December 7, 2013 Archives

Loonie Politics 12/07/2013: Morning Edition

• Changes to definition of ‘danger’ based on incomplete evidence: PSAC union leader - Kathryn May, Ottawa Citizen
• Site C dam: BC Hydro’s plan pits need for power against threat to farmland and wildlife - Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
• Premier’s office Twitter account apologizes for deriding critic as ‘disgusting human being’ - Mariam Ibrahim, Calgary Herald
• Conrad Black says Rob Ford a ‘very nice man’ whom he might support in next election depending on the field - Natalie Alcoba, National Post
• Ottawa approves Shell’s Jackpine oil sands expansion - Carrie Tait, The Globe & Mail
• Business leaders say foreign takeover rules hurting Canada’s economy - Jason Fekete, Ottawa Citizen
• Marois says her government benefited from setting priorities in legislature - The Canadian Press, Macleans
• Conservative senator launches scathing attack against ‘useless and powerless’ Quebec NDP MP - Jordan Press, National Post
• Activists want broader consultation over B.C.’s proposed ethnic Chinese apology - Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun
• Redford’s quiet shuffle looks like a good deal - Don Braid, Calgary Herald
• Conservative MP Michael Chong offers Canada best hope at pushing back at creeping presidentialism - Stephen Maher, Ottawa Citizen
• Harper invites former PMs to join him at Mandela memorial - Josh Wingrove, The Globe & Mail
• Ontario transit-funding panel eyes raising gas tax, sources say - Adrian Morrow, Oliver Moore & Adam Radwanski, The Globe & Mail
• 5 political fails this week - Toronto Sun
• Radio caller who faked name to criticize NDP candidate now a UBC governor - Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun
• Nigel Wright looks like a heroic figure as more of the Senate mess becomes public - Christie Blatchford, National Post
• The sketch: Stephen Harper tries to back away quietly - Aaron Wherry, Macleans
• Yes, the state has a place in the caucus rooms of the nation - Andrew Coyne, Ottawa Citizen
• Alberta Premier Redford remakes cabinet in major shuffle - Keith Gerein, Calgary Herald
• Dimitri Soudas touted for senior job with Conservatives - CBC News
• There should be a way to get rid of Mayor Rob Ford - Rosie DiManno, Toronto Star
• Alberta Premier shakes up cabinet - Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press, The Globe & Mail

Washington 12/07/2013

• Will Heads Roll? Who Gets Fired Over Obamacare? - Devin Dwyer, ABC News
• The GOP’s Incredible Shrinking Big Tent - Jamelle Bouie , The Daily Beast
• Obama Gets Real - Paul Krugman, New York Times
• Global-warming ‘proof’ is evaporating - Michael FumentoDecember 5, 2013 | 12:14am, New York Times
• What we owe our kids on climate - James Hansen, CNN
• If you want someone to listen to you on race, you don’t start by likening him to a slaveowner - Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner
• The Insiders: Washington is busy, but it’s not productive - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
• How Steve Beshear Became Kentucky’s Democrat Whisperer - Jill Lawrence, The Daily Beast