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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
- 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
