May 7, 2014 Archives

Loonie Politics 05/07/2014: Afternoon Update

• Labour leaders in Twitter spat over Ontario budget -   Richard Brennan , Toronto Star
• Kelly McParland: White House climate study may be the nail in Keystone’s coffin -   Kelly MacParland , National Post
• Anti-abortion candidates need not apply in 2015, Justin Trudeau says -   Susana Mas , CBC News
• Alberta plans to tighten control over $13-billion Alberta health authority -   Keith Gerein , Edmonton Journal
• Canada supports delaying Russian entry into OECD: Trade Minister Ed Fast -   Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Tim Hudak cannot win a popularity contest, Kathleen Wynne will be re-elected: former top PC -   The Canadian Press , National Post
• What would Jean do? Harper saw Chrétien as a model, says book -   Susan Delacourt , Toronto Star
• Tim Hudak 2.0 has a few bugs to work out if he wants to win the Ontario election -   John Ivison , National Post
• Ontario NDP kick off campaign, pledge to reduce electricity bills -   Kaleigh Rogers , The Globe & Mail

Loonie Politics 05/07/2014: Morning Edition

• Horwath risks not being taken seriously -   Adam Radwanski , The Globe & Mail
• Ontario Votes: Clement keeps up federal pressure on Wynne -   Kathleen Harris , CBC News
• Michael Den Tandt: Stephen Harper has two sides — and broadcasts the wrong one -   Michael Den Tandt , National Post
• Attacking the Supreme Court, the Conservatives sink to a new low -   Jeffrey Simpson , The Globe & Mail
• Throw these Liberal bums out! -   Editorial , Toronto Sun
• Stephen Harper wishes there was more debate in Parliament -   Aaron Wherry , Macleans
• Lawyer who challenged Harper’s Nadon Supreme Court appointment convinces judge to keep challenge open -   Tim Naumetz , The Hill Times
• Wynne’s attack on Harper’s pension misplaced -   Christina Blizzard , Toronto Sun
• Expert says if Liberals still lacking a week from now, it would be ‘a little odd’ -   Chip Martin , London Free Press
• Why are so many temporary foreign workers in Southwestern Ontario? -   Mike Moffatt , Macleans
• Tories’ plan for women inmates ‘too little, too late’: Opposition -   Anna Mehler Paperny , Global News
• Stinson: Hudak right to crusade against ‘corporate welfare,’ but can’t find a photo-op location not tied to Liberal handouts -   Scott Stinson , National Post
• Harper’s behaviour towards chief justice ‘beneath the office he holds’: Trudeau -   Andrea Janus , CTV News
• AB Teachers should pass evaluation every five years: teaching excellence task force -   Andrea Sands , Edmonton Journal
• B.C. MLAs vote to share expense receipts with public -   Rob Shaw , Vancouver Sun
• Alberta government bars environmentalists from oilsands hearings -   Bob Weber, The Canadian Press , Toronto Star
• McIver resigns cabinet post, likely to enter Alberta PC leadership race -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail

Washington 05/07/2014

• Dems Running Scared, Trying to Hide Records -   Ed Rogers , Washington Post
• Republicans Doomed Without Immigration Reform -   Juan Williams , The Hill
• GOP Race in N.C. Begins Pivotal Primary Stretch -   David Joachim , New York Times
• Time for Some Happy Talk From Dems -   Eugene Robinson , Washington Post
• Clinton Should Worry as Story Unravels -   Kenneth Timmerman , New York Post
• 6 Reasons Obama Can’t Seem to Catch a Break -   Julian Zelizer , CNN
• Justice Thomas, “Uncle Toms” & Liberal Racism -   Derek Hunter , Townhall
• Obama Is Creating an Era of Bad Feelings -   Michael Barone , Washington Examiner