December 3, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 12/03/2013: Afternoon Update

• The Reform Act -   Loonie Politics
• Michael Chong’s Reform Act -   Aaron Wherry , Macleans
• Conservative MP Michael Chong makes bid to fix Parliament -   Susana Mas , CBC News
• Need to know: Michael Chong wants to reform Parliament -   Nick Taylor-Vaisey , Macleans
• It’s time for the Green Party to pack it in -   Lawrence Martin , The Globe & Mail
• Conservative MP unveils bill to empower backbenchers, says it’s not a rebuke of Harper -   Josh Wingrove , The Globe & Mail
• Province seeks updated child-care law, stiffer penalties for rule-breakers -   Matthew Pearson , Ottawa Citizen
• Tim Hudak admits Tories couldn’t lower electricity rates -   Rob Ferguson , Toronto Star
• ORNGE: Deb Matthews should be fired for ignoring damning audit, Tim Hudak says -   Richard J. Brennan , Toronto Star
• Alberta considers better teacher training as international rankings fall -   Trevor Howell , Calgary Herald
• Info watchdog investigating ‘non-existent’ Senate scandal emails -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Events show that in freeing Ford of most duties, his critics have created Fordenstein -   Kelly MacParland , National Post
• Government reaction to Violet’s case chilling -   Don Braid , Calgary Herald
• Senate co-operating with RCMP, handing over four senators’ emails -   Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press , Ottawa Citizen
• Private member’s bill proposes to give MPs more power over leaders -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Oilsands company wants $56 million in government compensation for cancelled leases -   Amanda Stephenson , Calgary Herald
• On health and safety hazards, B.C. citizens betrayed by their provincial government -   Stephen Hume , Vancouver Sun
• PC leader regrets reaction, not words he used -   Gordon Sinclair Jr. , Winnipeg Free Press
• Nadon’s Supreme Court appointment ignores spirit of law, professors argue -   Sean Fine , The Globe & Mail
• ‘Unelected leaders’ Deputy Mayor Kelly, Premier Wynne to meet Tuesday -   Don Peat , Toronto Sun
• Mayor Rob Ford to sit down for interview with Conrad Black on his weekly public affairs show -   Tristin Hopper , National Post
• Private mortgage insurers prod Ottawa to ensure CMHC raises premiums -   Tara Perkins , The Globe & Mail
• Wildrose and Alberta labour make strange bedfellows -   Paula Simons , Edmonton Journal
• Alberta Speaker slaps government with contempt ruling -   Keith Gerein , Edmonton Journal

Loonie Politics 12/03/2013: Morning Edition

• Lost and found PMO emails yet another Wright-Duffy plot twist -   Chris Hall , CBC News
• Senate committee to consider motion to grill Deloitte executive Michael Runia -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Liberals drank the Al Gore Kool-Aid -   Editorial , Toronto Sun
• PQ’s bill to curb discounts on new books seeks to help small bookstores -   Les Perreaux , The Globe & Mail
• RCMP Cpl. Horton investigating Duffy-Wright scandal now talking to Crown prosecutor, court documents show -   Tim Naumetz , The Hill Times
• In praise of Michael Chong’s plan for bozo eruptions, Twitter wars and more PR #fails -   Jonathan Kay , National Post
• ‘I didn’t sign up for this’: Nova Scotia Liberal breaks down discussing ’Black Pete’ photo -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Canada seeks to help Philippines get ready for future storms, minister says -   Gloria Galloway , The Globe & Mail
• Liberal energy plan just shocking -   Christina Blizzard , Toronto Sun
• B.C. policy suggestion raises more questions among liquor merchants -   Derrick Penner , Vancouver Sun
• B.C. gov’t sticking with Wood First policy as concrete and steel suppliers feel left out -   Michael Smyth , Vancouver Province
• Reform bill would force MPs to be more accountable for lack of backbone -   Chantal Hébert , Toronto Star
• Senate housing rules ‘not crystal clear,’ Noël Kinsella says -   Jordan Press , Ottawa Citizen
• Hundreds rally for third day as MLAs prepare to debate controversial labour bills -   Mariam Ibrahim , Edmonton Journal
• Ontario hydro bills to rise 42% in 5 years -   Antonella Artuso , Toronto Sun
• Oil by rail, regulation by snail -   Editorial , The Globe & Mail
• Ontario projects steady rise in electricity costs for next 20 years -   Adrian Morrow & Shawn McCarthy , The Globe & Mail
• How new bill could empower MPs and save democracy or snarl Canadian politics in an anarchic web of insanity -   Tristin Hopper , National Post
• Ford centre of three-ring circus -   Warren Kinsella , Winnipeg Sun
• Harper’s Israel trip spurred on by the one constituency that still treats him like a rock star -   John Ivison , National Post
• New retrofit program unveiled in energy plan; hydro bills will rise -   Matthew Pearson , Ottawa Citizen
• Mayor Ford insists Premier Wynne meet with him, not his deputy -   Joe Warmington , Toronto Sun
• Ottawa to tighten rules on prepaid credit cards -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Wildrose calls for independent advocate after senior left in soiled diaper for two days -   James Wood & Darcy Henton , Calgary Herald
• Attempt to honour dead soldiers in Commons stumbles -   Susana Mas , CBC News
• Minister admits she didn’t read audit showing Chris Mazza’s salary -   Richard J. Brennan , Toronto Star
• Duceppe says Quebec doctors and teachers can wear religious symbols, but not judges or police -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• Ex-Harper appointee in Washington speech: Canada ‘rogue state’ on environment -   Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press

Washington 12/03/2013

• Insurers Claim Health Website Is Still Flawed -   Robert Pear and Reed Abelson , New York Times
• Fire Your Team, Mr. President -   Ron Fournier , National Journal
• Thanks for killing the planet, boomers! -   Tim Donovan , Salon
• Christie rising, Obama falling -   Joseph Curl , Washington Times
• For Democrats in 2014, the Web site is not the problem -   Marc A. Thiessen , Washington Post
• Wonkbook: HealthCare.gov will work. That means Obamacare can work, too. -   Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas , Washington Post
• ObamaCare’s Next Legal Challenge -   Scott Pruitt , Wall Street Journal
• Improvement dramatic over Oct. 1 -   Kathleen Sebelius , USA Today