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