April 3, 2014 Archives

Loonie Politics 04/03/2014: Afternoon Update

• Victims bill of rights would see spouses compelled to testify -   The Canadian Press , CBC News
• PQ’s Marois promises new tax cuts in final days of campaign -   Rheal Seguin , The Globe & Mail
• Ontario’s pre-election economic news bittersweet: Cohn -   Martin Regg Cohn , Toronto Star
• Dimitri Soudas says he ‘stepped down’ as Tory executive director and was only helping Eve Adams because of health issues -   Postmedia News , National Post
• Nova Scotia budget, first for Liberals since election, forecasts $279M deficit -   Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Rob Ford crack video probe halted by OPP for lack of evidence -   CBC News
• OPP, lawyer at odds over Ontario aide’s co-operation in gas plants probe -   Rob Ferguson , Toronto Star
• New Brazen 2 docs: Rob Ford ‘knows a few dirty cops’ -   Don Peat , Toronto Sun
• PQ’s Marois being too negative in campaign, Quebec Liberal Leader says -   Les Perreaux , The Globe & Mail
• Latest 2014 Quebec Election Projection -   Eric Grenier , Threehundredeight.com
• Additional payouts to Alberta premier’s staff revealed -   Jennie Russell , CBC News
• Eve Adams nomination scrap a test case for Tory grassroots -   Chris Hall , CBC News
• No evidence Wynne oversaw document purge, OPP says -   Karen Howlett , The Globe & Mail

Loonie Politics 04/03/2014: Morning Edition

• Ontario’s employers do not support a made-in-Ontario pension plan -   Staff Writer , Loonie Politics
• Ex-auditor general Fraser slams elections bill as attack on democracy -   Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Andrew Coyne: Government crackdown on unpaid internships hurts interns the most -   Andrew Coyne , National Post
• Justin Trudeau defines middle class as: ‘Those living paycheque to paycheque’ -   Daniel Proussalidis , Toronto Sun
• It is Marois who may be ‘reintegrating in another job’ after Quebec’s election -   Graeme Hamilton , National Post
• Harper orders review of complaints against MP Eve Adams -   Jason Fekete & Mark Kennedy , Ottawa Citizen
• Provincial bureaucrat demoted in computer record deletion scandal -   Antonella Artuso , Toronto Sun
• Quebec Liberals’ lead grows as PQ’s francophone support falls: poll -   Les Perreaux , The Globe & Mail
• Two options for PQ’s Pauline Marois — win a majority or resign: Hébert -   Chantal Hébert , Toronto Star
• Harper government’s warm embrace of NATO an about-face, say defence experts -   Murray Brewster, Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Harper’s silence is golden -   Eric Duhaime , Calgary Sun
• NS MLAs debate, nurses to walk -   Michael Gorman , The Chronicle
• Smyth: BC NDP has always been better at attacking themselves than Liberals -   Michael Smyth , Vancouver Province
• Pakistan lashes back at Chris Alexander over terrorism comments -   Kathleen Harris , CBC News
• Vaughn Palmer: B.C. NDP caught between a rock and a green place -   Vaughn Palmer , Vancouver Sun
• Alberta opposition parties call for detailed disclosure of PC’s Tapcal Trust fund -   Brent Wittmeier & Jen Gerson , Edmonton Journal
• Some facts about how Canada’s electoral map has been redrafted for 2015 campaign -   The Canadian Press , Loonie Politics
• Ontario economy to underperform national, U.S. averages in next 20 years, report shows -   Keith Leslie , Financial Post

Washington 04/03/2014

• No, Mr. President, Obamacare Is Not Here to Stay -   Bill Kristol , The Weekly Standard
• Republicans Rage Against Dying of Their Memes -   Dylan Scott , Talking Points Memo
• Why Obama Didn’t Take Questions Yesterday -   Michael Tanner , New York Post
• The Roadblocks Facing Jeb Bush’s Nomination -   John Dickerson , Slate
• Obamacare Critics: Homina, Homina, Homina -   David Nather , Politico
• Dems’ Touchdown Dance a Poor Strategy -   Jeffrey Tobin , Commentary
• Rich Suburbs Can’t Save Dems in 2014 -   David Wasserman , Five Thirty Eight
• Why Landrieu Has the Upper Hand in La. -   Byron York , Washington Examiner