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