmonton Journal
• Justice Nadon barred from Supreme Court building amid legal challenge -   Sean Fine , The Globe & Mail
• A path forward: There are initiatives in throne speech that could save Conservatives -   Monte Solberg , Toronto Sun
• Furious Pamela Wallin lashed out at staffer after aide told auditors about expenses -   Jessica Barrett , National Post
• Stephen Harper’s Conservative party tilts right while he faces slow-burning scandal -   Mark Kennedy , National Post
• It’s over between Tim Hudak and Andrea Horwath -   Martin Regg Cohn , Toronto Star
• Future of Conservative Party looks a little righter after vote at Calgary convention -   Rick Bell , Calgary Sun
• Fifteen Tory motions to know about from the convention -   Josh Wingrove , The Globe & Mail
• Stephen Harper sings greatest hits in bid to regain control -   Tim Harper , Toronto Star
• ‘Wallin said they did not need to know’ -   Jessica Barrett , Ottawa Citizen
• Conservatives say winning next federal election is party’s ‘abiding obsession,’ its ‘whole focus’ -   Laura Ryckewaert , The Hill Times
• Quebec can’t secede with sleazy half-measures, and Ottawa needs to make that clear -   Conrad Black , National Post
• One-member, one-vote could still torment Peter MacKay -   David Jackson , The Chronicle
• Now is the time to reform public pensions à la P.E.I. -   Bill Black , The Chronicle

Washington 11/04/2013

• House committee threatens subpoena over ObamaCare enrollment numbers -   Fox News
• “Fighting Republicanism” on immigration reform: Learning from a bad example -   Karl , Hot Air
• FBI tracking down Medicare fraud fugitives from South Florida -   Jay Weaver , Miami Herald
• Kerry Says He Sees Signs That Egypt Is on Path to Democracy -   Michael R. Gordon , New York Times
• How Chris Christie is Winning Over Hispanics -   David Freedlander , The Daily Beast
• Plutocrats vs. Populists -   Chrystia Freeland , New York Times
• Questions They Won’t Answer -   Stephen F. Hayes & Thomas Joscelyn , Weekly Standard
• HealthCare.gov: How political fear was pitted against technical needs -   Amy Goldstein and Juliet Eilperin , Washington Post
• This Is Why We Need Obamacare -   Nicholas D. Kristof , New York Times
• Broken Bonds -   Jason Grotto, Heather Gillers, Patricia Callahan and Alex Richards , Chicago Tribune