November 30, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 11/30/2013: Morning Edition

• Christopher Montgomery: Senate white knight on Conservative blacklist? - Tom Parry, CBC News
• Jewish community finds a friend in Stephen Harper - Craig Offman, The Globe & Mail
• PQ’s values charter sending tolerance, civilized discussion out the window in Quebec - Graeme Hamilton, National Post
• Jewish weekly publishes audio of Elizabeth May interview after she accuses them of twisting her words - Tristin Hopper, National Post
• Ontario Liberals keen to ride Justin Trudeau’s coattails - Robert Benzie, Toronto Star
• From Jack Layton to Justin Trudeau: there’s no monopoly on ‘hope’ - Mark Leahy, The Globe & Mail
• MP’s revolutionary Reform Act would change Canada’s parliament — for the better — forever - Andrew Coyne, National Post
• Some of the many unanswered questions in the Senate scandal - Gerald Caplan, The Globe & Mail
• Ontario bill would extend child welfare services to older youth - Chethan Sathya, Toronto Star
• Competition Bureau green lights Telus acquisition of Public Mobile - The Canadian Press, Macleans
• Freezing MLA pay a ploy for government to insulate itself against criticism, says NDP - Keith Gerein, Edmonton Journal
• Ottawa cites housing risk for imposing fee on CMHC’s mortgage insurance program - Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press, Winnipeg Free Press
• Without hockey, the CBC business model is fundamentally broken. So how can we fix it? - Scott Stinson, National Post
• Stephen Harper to announce plans for first visit to Israel at Jewish National Fund dinner - John Ivison, National Post
• BC Ferries cost-saving measures will not include closing Nanaimo terminal, minister says - The Canadian Press, Vancouver Province
• CBC violated ‘its own ethical standards‘ over spying story, Stephen Harper’s parliamentary secretary says - Tristin Hopper, National Post
• Alarm raised over slow disaster relief payments to flooded small businesses - Trevor Howell, Calgary Herald
• Plan for taxes to generate $34B for transit to be unveiled Dec. 12 - Dana Flavelle, Toronto Star
• Ontario Tories’ nuclear promises could short-circuit their election platform - Adam Radwanski, The Globe & Mail
• Nurses rally across B.C. against new care delivery model - Cindy E. Harnett, Vancouver Sun
• Ontario energy rates to jump, but less than expected, Liberals say - Adrian Morrow, The Globe & Mail
• Canada-U.S. ‘Beyond the Border’ project beset by delays - Laura Payton, CBC News
• Advocate says he would investigate all child deaths in care if directed by government - Darcy Henton, Edmonton Journal
• Soon-to-be 80 Jean Chretien ready to hit the ski hills - The Canadian Press, Winnipeg Free Press
• What is the root cause of the Duffy-Wright affair? - Aaron Wherry, Macleans
• Memo told Joe Oliver that oilsands leak was unexplained - Mike De Souza, Ottawa Citizen
• Government flood buyouts are pitting neighbour against neighbour, say affected homeowners - Jamie Komarnicki, Calgary Herald
• Inside 24 Sussex - Ottawa Citizen
• Ottawa, U.S. plan joint shipping checks - Kim Mackrael, Adrian Morrow & Grant Robertson, The Globe & Mail
• Nigel Wright and the genesis of the Mike Duffy senate scandal - Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star
• China state-owned energy giant draws up plans for massive LNG project in B.C. - Postmedia News, Vancouver Sun

Washington 11/30/2013

• Obama’s contraceptive mandate heads to Supreme Court - http://nypost.com/2013/11/29/obamas-contraception-mandate-heads-to-supreme-court/, New York Post
• Despite Filibuster Limits, a Door Remains Open to Block Judge Nominees - Charlie Savage, New York Times
• Why is President Obama trying to politicize the holidays? - Byron York, Washington Examiner
• In North Carolina, a hard-right shift hits a roadblock - Zachary Roth, MSNBC
• The Media Need to Do More to Help People Navigate Obamacare - Paul Waldman, The American Prospect
• The Insiders: Why would Obama say he is not ideological? - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
• Walmart’s Black Friday, Obamacare’s Black Saturday - Daniel J. Flynn, The American Spectator
• End presidential term limits - Jonathan Zimmerman, Washington Post