May 23, 2014 Archives

Loonie Politics 05/23/2014: Afternoon Update

• The secret short list that provoked the rift between Chief Justice and PMO - Sean Fine, The Globe & Mail
• Corporate welfare ‘morally wrong,’ Tim Hudak says - Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star
• Do progressives even have a place in the Ontario NDP? - Gerald Caplan, The Globe & Mail
• Wynne says Charter allows her to ‘live without fear’ - Toronto Sun
• Den Tandt: Senate fight has vanished without a trace - Michael Den Tandt, Ottawa Citizen
• Lisa Raitt wants to know what GM Canada knew about recalls - Reuters, CBC News
• Horwath’s policy goals are hard to take seriously - Adam Radwanski, The Globe & Mail
• Kelly MacParland – Alberta PC party is filled with rot: Prentice’s biggest challenge will be cleansing the culture of entitlement - Kelly MacParland, National Post
• Scott Stinson: Who are you Andrea Horwath and what have you done with Ontario’s New Democratic Party? - Scott Stinson, National Post

Loonie Politics 05/23/2014: Morning Edition

• Ontario Liberal Libel Lawsuit Stalemate - Staff Writer, Loonie Politics
• A family feud turns ugly for the Conservatives: Tim Harper - Tim Harper, Toronto Star
• Voter beware the Liberal minority - Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun
• Trudeau’s pro-choice edict for Liberal candidates will help Conservatives in next election, MPs say - Jennifer Ditchburn, Canadian Press, National Post
• Federal firepower mustered in Ontario election battle - Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press, Winnipeg Free Press
• Eve Adams’s nomination vote postponed amid allegations - Laura Payton, CBC News
• Why Hudak and the Tories aren’t breaking through - David Colleto, Toronto Sun
• Move of NDP Quebec office to Mulcair’s riding could provide wiggle room - Tim Naumetz, The Hill Times
• Case closed on Marc Miller’s Liberal nomination - Martin Patriquin, Macleans
• Politicians and the church: The NDP’s Charlie Angus knows how Justin Trudeau feels - Lee Berthiaume, Ottawa Citizen
• NDP vows corporate tax increase, Horwath unveils campaign platform - Antonella Artuso, Toronto Sun
• Tim Hudak’s ‘pet rock’ a chunk of rubble from scrapped gas plant - Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star
• Feds give B.C. more gas tax funding options for culture, tourism and sports - Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun
• Public servants risk becoming policy dinosaurs, David Emerson warns - Kathryn May, Ottawa Citizen
• B.C. teachers warn of disruptions as government threatens lockout - James Keller, The Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun
• Lukaszuk launches bid for PC leadership - Karen Kleiss, Edmonton Journal
• Brent Rathgeber’s journey to political independence - Mark Kennedy, Ottawa Citizen
• Stockwell Day calls for changes to cybercrime bill - Laura Payton, CBC News

Washington 05/23/2014

• The President’s Year of Inaction - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
• Dems Seek Issues to Lure Midterm Votes - Carl Hurse, New York Times
• The VA Scandal Is Bipartisan - Brent Budowsky, The Hill
• Republicans Still Have a Base Problem - Brian Beutler, The New Republic
• Ben Carson on Hillary Clinton and 2016 - Scott Conroy, Changing Lanes
• McConnell: I’ll Make the Senate Work - Alexander Bolton, The Hill
• Prison for D’Souza, Beach Time for Corzine - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist
• Obama, the Unaccountable President - Joseph Curl, Washington Times