November 19, 2014 Archives

Loonie Politics 11/19/2014: Afternoon Update

• Tory staffer sentenced to nine months in robocall scandal -   Michael Oliveira , The Globe & Mail
• Wynne cost taxpayers $468M by renegotiating teachers’ contracts ahead of last Ontario election, auditor says -   Keith Leslie, Canadian Press , National Post
• Denley: Be wary of political leaders who follow the followers -   Randall Denley , Ottawa Citizen
• Dean Del Mastro sentencing postponed as he changes lawyers -   Laura Payton , CBC News
• Julian Fantino tries to repair fractured relationships with some veterans groups, but not all of them -   Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press , National Post
• Ontario Premier requests meeting with Harper after being rebuffed -   Bill Curry & Adrian Morrow , The Globe & Mail
• Nova Scotia should expand HST and introduce carbon tax, report recommends -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• How to communicate a good idea: carbon pricing -   Preston Manning , The Globe & Mail
• Maria Mourani, ex-Bloc MP, signs NDP membership card -   CBC News
• MacParland: Ontario responds to failing economy with tried-and-true happy dance routine -   Kelly MacParland , National Post
• Mulcair says can’t push victims, no matter how serious misconduct allegations -   The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press

Loonie Politics 11/19/2014: Morning Edition

• Editorial: Found… Sousa’s leak. It’s on MaRS -   Editorial , Toronto Sun
• The 2014 Parliamentarians of the Year -   John Geddes , Macleans
• Pierre Karl Peladeau changes tune, says Bloc Quebecois is ‘quite relevant’ -   The Canadian Press , CTV News
• Federal minister says Ring of Fire ‘front-end’ infrastructure work going ahead -   Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Byelection results tell all for now, foretell less -   Tim Harper , Toronto Star
• Reevely: Bogus numbers bedevil daycare debate -   David Reevely , Ottawa Citizen
• NDP Leader Mulcair confident despite dismal byelection results -   The Canadian Press , The Globe & Mail
• NDP law expert told Liberals misconduct allegation could be assault: sources -   Jennifer Ditchburn and Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Den Tandt: Parsing the byelections — for the NDP, it’s all bad news -   Michael Den Tandt , Ottawa Citizen
• Fair resolution of harassment complaints will require the NDP MPs to identify themselves -   Thomas Walkom , Toronto Star
• Human rights are still a thorn in Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith’s side -   Gary Mason , The Globe & Mail
• Byelection results show Liberals, NDP going in different directions -   Éric Grenier , CBC News
• Keystone XL pipeline legislation fails to pass in U.S. Senate by one vote -   Claudia Cattaneo , Financial Post
• Alberta’s Prentice government not ruling out changes to flat tax -   Matt Dykstra , Calgary Sun
• First Nation says New Brunswick hasn’t heeded requests for road-repair money -   Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• B.C. minister apologizes for delaying talks on child-support clawbacks -   Rob Shaw , Vancouver Sun

Municipal 11/19/2014

• John Tory says Uber ‘here to stay’ as city seeks injunction -   Don Peat , Toronto Sun
• How incumbents lose elections: They rule like dictators -   Daphne Bramham , Vancouver Sun
• Who’ll be Cherry for John Tory? -   Mike Strobel , Toronto Sun
• Still many questions about Bonaventure Expressway overhaul -   Jason Madger , Montreal Gazette
• Purolator driver disciplined after hurling insults, trash at candidate’s team -   Jennifer Pagliaro , Toronto Star

Washington 11/19/2014

• Martin O’Malley: The 2016 Long Shot -   Molly Ball , The Atlantic
• Dems Stick With Pelosi as Leader -   Mike Lillis , The Hill
• Where Is the Scrutiny of the Democratic Party? -   Ed Rogers , Washington Post
• Gay Marriage: Let the People Decide -   Terry Eastland , The Weekly Standard
• GOP Lays Trap for Itself on Obamacare -   James Surowiecki , The New Yorker
• Gov’t Shutdown? GOP Has a Better Strategy -   Byron York , Washington Examiner
• History Not on Hillary’s Side in 2016 -   John Judis , The New Republic
• George W. Bush On His Father & Bill Clinton -   Toby Harnden , Sunday Times

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Loonie Business

• Destroying the Myth that Cheap Gas Boosts Consumption-   Tyler Durden , Zero Hedge
• Two Detroits, Separate and Very Unequal-   Laura Gottesdiener , The Nation
• Keurig Canada president defends restricted K-Cup use in new brewing machine-   David Friend, The Canadian Press , Winnipeg Free Press
• Toronto asks court to shut down Uber within city limits because ‘serious risk’ to public-   Kristine Owram , Financial Post
• Embattled Sears Canada sees quarterly loss widen as sales fall-   Reuters , The Globe & Mail

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Loonie World

• Traffickers turn to teenagers to drive migrant boats across Mediterranean-   Luca Muzi , The Guardian
• Arrest warrants for Americans accused of trying to ship Thai infant body parts-   Kocha Olarn and Jethro Mullen , CNN
• Comet landing: Organic molecules detected by Philae-   Paul Rincon , BBC News
• Japan’s PM calls snap election-   Al Jazeera
• Palestinians kill four rabbis in Jerusalem synagogue attack-   Reuters , The Times of India