April 4, 2014 Archives

Loonie Politics 04/04/2014: Afternoon Update

• Marois grilled over last-minute promise to cut taxes in final days of campaign - The Canadian Press, Loonie Politics
• Opposition parties attack health minister over drug review secrecy - Diana Ziomislic, Toronto Star
• Industry minister outlines broad federal strategy for Canada in digital age - The Canadian Press, Loonie Politics
• PC cabinet minister Thomas Lukaszuk says Tories have lost ‘moral authority’ to govern and need to say sorry - Rick Bell, Calgary Sun
• Poll: Federal Liberals maintain 10 per cent lead over Conservatives - Donovan Vincent, Toronto Star
• Energy firms among top political donors - Edmonton Journal
• Gas plant scandal: Kathleen Wynne waits for ‘judge’ Horwath to pull the plug - Robert Fisher, CBC News
• Canada created 43,000 jobs in March - CBC News
• First Nations leaders call on feds to maintain vouching, voter information cards as House Affairs Committee hearings get testy - Tim Naumetz, The Hill Times

Loonie Politics 04/04/2014: Morning Edition

• Kelly McParland: Before Trudeau can save the middle class, he has to figure out who they are - Kelly MacParland, National Post
• Liberals’ secret playbook targets NDP as greatest threat to re-election - Adrian Morrow, The Globe & Mail
• Kathleen Wynne is just another Dalton McGuinty, warns Tim Hudak - Robert Benzie, Toronto Star
• Former campaign worker granted immunity after he gives evidence in ‘Pierre Poutine’ robocalls case - Stephen Maher, National Post
• Blatchford: Ford ‘did nothing wrong’ — that he can be charged with - Christie Blatchford, Ottawa Citizen
• OPP investigator says Kathleen Wynne not suspected of ordering computers erased - Antonella Artuso, Toronto Sun
• Dallaire says Conservatives are ‘second-guessing’ the cost of veterans - Murray Brewster, Canadian Press, Winnipeg Free Press
• Which way forward for progressives? - Aaron Wherry, Macleans
• Here’s where the Quebec parties stand - Aaron Derfel, Montreal Gazette
• Christine Innes fighting back against Trudeau - Susan Delacourt, Toronto Star
• Liberals stick to playbook with first $9.9-billion budget - Michael Gorman, The Chronicle
• Are you in Justin Trudeau’s middle class? Not if you’re retired - David Akin, Calgary Sun
• NS patient care on line as nurses strike, Capital Health says - Kelly Shiers, The Chronicle
• Alberta spends $23M a year on communications staff - James Wood, Edmonton Journal
• Yukoner to lead Conservative investigation of Eve Adams controversy - Jennifer Ditchburn, Winnipeg Free Press
• Vaughn Palmer: B.C. Liberals stand behind their executive director - Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun
• Hudak test-drives campaign messaging at Toronto fundraiser - Adrian Morrow, The Globe & Mail
• New Conservative leader has work cut out: Stelmach - Austin M. Davis, Edmonton Journal
• Families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan to be flown to memorial - Laura Payton, CBC News
• Five things to know about the Conservatives’ proposed new Victims Bill of Rights - The Canadian Press, Loonie Politics

Washington 04/04/2014

• Reagan, Russia, and the Big Picture - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
• Another Republican Flop on Benghazi - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
• GOP Campaign to Junk Obamacare Is Finished - Joe Klein, Time
• Georgia Democrat touts Bush ties in first ad - Cameron Joseph, The Hill
• The GM Scandal Is Worse Than You Think - David Harsanyi, The Federalist
• Michigan Dems welcome Obama with open arms - Justin Sink, The Hill
• Mission Accomplished for Obamacare? - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
• Free Speech Wins Again - Bradley Smith, National Review