November 15, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 11/15/2013: Afternoon Update

• Ball set to take over leading NL Liberals -   Eric Grenier , ThreeHundredEight.com
• Surprise. Stephen Harper’s U.S. border deal does imperil Canadian sovereignty -   Thomas Walkom , Toronto Star
• Kathleen Wynne urges Rob Ford to heed councillors urging him to step down -   Robert Benzie , Toronto Star
• Alberta union wins picket-line privacy case in Supreme Court of Canada ruling -   The Canadian Press , Vancouver Sun
• Piece by piece, Rob Ford’s power is stripped away -   Rosie DiManno , Toronto Star
• Retired general Andrew Leslie weighs run for federal Liberals in Ottawa-Orléans -   David Reevely , Ottawa Citizen
• B.C. labour movement mourns passing of union stalwart Jack Munro, dead at 82 -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Chinese aircraft carrier fails to make a splash with Canadian military officials -   Lee Berthiaume , Ottawa Citizen
• Newfoundland and Labrador Liberals get set to crown new leader this weekend -   Sue Bailey, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• ‘Ford Nation’ more like Ford Village -   Editorial , Toronto Sun
• VIDEO: Justin Trudeau’s newest gaffes -   Toronto Sun
• Barrie group rallies to raise minimum wage -   Cheryl Browne , Barrie Examiner
• Premiers seek clearer foreign investment rules -   Susana Mas , CBC News
• Recently elected Nunavut MLAs to choose premier -   The Canadian Press , Macleans
• Real cost of the deficit -   Editorial , Windsor Star
• Rob Ford threatens to take council to court after vote to neuter mayoralty -   Colin Perkel and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Justin Trudeau is about to discover the downside of winning -   Scott Reid , Ottawa Citizen
• Province launches inquiry into Calgary private school’s finances, governance -   Matt McClure , Calgary Herald
• Natyshak, Hatfield write Health Minister, demand that cancer funds flow to Windsor -   Brian Cross , Windsor Star
• Redford taking no chances as leadership review looms -   Don Braid , Calgary Herald
• Ottawa withholding key residential-schools documents, Ontario survivors say -   Gloria Galloway , The Globe & Mail

Loonie Politics 11/15/2013: Morning Edition

• Robocalls witnesses revealed after judge lifts publication ban -   Laura Payton , CBC News
• Late-night comics get more mileage out of Ford -   The Canadian Press , The Chronicle
• Letterman’s Top 10 list devoted to Rob Ford’s pregnant pause -   The Canadian Press , Toronto Star
• Can Tom Mulcair yank Linda McQuaig to the middle? -   Tim Harper , Toronto Star
• Pass new rules to dump Mayor Rob Ford -   Editorial , Toronto Star
• Council plans to strip Rob Ford of mayor’s power -   Don Peat , Toronto Sun
• Rob Ford’s downfall leaves sobering questions about Toronto police probe -   Christie Blatchford , National Post
• Still more to come in the Rob Ford saga? -   Michele Mandel , Toronto Sun
• Harper government open to idea of mini-trade war to battle U.S. protectionism -   John Ivison , National Post
• MacKay outraged over Trudeau’s discussing marijuana legalization with school pupils -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Premier says Ontario will act on Ford only with co-operation of other parties -   Adrian Morrow , The Globe & Mail
• B.C. New Democrats gather to lick wounds, ponder new directions at party convention -   Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Still one person, one vote (but some pack more punch) -   Vaughn Palmer , Vancouver Sun
• Pensions, jobs grant top agenda for premiers’ summit as Wynne warns of ‘economic crisis’ -   Keith Leslie , The Globe & Mail
• Idea that Senate reform needs unanimous consent of provinces ‘wishful thinking’: federal lawyer -   Postmedia News , National Post
• Canada could send military helicopters for Philippine relief -   The Canadian Press , Macleans
• Opposition politicians raise questions about government’s handling of coal waste water spill that released dangerous chemicals -   Marty Klinkenberg , Edmonton Journal
• Top court hears final government plea to allow easy path to Senate reform -   Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Tone gets sharper in Toronto Centre byelection -   Susan Delacourt , Toronto Star
• Liberal Muslim MNA lends support to PQ’s secular charter -   Jocelyne Richer , The Globe & Mail
• John Tory bid for Toronto mayor building steam -   Richard J. Brennan & Robert Benzie , Toronto Star
• Unfazed by gun-crime ruling, Tories look at new mandatory sentences -   Kim Mackrael , The Globe & Mail
• Supreme Court wraps up ‘high stakes’ hearings on Senate reform -   Andrea Hill , Ottawa Citizen
• Jean Chretien among hundreds at tribute for former Manitoba Liberal leader -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• CRTC ordered to study impacts of TV unbundling as public makes frustration felt -   Lee Berthiaume , Ottawa Citizen
• NDP says documents show Alberta government plans to cut about 200 nursing jobs -   The Canadian Press , Calgary Herald

Washington 11/15/2013

• Pennsylvania paper retracts 150 year old editorial -   Eric M. Johnson, Reuters , Ottawa Sun
• GOP is an anti-science party of nuts (sorry, Atlantic!) -   Sean McElwee , Salon
• ObamaCare Questions Nobody Asked -   Holman Jenkins , Wall Street Journal
• Everything you need to know about the plans to ‘fix’ Obamacare -   Ezra Klein , Washington Post
• The Big Gut Check -   Josh Marshall , The Big Gut Check
• Voters May Cancel Democratic Coverage in 2014 -   Karl Rove , Wall Street Journal
• Poll: Republicans Now Tied With Democrats In Battle For Congress -   Steven Shepard , National Journal
• Chastened by Iraq -   Matt Purple , The American Spectator
• Inside the making of the shutdown. -   Robert Draper , Politico