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