November 29, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 11/29/2013: Afternoon Update

• Quebec’s politicians are overworked and underpaid, advisers say -   Rheal Seguin , The Globe & Mail
• Conservatives stand by their money man Irving Gerstein -   Mark Dunn , London Free Press
• Could the Speaker cut-off a response during Question Period? -   Aaron Wherry , Macleans
• Feds to monitor social media round-the-clock -   The Canadian Press , CBC News
• River Cree first native-owned company to issue public debt -   Edward Welsch, Bloomberg , Edmonton Journal
• 5 political fails this week -   Toronto Sun
• Most troops home from Afghanistan within weeks, but gear will take time -   Matthew Fisher , Ottawa Citizen
• Backbench revolt? Conservative’s bill would give MPs power to turf leader -   Jennifer Ditchburn, Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Former senator Jean-Louis Roux dead at the age of 90 -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Liberals ask Mounties to investigate Conservative party’s role in Senate scandal -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Blair must explain why police didn’t arrest Rob Ford -   Andrew Mitrovica & Clayton Ruby , Toronto Star
• Auditor confirms Sen. Gerstein’s senior Deloitte contact named in RCMP docs asked him for sensitive info on Duffy investigation -   Tim Naumetz , The Hill Times
• Group of Tory Backbenchers Pushing To Limit Prime Minister’s Power -   Althia Raj , Huffington Post Canada
• Relief unlikely for coastal residents despite squawking over free inland ferries -   Vaughn Palmer , Vancouver Sun
• Booze could be coming to a grocery store near you after John Yap recommends liquor law updates -   Dene Moore , Vancouver Province
• Secrecy over child foster deaths an example of government power against freedom -   Don Braid , Calgary Herald
• Canadian economic growth rate rises to 2.7 per cent -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Flood relief boosts federal deficit to $3.8 billion in September -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Opposition voters move to Liberals in new poll -   Eric Grenier , ThreeHundredEight.com
• Quebec opposition threatens to election after PQ misses budget mark by billions of dollars -   The Canadian Press , National Post
• Sen. Patrick Brazeau looking for work -   QMI , Toronto Sun
• Alberta gov’t playing tricks with budget numbers -   Lorne Gunter , Calgary Sun
• We need more regulation on the polling industry -   Dan Arnold , National Post

Loonie Politics 11/29/2013: Morning Edition

• The Senate scandal’s three disparate players -   Paul Wells , Macleans
• Irving Gerstein’s calls to Deloitte: 3 things we’ve learned -   Kady O'Malley , CBC News
• Surrey asks feds for $1.8 billion for light rail -   Kelly Sinoski , Vancouver Sun
• In hockey book, Harper thanks now-disgraced chief of staff for help with ethics -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Liberals take lead in poll as anti-Harper vote seen to be shifting to Trudeau -   Campbell Clark , The Globe & Mail
• ORNGE: Chris Mazza claiming $1 million in unpaid bonuses -   Kevin Donovan , Toronto Star
• Managers complicit in allowing a few long-time employees to abuse sick leave: experts -   Kathryn May , Ottawa Citizen
• Say no to safety bill: New law would shred protection against unreasonable search, seizure -   Brian Lilley , Ottawa Sun
• PMO hired three law firms to handle RCMP investigation into $90,000 cheque from Wright to Duffy -   Stephen Maher , National Post
• N.S. Throne Speech promises new holiday, ban on fracking wastewater -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Aboriginal group outraged at Muskrat Falls project’s approval by Ottawa -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Quebec says it has to put off balanced budget until 2015-16 -   Macleans
• B.C. transportation minister won’t rule out closing Nanaimo ferry terminal -   Darrel Bellaart , Vancouver Sun
• In Alberta, N.B. Premier praises east-west pipeline’s potential for jobs -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Prairie farm groups want Ottawa to penalize railways for grain shipment backlog -   John Cotter, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Many in B.C. would refuse to buy home near oil pipeline: poll -   Peter O'Neil , Vancouver Sun
• Ontario legislature rejects NDP bill to cap public-sector pay -   Adrian Morrow , The Globe & Mail
• Tories condemn marijuana smoking Mountie with PTSD -   Daniel Proussalidis , Toronto Sun
• B.C. recommending grocery store liquor sales -   Rob Shaw , Vancouver Sun
• CPP may be underpaying some Canadians -   Sheryl Smolkin , Toronto Star
• No reason for Canadians to be surprised or ashamed that we spy on other countries -   Matt Gurney , National Post
• Privacy czar questions cyberbullying bill’s accountability measures -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• First Nations demand better consultation with Alberta government -   Marty Klinkenberg , Edmonton Journal
• Conservatives cleared over $3.1B ‘boondoggle,’ but will a skeptical public believe it? -   John Ivison , National Post
• Wynne can run, but she can’t hide -   Editorial , Toronto Sun
• Stephen Harper’s self-styled bagman survives scandal -   Tim Harper , Toronto Star
• Ottawa denies G20 summit spying, stops short of clear denial of foreign deals -   Daniel Leblanc & Colin Freeze , The Globe & Mail

Washington 11/29/2013

• The GOP’s Hunger Games: More Food Stamp Cuts for the Holidays? -   Eleanor Clift , The Daily Beast
• Doesn’t Eat, Doesn’t Pray and Doesn’t Love -   Linda Greenhouse , New York Times
• Even the Pope Waits for Putin -   Leonid Bershidsky , Bloomberg
• The real purpose of Obamacare -   Robert W. Merry , Washington Times
• A Realist’s Take on Obamacare -   Josh Marshall , Talking Points Memo
• ObamaCare, Religious Liberty, and a Crucial Supreme Court Showdown -   Seth Mandel , Commentary
• George Zimmerman Has a Bad Temper and Five Guns -   Francis Wilkinson , Bloomberg
• Latest small-business delay another blow to troubled ObamaCare rollout -   Jonathan Easley , The Hill