! Front page of the largest circulation daily in Canada http://bit.ly/ONwQiY QC http://bit.ly/N40YBj  

At the Charbonneau Commission, ‘great’ Québec moment http://bit.ly/162e11L

Hey, everybody’s doing it! Expense scandal dogs Nova Scotia's fading NDP government http://bit.ly/197FJw6

Mulcair also denied asking the officer who followed him to his parking spot if he knew who he was http://bit.ly/143l7lr

! MPs quietly increase their travel budgets 6.7 per cent http://bit.ly/18FCejI

Politics and police blotters merge on Parliament Hill: Tim Harper worth reading http://bit.ly/ZO94c1

Poll: Canadians overwhelmingly believe MPs and senators are cheating on their taxpayer-funded expense claims http://bit.ly/11dGZfl

Sen Boisvenu back w his paramour/seeks longer vacations 4 her/is rebuffed http://bit.ly/152T0ld French http://bit.ly/12sCsap

The Harper gov’t is muzzling public servants http://bit.ly/ZO8oUb no it isn’t http://bit.ly/143jvbe

OMG! A baby girl can grow up to be Queen and now this on the front page of the Times! http://bit.ly/NrRRQU

W Post front http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ staggering costs of Obama’s foreign travel http://wapo.st/1aaAywU

Soccer/turbans increasingly an episode of  Lord Durham’s "two nations warring within the bosom of a single state"

Frédéric Bastien: Turban au soccer - La fausse tolérance du Canada anglais http://bit.ly/10hm1gU

CP: Quebec's status as soccer pariah kicks in: 20 teams pull out of tournament over turban ban http://bit.ly/11dI5rr

Alain Dubuc-Soccer/turbans: A story of political cowardice http://bit.ly/11ExyC9 French http://bit.ly/19yozum

Maioni: You say succession, I say secession http://bit.ly/10hA9qA

Paul Boothe on who really pays the bills in Canada? [spoiler alert: it ain’t Alberta] http://bit.ly/16m3cIF

Vaughn Palmer: Tall orders, little wiggle room in Premier Christy Clark’s mandates http://bit.ly/18FDbbR

Calgary Herald Redford and Clark expected to bury hatchet in Kelowna http://bit.ly/162dcWS

Across the table, a frosty [to BC] Danielle Smith: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/14AsZgg

NYT: Conflicting Goals Complicate an Effort to Forge a US-EU Trade Deal [UK wants 2 launch at G8] http://nyti.ms/14ywUKM

David Ignatius: Snowden knows best? http://wapo.st/16hPcQm

B.C. Liberals soft-pedal release of scandal memos [re ethnic outreach] http://bit.ly/1a7EpKY

Globe front  As auditors ready expenses probe, Wallin quits second directorship http://bit.ly/1a6Z4Pn

Gazette front:  Quebec right-to-die bill breaks new ground http://bit.ly/11bmXC1

N Post front http://bit.ly/MuO99C Sen. Harb owes more than $230,000 http://bit.ly/11JlouN

T Star front http://bit.ly/ONwQiY Toronto man tossed from Fort McMurray apartment recovering in secret http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

Calgary Herald http://bit.ly/PETBRW Edmonton Journal http://bit.ly/M5zNwl front page

W Post front http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ  Dozens of attacks foiled, NSA says http://wapo.st/11xy57S

WSJ front http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn  U.S. Oil Notches Record Growth http://on.wsj.com/15Z6yR8

Tories defeat NDP bid to give federal budget watchdog more teeth http://bit.ly/11Jtcwz

A column on Harper worth reading if you ignore the hed http://bit.ly/195Xko8

Harper not keen on revisiting divisive debate at Conservative party convention http://bit.ly/14Zv9mD

Easy to forget that Mulroney (like Harper) whipped his caucus on this issue http://bit.ly/11XO8vE  

Memo to Harper: The abortion issue isn’t going away http://bit.ly/195VAeE

Hugh Segal had higher security clearance in PMO than as senator chairing anti-terror c’tee  http://bit.ly/12oUNoL

Looks like kids who wanna play soccer are the ham in the sandwich http://bit.ly/13DY6GO

Macpherson: Turbans, soccer and Quebec sovereignty http://bit.ly/10etTQm

Wells gets QC http://bit.ly/13DXLCk better than Coyne http://bit.ly/11BjGZo

Whoa! Massive police raid launched in Toronto [related to alleged Ford crack video] http://bit.ly/1byPLWj

Les Leyne: NDP caucus lines up for more of same http://bit.ly/13E0GfR

Head of Canada’s anti-terror committee unaware of metadata spying program

http://bit.ly/12oUNoL

Vaughn Palmer: Under B.C.’s new cabinet, balance of power shifts away from Vancouver http://bit.ly/11Jprat

Mike Smyth: BC voters feared NDP, left-wing gov't in charge of the economy: Pollster http://bit.ly/14Zq79x

! WSJ front http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn  U.S. Oil Notches Record Growth http://on.wsj.com/15Z6yR8

‘Open for business’: B.C. natural gas minister Coleman prepares fast track for LNG http://bit.ly/11XNXAl

! Hard to believe McGuinty once teased journos by leaving door open to a reincarnation as federal Liberal leader http://bit.ly/11xF4Oh

NYT: Peace Bridge Authority Given Deadline by Legislature [battle w/ Canada] http://nyti.ms/1a6QakM  

Barry Cooper: MP’s departure is proof Tories have lost their way http://bit.ly/12lL5DL

Pierre Martin in T Star http://bit.ly/11GDRIk Selley in N Post http://bit.ly/12Fdc1V on turbans/soccer/QC/ROC

Global energy companies 'dead serious' about B.C. natural gas, says minister http://bit.ly/19pdITh

Vaughn Palmer: Dix's Kinder surprise cost NDP heartland http://bit.ly/13Bf0UU

W Post: U.S. sabotages al-Qaeda’s Web magazine http://wapo.st/15Wl0cI

NYT editorial: Snowden Doesn’t Rise to Traitor [but he committed crime/civil disobedience] http://nyti.ms/10bt8Yo

NYT editorial: Surveillance - A Threat to Democracy http://nyti.ms/1727Uze  

Tom Friedman: I don’t believe that Snowden, the leaker of all this secret material, is heroic whistle-blower http://nyti.ms/12FqHyA

David Omand/ex-Dir GCHQ in Guardian:  How to make surveillance both ethical and effective http://bit.ly/119gibJ

T Star front Canada has never stopped tracking data, experts say http://bit.ly/12lAkB8

Globe front Marois backs Quebec soccer officials in standoff over turban ban http://bit.ly/13X02ZM

NY Times: Canadian Conflict Grows Out of Quebec Soccer Federation’s Ban on Turbans http://nyti.ms/11v4pIs

You’re not paranoid, the government might be watching you: Walkom http://bit.ly/17GzilM

Mallick on gov’t snooping: “Most men cheat on their wives, for instance. I believe that.” http://bit.ly/16cwtFS

Warrantless workplace searches raise concerns from businesses http://bit.ly/1a3kigW

Globe editorial: A heavy-handed approach to the temporary foreign workers program http://bit.ly/119aGhr

Dumb choice: Conservative MP under election expense cloud to help pick Supreme Court justice http://bit.ly/12FfYnR

The battle for Bourassa; By-election in Montreal puts Trudeau, Mulcair to the test http://bit.ly/13WSB4N

*If* U read to the last graf you’ll see that @MPEveAdams will likely be paying for her own hair and nails http://bit.ly/193Oh75

In Ottawa, expense accounts are fiddled--and our leaders play games http://bit.ly/17GvfWt

#LPC MP Judy Sgro sloughs off questions about her housing expenses http://bit.ly/ZJ8MDq

Timing of AG senate expense audits cd be interesting: “election is scheduled for October 2015 http://bit.ly/14wdaYe

Farewell bashes for Mark Carney cost about $30,000 [#NDP stuff at end is priceless] http://bit.ly/1buZihd

CP: MPs asked to stand up against intimidation of soldier threatened with discharge http://bit.ly/15W8Al4

L Ian to Harper: as Brian Mulroney used to say, “you can’t lead without the caucus” http://bit.ly/13B8qha

Den Tandt: Stage set for political dogfight as Conservatives stumble http://bit.ly/11uWefo

Justin Trudeau stumbles on his learning curve during Senate spending scandal: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/1195Q43

N Post (print edition hed): Union shadow follows #NDP: @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/11ytYJy

On the front page of the Times Colonist, a freshly elected government pigs out for its own http://bit.ly/N7AMbV

Dix blasts Clark over raises for political staff http://bit.ly/11Gsws3

No progress in wait times for health care in Canada [ 2 #NDP prov govt’s get worst grades!] http://bit.ly/10bkCsg

Simpson: Health, age, cost: At least Quebec’s asking http://bit.ly/14wgqTi

T Sun front page takes a shot at Dalton McGuinty—doubt it’s the last http://bit.ly/PalHIF

Radwanski: For all his success, McGuinty has made one of the ugliest political exits Ontario has ever seen http://bit.ly/13BvJsI

W Post: Robert Redford stars in ad calling on Obama to move faster on curbing global warming http://wapo.st/13WY4J2 

A column on Obama and the US presidency worth reading http://on.wsj.com/108r9Uw

Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden saving us from the United Stasi of America http://bit.ly/15Tnokg

! NYT: U.S. Preparing Charges Against Leaker of Data; Guardian: whistleblower could delay extradition in Hong Kong

In Ottawa, Neil Young and Crazy Horse—folk musicians! http://bit.ly/15TuG7K

Globe front page image: New rules target foreign workers [no need for warrants] http://bit.ly/13x7Il2

W Post front page http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ   NSA leaker’s access examined http://wapo.st/14u1THQ

WS Journal front page http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn   U.S. Relies on Spies for Hire to Sift Deluge of Intelligence http://on.wsj.com/11w6ZPt

Guardian front page image http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 World leaders seek answers on US collection of data http://bit.ly/12CBxWe

NYT  front page http://bit.ly/T9yfDf   Debate on Secret Data Looks Unlikely, Partly Due to Secrecy http://nyti.ms/17E09id

Hmm… Canada's CSE has had no access to Prism http://bit.ly/167u0MW

T Star http://bit.ly/191OqIn Globe http://bit.ly/11czuSl editorials on snooping

NYT http://nyti.ms/11vZx6S W Post editorials on snooping http://wapo.st/17EaXgm

One reason it’s hard (er) to be a woman in #cdnpoli (#cdnmedia too) http://bit.ly/11cxUjn

L Martin: Harper must heed the threat from within http://bit.ly/11EjgVf

PM must listen to his MPs: @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/13wORqi

Rathgeber: “I was not a really popular guy in that caucus… I’m a bit of a loner”

…plans to defend the temporary foreign worker program http://bit.ly/108gPfe

On scandals and coverups, a column worth reading http://bit.ly/191LOtR

NYT: Quick Reversal for Plan to Rename Canadian Broadcaster http://nyti.ms/16ZnyLP 

Gazette front page image http://bit.ly/OFNtbI

Gazette (print edition hed): Quebec soccer body suspended over turbans http://bit.ly/11T1LfA

Lagacé in Globe worth reading: Quebec has a strange view of secularism http://bit.ly/11sz9d2

Whoa! The Globe corrects yesterday’s explosive front pager on McGuinty staff purging records http://bit.ly/17BILe3

Ottawa Citizen front page: Dalton McGuinty, where are you http://bit.ly/19ksBpU

Cohn: Wynne heading wrong way in Senate U-turn http://bit.ly/11Ejvzu

! Toronto Sun front page image http://bit.ly/PalHIF

Yaffe: Robertson's 'Happy Planet' aspirations ignore reality http://bit.ly/14u0xN5

Palmer http://bit.ly/11w4vRd Smyth http://bit.ly/12hYpJc Leyne http://bit.ly/11Edxib on BC government 

! Ex-Senate Clerk: Internal Economy Committee wouldn’t let him do his job http://bit.ly/17BGijN

#CPC MP Rickford: “As a provincial legislator [Rathgeber] couldn’t

get along with people” http://bit.ly/17BYgT9

Whoa! (Guardian): Canadian newspapers will see ad/circulation revenue decline by almost 20% over next 4 years http://bit.ly/13RczOy

! SIRC head Chuck Strahl: Ask Mtl Hospital Board Y they didn’t see Porter scandal coming http://bit.ly/18ZBvqn

#CPC may require something more fundamental than tweaking/reshaping/rebooting—

change at the top http://bit.ly/11qrMTJ

Scrolling down to the last line of this column, one reads that the #CPC might need “fresh leadership”  http://bit.ly/104yuEB

Ibbitson: Harper’s re-election chances may hinge on trade deal with Europe http://bit.ly/113BWhr

Hey, Preston Manning agrees w/ Justin Trudeau about Québec’s senate advantage! http://bit.ly/19XjASq

Guardian: Canadian newspapers will see ad/circulation revenue decline by almost 20% over next 4 years http://bit.ly/13RczOy 

Globe line story: Mackay approved surveillance http://bit.ly/113rZk8

Guardian http://bit.ly/NTMU4Q NY Times http://nyti.ms/162WF5F W Post http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ WS Journal http://bit.ly/Qo2hmnfront page

Leaks R Us! Front page of Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY Ottawa Sun http://bit.ly/WeXBAW

T Star line story: Tories take aim at sick-leave cheats http://bit.ly/14OtIqZ  T Star “has learned” what even the Ottawa Sun knows!

Citizen front: PS set for sick leave, disability changes http://bit.ly/14Oa52e

Front page of National Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C Harper did the right thing [re Rathgeber's bill] http://bit.ly/14rAmXx

Hill Times front page-Sheila Copps: AG’s audit will be ugly for #CPC & #LPC

The only caucus that must be salivating over the prospect of the AG review is the #NDP http://bit.ly/13suKJG

Senate sets up permanent audit subcommittee, headed by former Newfoundland AG http://bit.ly/17BGijN

Whoa! RCMP close to laying criminal charges against a former Conservative aide to a Quebec senator http://bit.ly/1bnj5z4

Porter ‘fooled everybody’ on his way to the top of Canada’s spy agency’s watchdog http://bit.ly/18ZBvqn

Whoa! (Globe front page): Premier [McGuinty’s] staff purged records after power-plants probe began  http://bit.ly/17BILe3

Accused terrorist Harkat can have mobile phone, tracking bracelet stays: feds http://bit.ly/162QyOK

LEGER: Just deal with accountability in Parliament http://bit.ly/19fY78s

At halftime, Conservatives need to turn it around: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/104yuEB

Tory MP Brent Rathgeber quit the party but kept the pay: Mallick http://bit.ly/12eJU8V

Stephen Harper's road to recovery strewn with boulders that may not be movable: @mdentandt http://bit.ly/11qrMTJ

'Transparency' gains popularity in Ottawa: @mrabson http://bit.ly/16WjOKO

CP: Canada's food inspection agency stops investigating deadly anthrax http://bit.ly/104FuRQ

Revenue Canada rejected secret tax haven files/Agency wouldn't pay for massive cache of leaked offshore data http://bit.ly/12eBTRr

CP: First Nations rebellion understandable: Valcourt http://bit.ly/11adoQs

Vic Toews kills idea for civilian management of RCMP: @TondaMacC  http://bit.ly/11QyQZC

In the Wall Street Journal, why the Rolling Stones need more Canada! http://on.wsj.com/11QsZ6A

In the New York Times, the world needs more Ici from Canada? http://nyti.ms/13wQ4zu

An election poll you say? Christy Clark can expect an easy win? http://bit.ly/14rL3t6

Pipeline is now on Christy Clark’s terms http://bit.ly/13R6Ec7  

Why Harper isn’t losing any sleep over grim polls: @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/110uJPf

Jim Flaherty’s addiction to cracking heads: Cohn http://bit.ly/19c9gXV

Christy Clark's new cabinet sends message on economy, but future is cloudy: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/13P3ztd

W Post line story US companies say surveillance lawful and limited http://wapo.st/110yOCQ

I suspect this question http://bit.ly/NTMU4Q will B asked tomorrow in our HofC too http://bit.ly/118nYY4

The US National Security Agency spying on you got you worried? Nah, it’s all about them! http://bit.ly/1bjQZVo

! Toronto Star: The Grid wins big at National Magazine Awards (article doesn’t mention http://bit.ly/198POLz )

NYT front page: Presidents Obama/Xi Jinping give a boost to the Montréal Protocol http://nyti.ms/17zer3D

In the NY Times, a tiny upside to the mountain pine beetle http://nyti.ms/14pwJ4h

Why all Canadians, almost without exception, love British Columbia http://bit.ly/ZCa2bp  

NY Times: Canada Responds to Attacks on Management of Peace Bridge http://nyti.ms/11qkPmr

Also in the NY Times, the world needs more Cape Breton http://nyti.ms/15JallF

As a rookie backbencher, Rathgeber criticized the Klein gov’t over proposed changes to auto insurance http://bit.ly/13rVyvo

L'actualité wins leading 6 golds @ National Magazine Awards http://bit.ly/13rWHTI ROB Mag ties for most NMAs http://bit.ly/198POLz

I’m betting that Harper and Obama feel pretty much the same about journos and the media these days! http://wapo.st/ZAbI59

A column that’s guaranteed to put a smile on the face of even the most cynical http://bit.ly/15JtaVI

N Post: Four things Stephen Harper can do to fix the Conservative Party http://bit.ly/11LRotT

W Canadian populists risk destroying their party for a 2nd time to the benefit of the #LPC http://bit.ly/198MjVF and http://bit.ly/11qvFsF

Simpson: Don’t forget the Base – you can bet Harper won’t http://bit.ly/19RsmBr

Wente: Journalists have no business in the Senate http://bit.ly/ZA6fLu

NYT front page: Many Rival Nations [including Canada] Surge Past the U.S. in Adding New Jobs http://nyti.ms/198wwpF

Olive/T Star: Battered America rises again NYT front: Many Rival Nations [incl Cda] Surge Past U.S. in Adding New Jobs

Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY Toronto Sun http://bit.ly/PalHIF front page image

Peter Hogg disses idea that allowing baby girls to grow up 2B Queen of Canada requires a constitutional amendment http://bit.ly/116kvcw

Mario Canseco to leave Angus Reid http://bit.ly/12xB4Vi  

Slow Canadian news day? The Globe fronts http://bit.ly/NorOEh the same photo as the Telegraph http://bit.ly/R3YkNZ

Wall Street Journal supports Obama! http://on.wsj.com/17tXEPs NY Times says he’s lost all credibility! http://nyti.ms/189W46c

Today’s howler via the Guardian http://bit.ly/13KWlGG

Surprise! David Black has hit a complication w/ bank in China re the financing of his proposed refinery http://bit.ly/11lNpo2

Front page of the Edmonton Journal: Harper wins one, loses one

Front page of the Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY  Ottawa Sun http://bit.ly/WeXBAW

A historic day for provincial legislatures http://bit.ly/N7AMbV

Guardian front page on how Americans are being snooped on http://bit.ly/NOmlc2

Front page of WSJ http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn W Post http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ

Prime minister's political fund not used for Duffy payment http://bit.ly/11lJ8ky

! Harper giving Independents a good shot at forming the next federal government: @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/12vN1uF

Brent Rathgeber’s resignation is a dagger to Stephen Harper’s heart: @mdentandt

Unless Harper responds soon, the betting on his stepping aside before the 2015 election goes from even to odds-on http://bit.ly/15Ro4az

N Post editorial (print edition hed): Will Harper get his backbencher’s
message? http://bit.ly/12vNmxj

MP’S exit corners Tories on ‘transparency’ wall: Tim Harper (p1, print edition hed) http://bit.ly/13KqAgV

Pamela Wallin could pay back another $20,000 in expense claims | CTV News http://bit.ly/10VauCp

I suspect some ex-Progressive Conservatives will be chuckling this morning at Reformers being hoist on their own populist petard http://bit.ly/19OoJw0

What’s unusual is Nigel Wright in PMO having had exclusive signing authority over the use of these funds http://bit.ly/11J6MHq

Star: Stephen Harper’s official jet gets eye-catching makeover http://bit.ly/18aoNrB

The West knows where Trudeau stands: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/13gwwxs

Changes to royal succession face legal fight in Quebec http://bit.ly/13gy9vb

New religious-freedom watchdog faces uphill battle http://bit.ly/13pkcwt Horwath prolongs Liberal corruption http://bit.ly/125vKH3

Ottawa Citizen line story (print edition hed): A critical standoff for PS unions http://bit.ly/ZUJxjP

! Look online for letters, Scheer says http://bit.ly/12vQqtn

Globe edt'l: Ministers/staffs shd B able 2 deliberate informally w/ out having 2 disclose every passing thought  http://bit.ly/11oA9jz

B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s new cabinet to include natural gas ministry http://bit.ly/15RFeVE

B.C. Liberals under the gun on LNG: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/16P8tfw

BC Green MLA attacks Clark plan to export LNG http://bit.ly/17tl9Iv

! T Star lead story: Woman who lives where Ford photo taken dealt coke http://bit.ly/125s6x6

NYT editorial: President Obama’s Dragnet/ “The administration has now lost all credibility on this issue” http://nyti.ms/189W46c

NYT: Huge Petroleum Coke Pile Makes Way Back to Canada http://nyti.ms/194lTnK

Peter MacKay would consider leaving Conservatives if leadership rules changed: @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/11jcoIF

Citizen: Suspend two Tory MPS, Liberal argues http://bit.ly/11jeckS

One MP who’s been getting very favourable coverage—and will get a lot more! http://bit.ly/19KYE0V  

#NDP MP Benskin in QC tax arrears had an even bigger tax problem w/ CRA a decade ago http://bit.ly/11jcYGf

Wallin [partially] invoiced only one #CPC candidate for car rental while campaigning in Saskatchewan in #elexn41 http://bit.ly/ZuSsWE

! Pamela Wallin earned more than $1 million as corp director since Senate appt [including CTV Globemedia ]http://bit.ly/16MaxVK

Even Senate scandal will fade before next election: Hébert http://bit.ly/1b7lwpm

Embattled Stephen Harper now under attack from fiscal right: Walkom http://bit.ly/10SytCj

N Post front (print edition hed): French CBC rebrand-here’s the rub http://bit.ly/13cgDYT

Globe editorial: The Conservative government is protecting safety, not promoting stigma against the mentally ill http://bit.ly/18ZHii1

Fear of stoking gun-registry debate haunts Arms Trade Treaty: @camrclark http://bit.ly/121BEt1

Gazette: Porter won’t live longer than a year, second doctor says http://bit.ly/11mJRTn

US Nat’l Security Agency collecting telephone records of millions of Americans under top secret court order http://bit.ly/10Suaa2

Don Macpherson: The turban ban is likely to play well http://bit.ly/13c8V11

Turban ban? Aislin’s cartoon of QC hazard signs is a hoot http://bit.ly/Y2B8TF

Calgary Herald: Equalization less crucial than other issues, says Alberta finance minister http://bit.ly/ZuTimm

Small B.C. First Nation challenging Canada-China free trade agreement http://bit.ly/110RwHl

Adrian Dix issued a statement saying Clark won't be getting a free ride in the byelection http://bit.ly/14zx1SS

Jane Sterk: BC Libs won election by wide margin; We wish Premier  success in byelection & in upcoming session http://bit.ly/13HpQcv

Gawd this stinks http://bit.ly/16M8ReL

T Star Editorial: Deleted emails are a blow to democracy at Queen’s Park http://bit.ly/ZuW2zZ

You can't rewrite history — or delete it: Cohn http://bit.ly/11mMhBo

Radwanski: In power-plant scandal, cover-up is worse than the crime http://bit.ly/13Hryuc

Conrad Black and the love-in by his supporters: Hepburn http://bit.ly/110WYtN

BC Liberals' pipeline stance stuff of genius: @LeyneLes http://bit.ly/16G3PjX

W Post: Keystone opponent Steyer warns Obama to reject pipeline or face backlash [cites BC position] http://wapo.st/16FZ0XY

Guardian front page http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 PM moves to curb Labour’s union funding http://bit.ly/16GlRm8

T Sun: Pipeline still in the cards for B.C.: Minister Oliver http://bit.ly/14ryLxt

WSJ front page http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn  The Latest Urban Development Trend [Vancouver] http://on.wsj.com/11B8E54

Graham Thomson: Northern Gateway pipeline still has a pulse http://bit.ly/13idqsB

Secretly recorded video reveals scheme to thwart Calgary’s popular mayor: Steward http://bit.ly/14dnX9w

Nigel Wright’s role as party bagman deserves scrutiny: McQuaig http://bit.ly/Zqi46U

Calgary Herald: B.C. still open to pipeline talk http://bit.ly/ZKj4Fu

Gazette: Porter has made incredible recovery, his MD says http://bit.ly/19ECzRH

T Star: No proof Arthur Porter acting as Sierra Leone diplomat when arrested in Panama, says envoy to Canada http://bit.ly/15xgp0o

Gazette editorial: Soccer turban decision smacks of intolerance http://bit.ly/13iegWb

McParland: For Justin Trudeau, ‘we’ means ‘Quebec,’ not Canada http://bit.ly/17kL5G8

Globe: Tory MP ‘dumbfounded’ Ottawa fighting disclosure of top bureaucrats’ salaries [wd not apply to MPs!] http://bit.ly/13CfH0C

Globe front page (print edition hed): Defence Minister presses China to take regional disputes to UN http://bit.ly/18KSCvP

Ottawa Citizen line story (print edition hed): Military police investigate CTV reporter http://bit.ly/11f1LXc

Globe: Lebreton to press for Auditor-general to take close look at Senate spending http://bit.ly/Zq7ZHn

Ottawa Citizen (print edition hed): RCMP boss hits back at critics on force

http://bit.ly/10VhXxW

CP: Internal federal audits found offshore oil spill response outdated, disorganized http://bit.ly/12qGUrz

With spotlight on Tories, media focus finally back where it should be: @ChantalHbert http://bit.ly/14riJUn

T Star: Liberal MP’s political advertising bill would force party leaders to endorse attack ads http://bit.ly/11hTiUj

! Via Rail terror suspect can't find lawyer to argue he be judged against Qur'an rather than Criminal Code http://bit.ly/18ObwnX

! Last line of long CP piece on Harper’s twitter account ‘scandal’-I don't see a big deal there" Bob Rae said http://bit.ly/1aXML5H

L Martin: Canada’s political scholars fiddle while Rome burns http://bit.ly/ZKtjJM

That’s a helluva platform @acoyne’s  party would run on! http://bit.ly/11TYmTN

Doyle: Sun News’s daft world-view? The weirdness of channel lineups on cable? Don’t get me started http://bit.ly/17kNP6l  

Has NYT drawn a bead on China?: Sunday http://nyti.ms/11f3PzB today’s lead story

http://nyti.ms/13fn5Qq

Posting MP expenses? OK, “as long as applies to all the parties & not subject to easy misinterpretation from zealous journalists.” http://bit.ly/ZnNtqN

hopeful is @ElizabethMay that Speaker will rule Finance C’tee violated Parl procedure re Independent MPs http://bit.ly/ZGqw4t

“I think the Justice Dep’t had ample reason 2 find these particular leaks troubling” http://nyti.ms/14njAp0

Front page of NY Times http://bit.ly/T9yfDf China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom http://nyti.ms/13fn5Qq

Looks 2 me like Trudeau/Mulcair back Adrian Dix’s position on Gateway, not the BC Government’s http://bit.ly/17Rd15g

Michael Douglas on the front page of NY Post http://bit.ly/QNUNqJ the Guardian is less demure http://bit.ly/16BkDZu

WSJ: Rising Sea Level Tied to Faster Melt http://on.wsj.com/11m3vlH

! A great Canadian moment http://bit.ly/11Qfo5b

Vancouver Sun front http://bit.ly/Q4HuSQ Navy adopts German design for ships to be built in North Van http://bit.ly/19BqKvC

Globe (print edition hed): No magic potion to solve Clark’s energy woes http://bit.ly/10T6Aqh

Edmonton Journal front:  Dark clouds lifting from [Alberta] finances http://bit.ly/ZnMPcR

Wynne vs Flaherty: Front page of Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY  Toronto Sun http://bit.ly/PalHIF

! Calgary Herald front http://bit.ly/PETBRW Top City staff set bar for own pay http://bit.ly/15wGn4F

T Sun: B.C. minister says Mulcair mistaken on pipeline assessment http://bit.ly/1303LVE

Ottawa Citizen: MPs urged to be more transparent about expenses in wake of Senate scandal http://bit.ly/ZnNtqN

HT: Feds should call independent inquiry into Senate expenses scandal, say opposition MPs http://bit.ly/15uHr8K

F Post (print edition hed): SNC’s Algiers office raided [by Algeria police] http://bit.ly/17i43x1

T Sun: Doug Ford demands apology http://bit.ly/11Q9BfQ buried in last graf in TStar report http://bit.ly/15uN46F

CP: First Nations unrest depends on concrete action from Harper: national chief Atleo http://bit.ly/11lMbxc

CBC: Canadian Revenue Agency mails private records to wrong person http://bit.ly/14nH9xK

Toronto Star front (print edition hed):  Queen’s Park demands transit talks with Ottawa http://bit.ly/16DaoDX

Globe: Arthur Porter won’t see trial, oncologist [who helped spring Lockerbie bomber 4 Gaddafi] warns http://bit.ly/15wVHOJ

Tim Harper (T Star print edition hed):   ‘Honourable’ senators need to police their own http://bit.ly/1aUWN7D

1st Hébert http://bit.ly/15lAl6U now @mdentandt http://bit.ly/16D6sTK posit Wright in solo operation re Duffy/Harper out of loop

Globe front (print edition hed): $30-million research boost for genomics is focused on results http://bit.ly/ZnOLlB

HT lead story: Sen. Tkachuk says Senate expenses scandal has been a ‘horrible experience’ http://bit.ly/15uHLnX

T Star (print edition hed): At least 11 senators worked for parties during 2011 election http://bit.ly/15v01xX

National Post front http://bit.ly/MuO99C Ottawa moves to close pardon loophole  http://bit.ly/11glUgw

CP: Future top Mountie Paulson declared security certificate process 'off the rails' http://bit.ly/ZGth5F

Ottawa Citizen front http://bit.ly/P59tRU  Mackay’s office sparked probe into ‘leak’ [from US news release!] http://bit.ly/11yGNCo

HT: Feds’ budget bill expected to move third reading this week, but opposition parties say report stage out of order http://bit.ly/ZGqw4t

Globe: East Coast LNG project to unveil major shipping deal to Europe http://bit.ly/11QeDZX

HT: Tory MPs slam Federal Court’s findings of fraud, ‘concerted campaign’ to suppress voters in last election http://bit.ly/11yDNWW

CP: 'Accidental' GST legislation set to grab extra $1 billion from insurers http://bit.ly/17Qzgs6  

An editorial that should be distributed 2 all Alberta homes, businesses, journos and gov’t offices http://bit.ly/148kEjM

Andrew Weaver will be posting his expenses on-line/pressing 4 all MLAs 2 do likewise http://bit.ly/11f5AwB

Tony Blair: The ideology behind [soldier] Lee Rigby's [Woolrich] murder is profound and dangerous. Why don't we admit it? http://dailym.ai/15t0oJoGreat move: @BCGreens

W Post Outlook front http://bit.ly/10J6yEO Will the Twitter Police ruin Twitter http://wapo.st/ZDMyov

In the NY Times Sunday Review, a must-read: China’s Economic Empire [includes Canada] http://nyti.ms/11f3PzB

NYT front page http://bit.ly/11feDgU The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill/Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures http://nyti.ms/17MQref

A ‘great’ moment in Canadian [concurrent jurisdiction] governance http://bit.ly/11N9FNo

JdeM front page: Arthur Porter/Panamanian police doubt that he has cancer [his MD was Lockerbie bomber's MD!]

A Canadian minister is coming to town and they’re no doubt quaking in their boots! http://bit.ly/11f54P0

I’m absolutely positively certain there’s no connection between the above and this http://nyti.ms/18H9Gmj

Kinda doubt Harper will accept this T Star advice! “Fire Kenney and freeze immigration” (top of op-ed page hed/Siddiqui column)

Listening 2 Mulcair http://bit.ly/11NehmC U'd almost think Premier Clark had adopted Opp Ldr Dix’s Gateway position!

On Bloomberg’s “Capitol Gains” Russ Girling,m CEO of TransCanada, will discuss Keystone http://bloom.bg/10R6TBU

Ford/Wynne? T Star front page column http://bit.ly/10RebWm T Sun editorial http://bit.ly/11aGApb

! T Star report http://bit.ly/19yEDdZ omits the part about ½ of Torontonians not believing the T Star on Ford http://bit.ly/147l364

LA Times (print edition hed): Toronto fixates on video allegation against mayor http://lat.ms/13dcPbs

! No.10 rocked by secret love affair/'Stunned' PM Cameron holds crisis talks/4 legal reasons we can’s say who! http://dailym.ai/Zm4qBP  

Calgary Herald (print edition hed): Enbridge, Alberta take B.C. objections in stride  http://bit.ly/1465r2O

Redford hopeful of end to pipeline politics: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/11Kk6kJ

Don Braid: There’s a big win for B.C. Premier Clark somewhere down pipeline http://bit.ly/10PeO2z

What does Christy Clark *really* think of BC’s capital city? http://bit.ly/14hk004

Front page of the Guardian http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 reporting Syria killed a Briton, American and possibly a Canadian

N Post front-pager omits Canada’s role in chairing the Mideast Refugee Working Group http://bit.ly/18Fudu0

Financial Post’s Cattaneo worth reading on Gateway pipeline http://bit.ly/ZAsKSU

BC/Gateway: What we're saying is that everything we've seen to date simply doesn't make the grade at this point ; ?s left hanging/we feel need 2B answered B4 we wd support a certificate being issued." http://bit.ly/15nxR7X

Brad Wall wants Senate abolished after recent expense scandals http://bit.ly/14hbnCE

Don Macpherson on something I'd forgotten: Quebec could be the unlikely saviour of the Senate http://bit.ly/17d0Ej6

JdeM reverses yesterd ay’s report that Arthur Porter still owns a Montréal condo   

Ottawa Citizen lead story: Duffy tried to talk expenses with PM

The question now is whether Harper spoke to Wright about the problem, or Duffy dealt directly w Wright http://bit.ly/1aJUVhM

Don Martin worth watching youtu.be/b_i9_cIu2mI @TomWalkom http://bit.ly/15llWHU leaves out the part about when Duffy Bcame a faker

Chantal Hébert paints a picture of Wright acting on his own re Duffy w/ Harper totally out of the loop (print edition hed) Busy Harper: blindsided, evil genius or a fool?)     http://bit.ly/15lAl6U

Rex Murphy worth reading: How a $90K cheque became a death warrant for Harper’s brand http://bit.ly/118mjRa

Postmedia: @MurrayRankin shows chops as lawyer in helping #NDP develop strategy to attack Harper http://bit.ly/ZAEaG9

Globe: Wallin inquiry report to be written in closed meeting http://bit.ly/11uSgD2

Duffy abandoned by fickle friends @stphnmaher worth reading http://bit.ly/11IGkUt

Globe front page into the toilet bowl! http://bit.ly/NorOEh

Mission accomplished! Voters who tried to overturn 2011 election results won't go to Supreme Court http://bit.ly/18FB4nc

A good question: Where is #CPC outrage over their data base being used for robocalls? @SusanDelacourt http://bit.ly/12n9mKR

Dear ½ Hill journos & all hangers-on: Why Harper cabinet shuffle won’t change a thing http://bit.ly/11cHiDe

Van Sun: B.C. formally rejects Northern Gateway pipeline as proposed http://bit.ly/15qGEFD

Postmedia: Federal government not shutting the door on Northern Gateway pipeline, despite B.C.’s view http://bit.ly/ZAErJl

CP gets it: NG pipeline can’t go ahead as proposed, BC http://bit.ly/15nxR7X Globe & Mail? http://bit.ly/12n4bul

This is one contest Christy Clark can’t afford to lose: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/12n8Axp

T Star front page http://bit.ly/ONwQiY Friends want Ford’s new chief, a Grit, out of there! http://bit.ly/15nY4n6

Best piece I read today on Arthur Porter’s predicament http://bit.ly/12VvsPs

Jeffrey Simpson: When politicians campaign against public-sector unions http://bit.ly/15qHVMT

Doug Saunders sucks and blows on the ransom paid to save Bob Fowler’s life http://bit.ly/14hn24k

Henry Morgentaler’s QC jail term brought back memories of his Auschwitz hell? http://bit.ly/16yjJwH  

Ottawa Citizen front page  Tories’ Duffy wildfire keeps spreading http://bit.ly/137sIAm

Harper’s answers still left questions open, including the “most vexing question” — why Wright gave Duffy $90,000.

PM didn’t specifically answer a question about his instructions to his staff on how to manage the problem

#CPC MP Michelle Rempel supports calls for Duffy’s resignation

LeBreton : “The idea PM wd pass over elected MPs and name Mike Duffy [to cabinet] it’s so ridiculous”

On Thursday, Sen. Mac Harb was ordered to repay about $51,000 http://bit.ly/137sIAm

Globe: Nigel Wright will be paid severance after resigning from PMO job http://bit.ly/ZxFEkF

In midst of Mike Duffy storm, Conservatives brace for Hurricane Wallin: Tim Harper

The takedown of Duffy and Wallin has just begun. It is either take down, or be dragged down with them http://bit.ly/116s4ij

Conservatives burned too many bridges to earn benefit of doubt: @mdentandt http://bit.ly/13p3axq

13 %  believe Harper didn’t know about Wright cheque; also, #LPC36 #CPC 30 #NDP27

92% of Cdns strongly or somewhat support requiring senators/MPs to post expense reports, with receipts, online http://bit.ly/18Dofaz
Front page of National Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C EU Deal Worth the Tradeoff @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/15nTWTq

#CBC: Ottawa breaching N.L.'s confidence in trade talks, says premier http://bit.ly/ZxQffc

Van Sun: Christy Clark reappoints senior staff http://bit.ly/116sVzr

Globe: NDP going all in for by-election to give Clark a seat http://bit.ly/142dA8l

Vaughn Palmer: Election left NDP in the same old place, with bleak hopes for the future http://bit.ly/11FAPpr

Hey, look! QCers won’t be relieved fully of health tax as promised & will be paying an innovative new tax! http://bit.ly/18DlvKn

W Post: Keystone upcoming decision providing lucrative work for former Obama advisers (4:1 against) http://wapo.st/13oRzhK

Financial Post: China seeks to ‘deepen’ Canada energy ties http://bit.ly/12T9fS4

Enbridge aims to meet with Clark to discuss concerns http://bit.ly/Zio8OW

Van Sun: New approach needed to get First Nations' support for pipelines, report warns http://bit.ly/18BQjNX

Van Sun Editorial: Treaty talks must be top priority http://bit.ly/15o3fCG

Simpson: Premier Redford didn’t even try to engage seriously with BC http://bit.ly/ZxPiUp

N Post editorial: main roadblock is Clark’s demand 4 “fair share”/Redford will have to grit her teeth and find a way to placate

T Star front page http://bit.ly/ONwQiY  Flaherty says no to HST hike to fund transit http://bit.ly/1aHjqMC

T Star: Smith’s killing ‘street level stuff,’ sources say http://bit.ly/17afneD

Wynne-Ford? Front page of Toronto Sun http://bit.ly/PalHIF vs Globe Toronto edition http://bit.ly/NorOEh

Gazette  front page http://bit.ly/OFNtbI  Porter to challenge extradition http://bit.ly/18DfXzF

! Gazette  front page hed yesterday: Porter unlikely to fight extradition; today? Porter to challenge extradition

‘Great’ hed (T Star print edition): Ex-McGill exec [Arthur Porter!] to fight extradition to Canada

JdeM  reports Arthur Porter still owns a condo in Mtl [paid 4 by cash] where his ex-assist lives

Hey, look! QCers won’t be relieved fully of health tax as promised & will be paying an innovative new tax! http://bit.ly/18DlvKn

Houpt/Globe: Mother Corp. proves to be benevolent no longer http://bit.ly/10Mynsx #CBC

Rick Salutin has evidently not recently had to meet a newspaper payroll http://bit.ly/10EEanl

One reason our economy’s in better shape than Europe is cuz our political union is superior to theirs http://nyti.ms/Zj2QRd

More ‘great’ moments in public broadcasting http://nyti.ms/11HDUp6

Interesting development in the quest for peace in the Mideast http://wapo.st/ZyIsOc

! N Post editorial board Tuesday: Canada needs 3-e Senate reform; today? “Senate reform is a long-term project.”

What did staff do [re Duffy expense claims]? Seemingly 0. Director of finance fled when we tried to ? her  http://bit.ly/177cWJO

“I found it all very surprising. I mean, why would Arthur Porter want to run a bank?” http://bit.ly/15cZ9xZ

Despite postelection count, #BCNDP big losers: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/18xShz5

Globe line story (print edition hed): CRTC launches volley of fines over robo-calls;

hinting at more fines to come http://bit.ly/13kP3t3

Front page of Toronto Star Mayor said he knew location of video: sources http://bit.ly/12jJXBR

Front page of Gazette: Porter ready to return to Canada http://bit.ly/13kR8Fc

Front page of N Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C Ottawa Expels Eritrean Diplomat  http://bit.ly/15cZQaC

Front page of Citizen http://bit.ly/P59tRU PM’S security head feels targeted http://bit.ly/149qo9B

Front page of Guardian http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 Afghanistan war has cost £2,000 per UK household http://bit.ly/ZviDPj

T Star: (print edition hed): Key players will be held ‘accountable’/ Harper strikes a tougher tone http://bit.ly/10BMOmy

Citizen (print edition hed): Duffy probe likely to go on back burner http://bit.ly/10BKuMf

Best piece I read today on where we stand on Harper and the Duffy stuffy http://bit.ly/13jRlZl

Citizen (print edition hed): Senator [Duffy]’s former aide takes blame

http://bit.ly/1aCSFsI

Looks like questionable senator expenses might extend well beyond Duffy

Ex-Sen Bert Brown--$43K travel costs during 2011 election Quarter  http://bit.ly/149r1jy French http://bit.ly/Zv8H8f

Several other senators - conservatives and liberals - maintained or increased their rate of spending during 2011 election quarter http://bit.ly/149r1jy

! Globe (print edition hed):  On-air in PEI, Duffy filed Ottawa expenses http://bit.ly/12QFLo1

HT: Duffy bills #CPC for airline expenses to Yellowknife in last election, should have been paid for by candidate http://bit.ly/19oyXD9

Chantal Hébert (print edition hed):  A day of reckoning over Duffy minefield

now that Rae has relinquished lead role to Justin, Mulcair clearly the dominant Opposition figure in the House http://bit.ly/12PJMsR

Thomas Walkom (print edition hed): Harper seems headed down same path as Nixon http://bit.ly/11BP3Yw

Harper must act at some point/stands to lose his coalition (@IvisonJ print edition hed):

http://bit.ly/15cXl88

T star editorial worth reading: PM Stephen Harper’s answers only add fuel to the fire http://bit.ly/17xoB5r

Harper can’t seem to close the big [trade] deals: @camrclark http://bit.ly/12jF5wq

The regulatory change means that Harper’s hockey book will be published in Toronto rather than New York http://bit.ly/11C4Xls

I really do think @acoyne should take his policy positions and ethics into the political arena http://bit.ly/Zg40Nf

N Post front (print edition hed): [Arthur] Porter aspired to be despot’s envoy  http://bit.ly/15cZ9xZ

CP: [Public servant in] Fantino's office involved in posting partisan diatribes to government website http://bit.ly/12jJtM1

QC approving Enbridge pipeline reversal looking increasingly likely IMO http://bit.ly/18xpKcY

Western premiers renewing push for Northern Gateway, Trans Mountain pipelines http://bit.ly/10BIYKd

Globe: Fewer Canadians back plans for new oil pipelines to West Coast ports: poll http://bit.ly/19oI9rk

Macpherson: Ruling narrows the gap between church and state [Catholic secularism!]  http://bit.ly/12QHny6

On Morgentaler, Wente http://bit.ly/16rKC5p  vs @jonkay http://bit.ly/18Ax98I

Really don’t think “crusader” http://bit.ly/1aD0deX the best descriptor 4 Jewish atheist who survived Auschwitz (U2 #cdmedia) 

NYT front http://bit.ly/T9yfDf Anti-West Hard-Liner Gains in Iranian Race http://nyti.ms/12NYZuh

A ‘great’ moment in diplomacy http://nyti.ms/10zt5nz

T Star editorial: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford shouldn’t pretend that it’s business as usual http://bit.ly/1581KJw

! T Star hed: Ford allies believe Star reporters; Ed Journal hed: Deputy backs up embattled Toronto Mayor

Globe line story: Senate calls for RCMP probe http://bit.ly/13Yghrm

Toronto Star line story (print edition hed):  Senate seeks police probe of Duffy http://bit.ly/12NQVdg

! Citizen front page: Duffy no-show as Mounties called in to investigate/reporter told to vamoose from the Old Duffster's property http://bit.ly/13hS8Kl

Globe: Harper feels pressure in House over PMO role in expense claims http://bit.ly/1axXAuT

N Post front http://bit.ly/MuO99C  The thorn in PM’S EU plan/ Even a flawed deal better than more Duffy leaks @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/1172s5S

Citizen front http://bit.ly/P59tRU A ‘new beginning’ for public service/ TB pres draws line in sand w/ mandatory performance reviews  http://bit.ly/11ooKio

T Star (print edition hed): Tories scolded for not aiding Elections Canada

http://bit.ly/10GRh3X

! Simpson: Conservatives have been sailing close to the wind; Canada has moved over time from a friendly dictatorship to elements of a thugocracy http://bit.ly/1124FOZ

Conservative scandals multiplying by the day: @mdentandt http://bit.ly/17qQlIY

Yaffe: Trudeau's Senate comment aimed to win Quebec votes http://bit.ly/15hPkhv

Calgary Herald editorial: Trudeau should put Canada first http://bit.ly/111VX3f

William Watson: The economics of the Senate http://bit.ly/1171433

The Harper gov’t made sure the $700K ransom paid for Bob Fowler was “untraceable”? http://bit.ly/174dJLB

Gazette: Latest charges broaden case against former MUHC head [Arthur Porter] http://bit.ly/15hWUJc

N Post http://bit.ly/145swit omits the declining interest in studying French in ROC (reported by Globe)

Globe Editorial: Quebec, tolerance and the crucifix http://bit.ly/13i10j7

! T Sun: CRTC gives mandatory carriage to CBC [“the decision bodes well for the future of Sun News”] http://bit.ly/12fHto1

Calgary Herald front page http://bit.ly/PETBRW lead story: Tories demand probe of Wildrose robocalls http://bit.ly/18yan1r  

Gotta say I’m impressed that Nigel Wright wasn’t even winded in this TV interview http://ow.ly/lsiOz  

Globe: no need to abolish senate/admin measures 1^st step to restoring reputation http://bit.ly/10DP6hs

B.C. Liberal Premier Christy Clark declined to comment on Trudeau’s remarks http://bit.ly/10x2J5n

Best piece piece by far on Arthur Porter’s arrest http://bit.ly/141GcuV  French http://bit.ly/13028cd

So, will Mulcair agree to a QC round B4 senate, as Couillard demands? http://bit.ly/115maPm French http://bit.ly/ZbLwO0

Conservatives who think it’s a good idea for Harper to steal Mulcair’s thunder on senate abolition shd read http://bit.ly/ZbLwO0

USA Today front   http://bit.ly/R6kGP6 Media fear Obama out to criminalize journalism http://usat.ly/10xpZjI

Guardian: US tax inspector targets [Canadian-owned] Caribbean bank http://bit.ly/ZbPyGi

Front page of Globe: New rules aim for equality in Ontario’s corporate boardrooms http://bit.ly/19iKCn2

CP: Canada one of best places to live: OECD index http://bit.ly/17kXSJc

Globe line story New rules aim for equality in Ontario’s corporate boardrooms http://bit.ly/19iKCn2

Hill Times: Opposition slam Harper’s no-show in Monday’s Question Period, call him ‘peekaboo Prime Minister’ http://bit.ly/17kNpgS

L Martin: Prime Ministers don’t have to be political animals http://bit.ly/15eqZsQ

Globe: Senate weighs merits of holding public hearing on Duffy’s expenses http://bit.ly/10ZrvXz

‘Distractions’ finding Harper team on shaky ground — Hébert http://bit.ly/12eo6eV

Wright was protecting Harper, not Duffy: @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/151mi6v

Gotta say I’m impressed that Nigel Wright wasn’t even winded in this TV interview http://ow.ly/lsiOz  

Globe editorial: Senate representation—Define Reside http://bit.ly/10DP6hs

Western premiers slam Trudeau over Senate remarks http://bit.ly/10x2J5n

Trudeau’s Next step on Senate (N Post print edition hed) @IvisonJ  http://bit.ly/17kCsfm

Charlottetown redux anyone? The N Post opts for opening the constitution to reform the senate http://bit.ly/141x35J

More Justin Trudeau anti-West bigotry: @ezralevant http://bit.ly/10ZpZVi

Dear Edmonton Journal: Putting a man on Venus is another costly idea that ain’t gonna happen http://bit.ly/M5zNwl

T Star buries Justin’s musings about the QC advantage in last graf of article http://bit.ly/13WenYi

Parliamentary press gallery has got its mojo back: @egreenspon http://bit.ly/12euXVG

Bob Tarantino on Ford stuff, etc: Stacking the libel-law deck against plaintiffs http://bit.ly/141A0TM

Front page of T Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY  Fears Ford’s aide sought video spark police probe http://bit.ly/12L6lyH

! Globe rows back from yesterday’s Ford story after “a local news outlet” reports http://bit.ly/15ekruh

Ford Nation stands by their man: Catherine Porter/T Star http://bit.ly/19iBEGc

Andrew Cohen: Our indispensable ‘lickspittle’ media http://bit.ly/19iERpn

That’s Conrad Black from whom @MeganLeslieMP gets a correction on p2 of today’s National Post

Globe: Nfld. Premier offers glimpse of Wright’s role in trade standoff http://bit.ly/11tYRnh

Whoa! # CBC : Political donations to #CPC #LPC from Quebec firm's employees raise questions http://bit.ly/Zqg8h9

In QC, Catholic er secularism wins one http://bit.ly/141xpZT

CP: Feds kick in money, benefits to keep UN agency in Canada http://bit.ly/19iK7t9

! Globe: SNC-Lavalin offers immunity to 'get to the bottom of' scandal http://bit.ly/ZqbLT3

Front page of La Presse http://bit.ly/RnKOZZ JdeM http://bit.ly/N40YBj

! Arthur Porter nearly escaped arrest in Panama http://bit.ly/141GcuV  French http://bit.ly/13028cd

! NYT front page http://nyti.ms/10ZuD5F  The Peace Bridge (What Else?) Sets Off a Cuomo-Canada War http://nyti.ms/15enS4a

WSJ front http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn lead story: U.S. Oil Boom Divides OPEC http://on.wsj.com/141MhHJ

Globe: Keystone ‘no’ could delay $9-billion in investment: report http://bit.ly/171DRGU

W Post front http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ lead story: Key U.S. weapon designs hacked http://wapo.st/18pvKnQ

Collacott: How Canada became the odd man out in Sri Lanka http://bit.ly/117imjK  

Wall Street Journal: Canadian's Dagestan Trip Echoes Boston Suspect's http://on.wsj.com/16VqtEc

! NYT:  Investigators Tie I.M.F. Chief to Fraud Inquiry Involving Sarkozy WSJ: Court Declines to Investigate Lagarde

How Duffy and Wallin helped Harper win majority government http://bit.ly/19cksSQ

‘Gutting,’ ‘heartbreaking’: A candid Dix opens up about B.C. election loss: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/18pRJIQ

CBC Victoria political panel w/ Martyn Brown John Heaney and yrs truly on Duffy stuffy and Adrian Dix’s future http://bit.ly/10qMDdv 

Globe front page THE UNTOLD FORD STORY http://bit.ly/12Dcvko    

Front page of Ottawa Citizen http://bit.ly/P59tRU lead story: Toronto mayor surfaces

Front page of Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY Toronto Sun http://bit.ly/PalHIF

Will Rob Ford's supporters leave Ford Nation? http://bit.ly/18pG7Wj Ford lives to fight another day http://bit.ly/12Dr33H

! Tory MP pleased with judge’s election 2011 ruling http://bit.ly/13SAJqp

Coyne: Judge finds smoking gun in robocalls scandal but who pulled the trigger? http://bit.ly/1aigS7v

Maher: The wheels of the Harper bus go round/ And they run over former allies who have been thrown under it http://bit.ly/13RyAOW

A second #NDP MP, Hoang Mai (Brossard-La Prairie), also in tax arrears http://bit.ly/18eS4R3

Front page of National Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C

A short history of Canadian political corruption http://bit.ly/19c5sVb

Bingo! There is no easy fix for the Senate on the horizon: Hébert http://bit.ly/11gYuGx

Premier Brad Wall http://bit.ly/14M5v7k could learn something from Chantal Hébert

Peter Loewen worth reading: When political rancour bleeds into the hearts of citizens http://bit.ly/10qSVd9

Me, Sunday, on Duffy stuffy-in English here http://bit.ly/16g3wfx  French here http://on.fb.me/12U1OLW

ICAO stays in Montreal after Qatar stumbles http://bit.ly/18pDB2p

Don Macpherson: PQ banks on swaying voters with charter of Quebec values [Catholic secularism!] http://bit.ly/19c4YhJ

Good on T Star Public Editor: Had reports from Charbonneau Commish focused on ethnicity, you can imagine the uproar http://bit.ly/10T3XU6 

Premier defends PST hike at #NDP convention http://bit.ly/10T8E0k

Leonard Downie: Obama’s war on leaks undermines investigative journalism http://wapo.st/12DtnYv

Simpson: Canada’s good name persists abroad  http://bit.ly/10vqJ5w

NYT editorial: Canada replaced mandatory long-form census w/ voluntary survey & and now lives w/ the sorry results http://nyti.ms/10qVGeJ

Eilperin/W Post: Is Keystone pipeline losing Democratic support? [20 fewer votes] http://wapo.st/11h1i6t

Guardian front  Crackdown on the preachers of hate as soldier’s family grieves http://bit.ly/11kZrDK

David Ignatius: The covert commander in chief http://wapo.st/126mL9W  

Christy Clark wd be wise to insist on a 1:1 meeting w/ Alison Reford (ie, without Brad Wall) http://bit.ly/11eORYW

Van Sun Editorial: B.C. NDP can’t blame shocking loss on a failure to communicate http://bit.ly/14Y1PP7

N Post (print edition hed) Jane Shin: From MIA to MLA http://bit.ly/13PkduJ

Guardian-Cannes 2013: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz – review http://bit.ly/1af6SM7

T Star front page  http://bit.ly/ONwQiY Probe into Wallin’s expenses widens http://bit.ly/10XKzGz

Popular vote doesn't show that BCNDP is dying: @StrategicThghts http://bit.ly/123s36c

Politicians should aim for growth, not diversification: @jackmintz  http://bit.ly/123sEVq

QC gov’t favourable to pipeline if industry compensates it for greater oilsands emissions! http://bit.ly/Z4TGrp

Guardian front page http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 Security services knew of soldier murder suspects http://bit.ly/18bkL1r

Globe front: Wright regularly checked on Senate audit of Mike Duffy http://bit.ly/199HXvM

Ottawa Citizen lead story: A ‘concerted campaign’ to suppress votes http://bit.ly/16ZfdHH

T Star : Widespread but ‘thinly scattered’ vote suppression didn’t affect election, judge rules http://bit.ly/16dLXwB

! Globe (bottom p 10/print edition hed): Federal ruling dismisses robo-call application  http://bit.ly/16Zc22L

Ottawa Citizen front page: Duffy welcomes open inquiry http://bit.ly/Z4FVcg

HT: PM’s statement on when he knew about Duffy payment conflicts with timeline http://bit.ly/1aezBkc

Senate mess buries Tories but don’t plan the wake @IvisonJ (print edition hed)  http://bit.ly/11hrHqY

Stephen Harper’s Senate-mess apology a day late, dollar short: @mdentandt http://bit.ly/10QEZF3

Senate scandal may be Harper's worst hour @GregWeston30 http://bit.ly/10QIrPQ

Simpson: Amid the morality tales, some serve us with distinction http://bit.ly/18b4yt7

! Simpson: Duffy the stuff of Peace Tower politics-of less imp in short term and very little at all in the long term to the citizenry 1/2

! Simpson:  media feast on these morality tales, seize upon the stories and greatly inflate their importance 2/2  

Senate scandal finds Conservatives slow on damage control — Tim Harper http://bit.ly/132jJz5

JdeM: #NDP MP Tyrone Benskin $58K tax arrears and QC wants to garnishee his salary http://bit.ly/1aeIKcL

JdeM: @JamesMoore_org looking into Charbonneau Commis allegations re #CBC bd member P Gingras

Sun column http://bit.ly/Z4KhAg and another http://bit.ly/13OZEuU try to change channel on Harper gov’t woes

Amidst all this week’s muck, Globe editorial worth reading: Mark Carney’s tribute to Canada http://bit.ly/16dKoyF

Ottawa Citizen (print edition hed): PM passes on joining Pacific Alliance http://bit.ly/14XZyDB

OMG! Would you  look at this paper’s exclusive! http://bit.ly/N40YBj

If Rob Ford is losing *this* front page… http://bit.ly/PalHIF

Premier Christy Clark's plan for new spending: just say 'no' @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/16dNzXb

Globe (print edition hed): Alberta, B.C. look for common ground http://bit.ly/11eORYW

Globe: Oil sands deals lose traction http://bit.ly/10XnNOW

Edmonton Journal lead story: Wildrose fined $90,000 by CRTC for breaking phone rules http://bit.ly/13OUejt  

Bob Hepburn-Mike Duffy: the man who killed the Senate --Charlottetown 2, anyone? because it might be difficult to [abolish the senate] isn’t a reason not to even try http://bit.ly/13NhqlK

Senate scandal: Gov’t sources sent a signal the government would welcome an RCMP approach  http://bit.ly/Z20x53

Justin says Senate still has a role, Mulcair trying to change channel from his ethical issue re envelope http://bit.ly/13KZ2q2  

"The only Liberal that refused to come [to senator Carstairs'  school on rules/procedures] was Mac Harb" http://bit.ly/10NOcOb

Hmm…(Citizen) Harper said Wright helped Duffy cuz he wanted to see taxpayers reimbursed-“the right motive”

W Post front http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ U.S. acknowledges killing of four U.S. citizens in counterterrorism operations http://wapo.st/18kfySn

NYT front http://bit.ly/T9yfDf Obama, in a Shift, to Limit Targets of Drone Strikes http://nyti.ms/16OYNAN

Whoa! Guardian front page http://bit.ly/NOmlc2

Globe line story: Harper on Wright: ‘I’m sorry, I’m frustrated, I’m extremely angry’ http://bit.ly/11cEcOo

T Star (print edition hed): Harper apologizes, blaming Wright http://bit.ly/Z20x53

Citizen lead story: Open books on expenses, leader urges http://bit.ly/13KZ2q2

Citizen front: Harb, Brazeau didn’t get the Duffy treatment http://bit.ly/187BEdn

CTV: Two Conservative senators ordered Mike Duffy's audit sanitized http://bit.ly/12x01uz

Thomas Walkom: What Senate scandal? PM is focusing on the economy http://bit.ly/13KW44W

Chantal Hébert: Harper’s strategists hit broken panic button http://bit.ly/196Qi3j

Front page of National Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C Ivison: Too risky to tell a lie http://bit.ly/14UhlLW

Coyne (N Post print edition hed): Don’t expect much fallout from scandal http://bit.ly/120LmwK

Yakabuski: Carney reminds us why Canada works http://bit.ly/12Plz7F

La Presse/Crop: Harper government shunned by Quebecers http://bit.ly/1aamu3q French http://bit.ly/18k3FMd

Crop: Satisfaction w/ Harper gov’t down 7 pts in past month to 21% http://bit.ly/18k3FMd

Crop: W/ 9% support/3^rd in QC region, #CPC wd be wiped out in QC—w/ possible exception of very popular candidate http://bit.ly/18k3FMd

Crop: #LPC 39 NDP 29 BQ 18 #CPC 9 (NDP leads Libs among francos 34-32, only 12 among non francos) http://bit.ly/18k3FMd

Crop: Best PM? Trudeau 31 Mulcair 27 Harper 7 (down 3) http://bit.ly/18k3FMd

#PLQ 38 (27 francos ) #PQ 24 (29 francos) #CAQ 22 (26 francos) http://bit.ly/18k3FMd

Duhaime: Thomas Mulcair pushes the envelope in ethics talk  http://bit.ly/ZfqLTY

! Macpherson: When to bribe a Canadian politician http://bit.ly/12YzPtu

Calgary Herald: Anti-abortion group targets Calgary MP http://bit.ly/11ebdjp

CP: CBC warns of lawsuit over government efforts to control salary negotiations http://bit.ly/13L0XLg

CP: NDP asks parliamentary committee to look into appointees' Tory ties http://bit.ly/13L19ub

T Star: Canada’s international reputation rising: Survey http://bit.ly/10SMCyD

Front page of Winnipeg Free Press http://bit.ly/ROBCLx Floods money and junkets http://bit.ly/10V8arr

Manitoba senators weigh in on scandal http://bit.ly/10NOcOb

Graham Thomson: Redford and Clark ready to defrost relationship http://bit.ly/187FSS9

there was another deciding factor, one which [Adrian Dix] ignored Wednesday http://bit.ly/12YP5Xc

Mason: After contrite speech, a die-hard Dix leaves B.C. NDP in a tight spot http://bit.ly/13KZHI4

Palmer: Don't count on Dix stepping down voluntarily http://bit.ly/13NbxoB

Smyth: Unofficial race to replace Dix under way http://bit.ly/14UjF5z

Front page of Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY Toronto Sun http://bit.ly/PalHIF

Shanoff: Why hasn’t mayor sued the Star? http://bit.ly/13KYeS8 

Globe line story: Senate votes to reopen Duffy probe http://bit.ly/10lgSzj

Citizen front page hed: Harper takes off as Tory train wrecks; Globe: PM boarded a plane for Peru and Colombia – long planned

Libs wanted RCMP to look at Duffy/Cons countered Senate ethics officer shd-and apparently is-reviewing $90,000 http://bit.ly/13Kx3tX

T Star: Election bills reveal Duffy double-dipping http://bit.ly/167xUc5

Missed chance for Harper to make right: @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/12tQ3Kt

Globe editorial on Harper/Duffy stuffy: More should be said http://bit.ly/14wvAa6

When pigs fly *over* the Senate! Pressure is building for a public inquiry (T Star editorial) http://bit.ly/10TfMuq

Ottawa Citizen sounds pissed that @HonJohnBaird dropped 2 news nuggets in the House of Commons of all places!  http://bit.ly/10TeFLj

Scandal speaks to the essential Harper: Thomas Walkom http://bit.ly/12VadxJ

Simpson: For Conservatives, this, too, shall pass (unless it doesn’t) http://bit.ly/13HtKAx

My 2 cents along w/ @DavidMcLA on the Duffy stuffy + Nigel Wright on @pnpcbc http://bit.ly/182PGwS

PM Harper flees Duffy scandal http://bit.ly/11XytDR Globe-PM boarded a plane for Peru and Colombia – long planned

! Den Tandt (Calgary Herald ed page hed) This was the day PM Harper broke faith with his base, er editorial http://bit.ly/11beMGZ

L. Ian MacDonald: Harper tries, and fails, to hit the reset button http://bit.ly/10kwPch

Howard Levitt: If politicians [+ Nigel Wright] were held to corporate standards [they'd be fired!] http://bit.ly/14QsVHV

Ibbitson: Harper’s tried-and-true crisis management tactics fall short http://bit.ly/10LvVBj

Harper tries to turn scandal into ‘distraction’: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/182Nky3

#NDP has credible senate reform proposal? http://bit.ly/167ujKQ er, http://bit.ly/10LotGg

Yaffe: Big problem with Senate is representation http://bit.ly/1a513kp

Conrad Black has defended Nigel Wright, but Rob Ford… http://bit.ly/16Nw4gh 

If Rob Ford is losing *her*… http://bit.ly/11aCnBJ

Mulcair insists Vaillancourt never mentioned money in backroom meeting http://bit.ly/14QcwmM

if I suspected some1 trying 2 offer envelope filled w/ cash I'd bring matter 2  police w/in hours @JustinTrudeau

WS Journal: Canada PM "Very Upset" With Conduct of Tory Lawmakers, Officials http://on.wsj.com/10Tj54N

NY Times: U.S. Quietly Monitors Foreigners’ Departures At the Canadian Border. http://nyti.ms/182S2M3

Whoa! http://bit.ly/R6kGP6 IRS official to plead the Fifth http://usat.ly/YZ6CPG

T Star front page http://bit.ly/ONwQiY (Time to retire the slogan "T Star gets action"?)

Horrific http://bit.ly/16NHTmf

Guardian front page http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 Half of Afghan interpreters to be allowed to settle in UK http://bit.ly/10ThXhB

#BCNDP leader Adrian Dix faces media – and uncertain future http://bit.ly/12tPxMG  

Those who knifed Carole James/organized to replace her with Adrian Dix shd take responsibility http://bit.ly/1832Vxw

Uh-oh: A Mulroney chum has been on the blower to Lawrence Marin about the Duffy stuffy! http://bit.ly/13HIOl5

The old Mulroney hand, who shd recall that Mulroney wanted an inquiry, wondering whether Harper might now apply same standards to own office

Wente: Ottawa insiders look after themselves http://bit.ly/12IWf2U

! T Star editorial sneakily skirts the National Post poll predicting a Christy Clark victory http://bit.ly/14snTSo

Léger QC polling 1/2: Do you support developing oilsands? No http://bit.ly/11UuQi3

Léger QC polling 2/2: Shd QC stop taking equalization coming from Alberta oilsands? No http://bit.ly/11UuQi3

Globe line story: Harper to er, confront Senate crisis (no ind investigation; reform the senate!) http://bit.ly/16LoS3I 

T Star front page image http://bit.ly/ONwQiY Contracts awarded to bid-riggers [by feds] http://bit.ly/16IwJ2N

“The PM had no knowledge whatsoever of Mr. Wright’s intent to use his personal funds. Full stop” @PMO_MacDougall 

“The PM wasn’t aware that Nigel had made the payment.” @PMO_MacDougall

T Star source: only stipulation Wright put on cheque delivered to Duffy’s lawyer…that Duffy write a cheque for equivalent amt 2 Receiver General

! Peter Munk vouches for Nigel Wright’s integrity http://bit.ly/117FVL0 

PM’s Western supporters are not amused about Senate expense scandal http://bit.ly/Z9XPwy

Myron Thompson: “They’re stealing taxpayers’ money and they’ve committed crimes”

N Post front page image http://bit.ly/MuO99C Tories lose way on values http://bit.ly/10L4wmT

! Wright er, raised red flags (N Post print edition hed): @acoyne  http://bit.ly/118d5UT

Hmm..  Mar 27: Nigel Wright, no longer holds stock options in the private company RSI Executive Investco LLC. http://bit.ly/10Js1IZ

Ottawa Citizen front page image http://bit.ly/P59tRU More Tory Senators add their voices to call for change http://bit.ly/11UdtxF

Hugh Segal “We need a full national referendum on [senate] abolition.” [AND THEN?]

The real problem with the Senate: @jandrewpotter  http://bit.ly/13E39UP

Ex-Trudeau staffer whom he appointed to the senate on the senate http://bit.ly/14MjZmX

T Star line story (print edition hed): Contracts awarded to bid-riggers [by feds] http://bit.ly/16IwJ2N

CP: Appointees to EI boards broke guidelines by making political donations http://bit.ly/118hrLu

PM’s former legal adviser arranged deal for Wright to give Duffy $90K | CTV http://bit.ly/17XtBzv

Mulcair’s best-kept secret: could have blown the whistle on Laval mayor, but didn’t. Why? @ezralevant http://bit.ly/16Ih6Z7

Are political polls irrelevant? @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/10htSFZ

La une de La Presse front page image http://bit.ly/RnKOZZ

La Presse’s Vincent Marissal with a zinger on Denis Coderre http://bit.ly/10LoiPp French http://bit.ly/12RZ3tk

! #BCNDP switched polling firms during the campaign [and didn’t poll swing ridings] http://bit.ly/Z9Pr07

Globe’s @ianabailey interviews Don Wright [who was 2B Adrian Dix’s DM had the universe unfolded] http://bit.ly/14Mfrgg

Dear T Star columnist: if you’re gonna sum NDP + Greens in #bcpoli, U shd sum Libs + Cons http://bit.ly/16Lxl79

W Post: On climate change, Obama faces an attack from his left flank http://wapo.st/118mBXO

Telegraph line story: [PM] David Cameron to Tories: 'I'm not sneering at you' http://bit.ly/118nT5n

NY Times lead story: Billions In Taxes Avoided By Apple, U.S. Inquiry Finds http://nyti.ms/16It2dh  

#CPC sources jumped to the defense of Wright http://bit.ly/12Op8d1

Ray Novak dissed Conserv Party merger? Mulroney CF-18/deficit spending--monumental differences between 2 http://bit.ly/10HVuqS

Guardian: Tar sands exploitation would mean game over for climate, warns leading scientist http://bit.ly/11R5P7g

Independent: Koch accused over tar sands waste dump in Detroit [NDP MP—a little bit of Alberta!] http://ind.pn/10Ik0YP

On the front page of the Telegraph, a boomer refuses to fade away http://bit.ly/R3YkNZ

! HT: #CPC MP Benoit says abortion should be illegal in Canada: “Let’s start with the basics” http://bit.ly/YUdRZ2

Mr. Benoit said “more than half” of the Conservative caucus is pro-life. http://bit.ly/YUdRZ2

Benoit: I’d love 2C more pro-life MPs in our party/ increases probability we’re actually going to do something http://bit.ly/YUdRZ2

Wall Street Journal: Canadian Leader's Top Adviser Quits http://on.wsj.com/161pZgd

My two cents on Nigel Wright in this Global National News report http://globalnews.ca/video/embed/575326/

NYT front http://bit.ly/T9yfDf lead story: Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets http://nyti.ms/14naQl6

Guardian front http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 No 10 pleads with Labour to save gay marriage bill http://bit.ly/17ThAuZ

WSJ front http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn Obama's Counsel Was Told of IRS Audit Findings Weeks Ago http://on.wsj.com/13Bc8pI

Globe line story: Wright resigns despite Harper’s pleas http://bit.ly/10HZF5Y

! PMO loses key business advocate--“steeped in deal making”

http://bit.ly/19U4Ocu

Hill Times front:  Senate enters ‘darkest days’ in 146-year history, it’s ‘mired in deep mud’ http://bit.ly/12Op8d1

! A #CPC source said Duffy made a personal appeal to Wright http://bit.ly/10GTGKz

In his hour of need, PM is without his right hand: @JohnIbbitson  http://bit.ly/18XBmEz

Den Tandt: With Nigel Wright gone, Stephen Harper faces even more questions http://bit.ly/12OsDQs

TIM HARPER (T Star print edition hed): Duffy bomb threatens to crush Tories http://bit.ly/YUe6mY

One reason Duffy a marked man: role in destruction of Dion…1 of most shameful abuses of journalism http://bit.ly/18bCZxg

"It's up for grabs," when Ned Franks asked if a senator can be deprived of the title and a seat in the chamber http://bit.ly/10Puv9K

Globe editorial: The public eye and the public trough http://bit.ly/17T2tSe

HT: Libs out-fundraise NDP in first quarter [but long way to go to equal CPC] http://bit.ly/YUaL7j

#NDP looks to regain spotlight with new series of Mulcair ads http://bit.ly/10Pp0Ij video http://bit.ly/14n8inb

HT: Attack ads here to stay, say political pundits skeptical of Trudeau’s ‘sunny ways ’ Wilfrid Laurier strategy http://bit.ly/17SV8SI

HT: Climate drifts into uncharted global warming territory, feds still pushing fossil fuels http://bit.ly/10HTcIr

no evidence of pol interference from MacKay’s office, but high-ranking ACOA execs [incl Prez] punished http://bit.ly/16Jrb7x

Clark’s hard-hat tour a promise of fiscal might: @justine_hunter http://bit.ly/18bx3nQ

Rhetoric prevents #BCNDP victory: @rodmickleburgh  http://bit.ly/10HWQC6  

NYT editorial: Climate Warnings, Growing Louder http://nyti.ms/114EfMa

The NDP didn’t react cuz internal polls still showed Dix w/ 4-5 pt lead headed toward a majority gov’t http://bit.ly/10bGBda

"He is a giant egghead," said one disgruntled New Democrat of Adrian Dix http://bit.ly/11OojFq

Jim Hume: Election result proves that voters know more than pundits http://bit.ly/12lMJkK

Every one of us — including the ones I consider media giants in B.C., such as Palmer, Mason and Smyth — didn’t see this one coming http://bit.ly/12E0Za6 

Stephen Harper’s failure to address Senate scandal is hurting his party: Editorial | Toronto Star http://bit.ly/189tf6J

! Sunday Telegraph front http://bit.ly/R3YkNZ  'Swivel-eyed loons' hit back at PM http://bit.ly/12lW8IU

Who had the worst week in Washington? President Obama - Washington Post http://wapo.st/15YipTw

Hey, Brigette DePape, the “rogue page” is back! http://bit.ly/13yiV3E

The world needs more Bombardier? http://bit.ly/18ULhe9

Why all Canadians almost w/out exception long to spend the long weekend in Victoria British Columbia http://bit.ly/N7AMbV

Not ‘honourable’ at all/Both Mike Duffy and Nigel Wright need to resign: @thejohnrobson  http://bit.ly/12E4aPb 

Sherring: Skippy’ aka MP Pierre Poilievre has sunk to new low http://bit.ly/16yXcj7

Calgary Sun front http://bit.ly/10bTi7U Redford wants prov tax break given back to Calgary taxpayers http://bit.ly/10bTi7U

Iain Hunter: Andrew Weaver represents more than Oak Bay http://bit.ly/13ygApm

Sore losers: Will B.C. enviro extremists 'rise up' again as they did in the 1990s? @ezralevant http://bit.ly/10EvRHs

Times Colonist: B.C. Liberals' internal polls predicted win, campaign chief says http://bit.ly/12LrysJ

Er, exclusive look at internal Liberal polls that predicted Christy Clark's shocking upset @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/10bGBda

Dix campaign workers were counting potential seats; How many? Forty-seven? Fifty-three? Maybe even 60 http://bit.ly/11OojFq

British Columbia voters serve pundits humble pie: @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/12E0Za6

Survey says: Can't trust those polls: @jmbryden http://bit.ly/14jjfWG  

All things considered, Nigel Wright gets some pretty favourable treatment from the Globe today! http://bit.ly/NorOEh

The harassment of Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy should cease. ..Puritanism has its place, but not in government http://bit.ly/187L5qI

Yours truly on Pamela Wallin and the Duffy stuffy last evening on #CTVNN http://bit.ly/16FwEfo

On Nigel Wright, I’m a Chretienite http://bit.ly/14fMCcs not a Martini http://bit.ly/1139Pdm

Eddie Goldenberg above: “I have to take the word of a prime minister. But I haven’t heard the word of the prime minister”

The Duffy stuffy is serious and this is seriouser http://wapo.st/18SwWil

Tough editorial on Tom Mulcair, and for once I agree http://bit.ly/12J4nPC

Unvarnished obit: He ran into trouble when a drunk-driving accident forced him from cabinet. He pleaded guilty  http://bit.ly/10Bi7x5

! NY Times front http://bit.ly/T9yfDf From Canadian Oil, a Black Pile Rises in Detroit http://nyti.ms/YQpDDT

Dear Christy Clark: The competition for LNG export contracts has just gotten a tad tougher http://wapo.st/16uUY4f

It would appear that the #BCNDP were not doing this kind of expensive polling http://bit.ly/109Ap5q

Not every pundit got the BC election wrong http://bit.ly/10YqmFa

CBC Victoria political panel w/ Martyn Brown @heaneyjohns & yrs truly on the election that  http://bit.ly/10beSwO

! Daily Telegraph lead story: PM [Cameron's] ally: our party activists are 'loons' http://bit.ly/12JjusC

! Guardian front http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 Scottish protesters "yobbo, fascist scum" Ney, your policies "obnoxious"http://bit.ly/19K0sVe 

Dear @KyleBraid & Ipsos: U do know that BC election advance/mail-in ballots are yet to be counted, right? http://bit.ly/18PIraa

In 09 BC election, mail-in/advance ballots = 6% of total; expected to be higher this year http://bit.ly/183wAE8

WSJ: Canadian Prime Minister Lobbies U.S. for Pipeline http://on.wsj.com/17EeYB8

NYT: Interior Proposes New Rules for Fracking on U.S. Land [enviros displeased] http://nyti.ms/12GoOg4

In the NYT, the world needs more Canada! http://nyti.ms/16psKrJ  

Front page T Star FORD IN ‘CRACK VIDEO’ SCANDAL http://bit.ly/19D8xei

Front page Ottawa Citizen Duffy leaves Conservative caucus http://bit.ly/YO6lPk

Globe  line story Mike Duffy quits Tory caucus http://bit.ly/11JssKW

Harper stands by chief of staff on cheque to Senator Mike Duffy http://bit.ly/12zTC3i

Michael Den Tandt: This scandal will linger even after Duffy’s departure from the Conservative caucus http://bit.ly/17DL14j

Canadian Senate problems go far beyond Mike Duffy: Walkom http://bit.ly/185ATin

Front page La Presse http://bit.ly/RnKOZZ SNC counter-attacks http://bit.ly/12GjCJd French http://bit.ly/Z0JzWF

Globe front: ‘All the facts’ support Keystone pipeline, Harper tells U.S. audience http://bit.ly/12g3ihV

Rick Smith: Pipeline dreams turn to ashes for Big Oil | Toronto Star http://bit.ly/YO8CKz

Globe (print ed hed): Mulcair revealed encounter with Laval mayor 17 years later http://bit.ly/12yV7id

Van Sun lead story: B. C. women wield more political power http://bit.ly/108EV7T

Recent turnaround elections gave Liberals valuable lessons the NDP ignored @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/12Geogz

Jeff Simpson: Who lost the B.C. election? Pollsters, pundits (and yes, the NDP) http://bit.ly/13rOprY

The only sure election winner: negative campaigning: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/10UWEB3

Front page NYT http://bit.ly/T9yfDf Pressure of War Is Causing Syria to Break Apart http://nyti.ms/Z0KlTN   

Line story in the Globe/lead story in the Post and p 4 in the Toronto Star http://bit.ly/13v5TXU

Interesting that there’s no by-line on this follow up to yesterday’s line story suggesting chicanery http://bit.ly/18HWEWB

The Broadbent Institute hopes Justin Trudeau will spur progressives as Obama did? http://bit.ly/YGK06l

Tom Mulcair’s and the federal #NDP’s big test http://bit.ly/17pggQp

Gawd, would you check out the front page of Tuesday’s Toronto Star! http://bit.ly/12gjtuw

Great photo of Adrian Dix on front page of Van Sun (indicative of fair elexn coverage of #BCNDP) http://bit.ly/Q4HuSQ

(Vancouver) Province endorses BC Libs http://bit.ly/13v6sBb

Dix will likely win but where he repeatedly refused to give clear answers to basic questions, Clark was direct 1/4

Where she acknowledged past mistakes of her party, in Dix’s world, the NDP is without flaws. 2/4

Where Clark was warm and engaging, Dix was jumpy, combative and condescending 3/4

Clark carried herself like a premier; Dix behaved like the hyper-partisan policy wonk he’s been for most of his life. 4/4

In light of Province editorial hafta question Dix photo on yesterday’s front page (above)

Dix is slipperier than a buttered escargot: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/YGPgXD

Dear @TheTyee: VdZ acquitted/found in conflict of interest http://bit.ly/17obOBj Glen Clark wasn’t? http://bit.ly/10EJV0A

NDP holds strong lead despite nasty Liberal campaign: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/18I78VW

BC staff not involved in editorial board discussion that led to Globe dissing Dix endorsing Clark http://bit.ly/14jYb1G

Don’t know if any1 w/ BC experience on Globe editorial board that dissed Dix/endorsed Clark http://bit.ly/10ViRsO

Or, depending on how close it is tonight, they could both earn the moniker “The Combeback Kid” http://bit.ly/10vQO3e

Forum poll haunts N Post! Recent polls suggest gap that separates B.C. Libs and NDP has narrowed http://bit.ly/YGhHEX

Can an endorsement of the #NDP to govern Ontario be far behind! http://bit.ly/17pfO4B

Front page of the Toronto Sun http://bit.ly/PalHIF and National, oops Toronto Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C

4 young people 2 note in Worthington’s self-obit: career I never planned unfolded in way I’ve never regretted http://bit.ly/15IWj7s

La une du JdeM http://bit.ly/N40YBj

! Guardian front page http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 3 main parties down 4 pts each, w/ Ukip picking up 9 to reach 18 http://bit.ly/12qWQ9o

Hafta love yesterday’s front page hed in NYT! I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives G.O.P. an Issue to Seize On 

Front page of the Province features the Comeback Kid--or kids?

Neufeld made 12 recommendations that Elections Canada accepted, including moving to NB model http://bit.ly/YQ9iRJ

Say what! (Guardian): European Bank energy chief puts forward case for funding coal http://bit.ly/12oDDVL

Globe fesses up to 2 errors in @globejunius Dix-diss/endorsement of Libs [suggesting less than perfect knowledge of BC!]

Markets missed Flaherty’s clues on next Bank of Canada chief: @barriemckenna http://bit.ly/1255hFI

! J Post front (print edition hed) Bieber’s manager-Reactions to Anne Frank visit were ‘atrocious and insulting’ http://bit.ly/17X95wq

Calgary Herald front page with more manna from heaven for Wildrose! http://bit.ly/10HiDLK

Same stinker http://wapo.st/13TeMKn on WSJ http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn W Post http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ NYT http://bit.ly/T9yfDf  front page

Wherein a former senior Harper aide says the man will step down before the next election http://bit.ly/13seFpz

AG Ferguson said there cd B 3 reasons he couldn’t find the $3.1 B http://bit.ly/10DmJzD

Prime Minister expected to conduct ‘major’ Cabinet shuffle this summer http://bit.ly/13seFpz

Gov't vows to fix widespread ‘irregularities’ in election day voting procedures/opposition say Tories stalling http://bit.ly/YQ9iRJ

RCMP probes payments to senators Duffy, Brazeau, Harb http://bit.ly/10lclzD

Interesting column on a famous Senator:  Mac Harb the plumber  http://bit.ly/10RTms8

Unaccounted $3.1 B spending shows House has lost ability to ‘follow the money,’ say MPs http://bit.ly/10DmJzD

Pressure mounts to reform opaque financial system: @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/17khnkr

Samara report (Citizen): MPs range from windy to nearly mute in House of Commons http://bit.ly/10t228F

Situation might be different if #cdnmedia *covered* the House outside of #QP! http://bit.ly/164ZWo4

I found today's @nationalpost story interesting http://bit.ly/YEpumM in yesterday’s NY Times! http://nyti.ms/13PSwkq

1 e-mail to a work address http://bit.ly/10HlqEK 1 banner headline on front page of Citizen! http://bit.ly/P59tRU

N Post front http://bit.ly/MuO99C Below the Blue Leafs: Greens make splash in B.C. riding http://bit.ly/17knTYh

Irresistible Alberta oil meets immovable B.C.: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/YQi4Pw

CP http://bit.ly/16tJcXk Globe http://bit.ly/10RVBvG reports on BC election campaign

! Better oil price needed for emissions controls to work: environment minister http://bit.ly/14gVuOy

Keystone missteps, Senate scandal have Harper stumbling: @JohnIbbitson http://bit.ly/164NyEM

#BCNDP 's @adriandix ends campaign with 14-stop, 1700-kilometre, 24-hour blitz http://bit.ly/10teoxw

Think @adriandix walked away from the Premier’s Office with a pile in severance?

A ‘great’ Alberta moment! More than $2.1M in severance paid to premier’s advisers, but details remain secret http://bit.ly/10HiDLK  

Whoa! Report: Top IRS officials knew in 2011 that conservative groups were targeted - Washington Post http://wapo.st/18Dlyqw

The T C, like the Van Sun, not endorsing any party [likely out of fear of alienating readers] http://bit.ly/10BBRh3

Benoît Aubin worth reading: The PQ’s problem http://bit.ly/17huOBy French  http://bit.ly/YCSg7c

Still waiting for #CPC anti abortion MPs and @nationalpost editorial on this @jonkay http://bit.ly/ZRPMiY

T Star: “responsible development” of the oilsands would overcome opposition in EU/US/BC http://bit.ly/16rko2d

Tax avoidance, you say? This guy was on Paul Martin’s guest list! http://ind.pn/YOlYIF  

T Star front page: Giving up on the American tourist http://bit.ly/ZRMo7G

W Post front  http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ lead story: Syrian regime gains ground http://wapo.st/13PVOEk

! NY Post front page http://bit.ly/QNUNqJ Thousands of American teens crushing on Boston Marathon bomber http://bit.ly/14eR62s

NYT lead story: Some Countries [including Canada] Lobby for More in Race for Visas http://nyti.ms/13PSwkq

The world needs more Canada?! (NY Times): Canada Exports Mafia War to Sicily http://nyti.ms/10F7gnk

! Observer lead story: Recession is a good time to exploit cheap labour says Cameron aide http://bit.ly/13abSxT

A ‘great’ moment in journalism http://bit.ly/161w4Jg 

Lotta trashing of Al Gore. In Canada http://bit.ly/19erL9U http://bit.ly/13PPrAS http://bit.ly/10jxDO0 http://bit.ly/10Mv56V

Conservatives may be losing more than the faith @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/ZYaNfg

W Post editorial: appalling 2 learn IRS improperly targeted conservative groups 4 scrutiny/no Obama apology http://wapo.st/17gMblQ

Times Colonist front page http://bit.ly/N7AMbV [but it doesn't really mean anything re % on Tuesday]

Clark looking to make history @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/15BikoG

Clark vows to fight for B.C. despite threat of her ouster by 801 group http://bit.ly/14eOv8R

Christy Clark campaigns against voters’ hunger for change: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/YOepBP

Clark claims BC Liberals have the momentum as election day approaches http://bit.ly/12mADcy  

Uh-oh. (WS Journal front page) U.S.: Russia Withheld Intel on Boston Bomb Suspect http://on.wsj.com/10hKxMo

Via-related plot suspect Ahmed Abassi asked NDP MP to help him get back to Canada http://bit.ly/17Tqfez French http://bit.ly/ZVW5Wg

charges related 2 terrorist plot cd be added or supersede visa charges after more evidence re Abassi considered http://bit.ly/10N06rm

Dix says Liberals playing a ‘game’ by encouraging Victoria voters to support Greens http://bit.ly/120xZYd

Polls suggest change is in the air for B.C. @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/137j5yH

T Star (print edition hed): Questions raised over Senate expense audit http://bit.ly/19b63n2

!! Conservatives praise Duffy's 'leadership' in Senate expense scandal http://bit.ly/11snl1w

National Post editorial says we shd expel Duffy & co and reform the senate—neither of which can be done today http://bit.ly/11ZPfwC

Three military helicopters grounded in Labrador during search-and-rescue emergency http://bit.ly/ZVI0I8

! Conrad Black says independence for QC no longer a threat [addicted to transfer payments] http://bit.ly/17cX4oT

Pierre Trudeau's tie will be in exhibit at new Canadian Museum of History but not War Measures Act! http://bit.ly/1372N99

Since this was why @acoyne voted #LPC in 2011--as I recall his words back then--I’m not surprised to read http://bit.ly/11ZOt2L

Frankly, I can’t see how Harper can lead his troops into the 2015 election w MPs wanting to reopen abortion http://bit.ly/17RsHlJ

! Don't bring parents here for welfare, Kenney says http://bit.ly/12jyqyy

CETA negotiators have finished their work; agreement now at political approval stage: @jflisee http://bit.ly/10CfVqL

Tories, under fire for ads, seek $20M to run additional campaigns http://bit.ly/10z58Ji

Jeff Simpson: We all pay for the government’s hockey ads http://bit.ly/1209N8m

VIA-related Terror suspect did not enter US from Canada http://bit.ly/10oYofU

‘Great’ hed! NDP widens lead in new B.C election poll, but not by much http://bit.ly/16oeQp9

Life is full of choices! The Vancouver Sun ain’t endorsing anyone in this election http://bit.ly/12nKwWd

Picking a government: @CraigMcInnes worth reading http://bit.ly/10CevMW

Globe and Mail editorial: "a very good number [of BCers] seem to feel the NDP is too risky an option. We agree."  http://bit.ly/19bloEh

‘Great’ hed! NDP widens lead in new B.C election poll, but not by much http://bit.ly/16oeQp9 #bcpoli

! N Post lead story: “with just a few days left [BC election] is surprisingly too close to call” http://bit.ly/13nGT4Y  

NDP leader Adrian Dix gambles the high road leads to victory: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/13MFNyZ

Hungry NDP likely to win on Tuesday, but Clark has earned a consolation prize: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/19aWQv1

BC, according to the National Post lead article, is “a province known for fruitcake politics” http://bit.ly/13nGT4Y

Elsewhere in the National Post, Victoria is BC’s “obnoxiously isolated” “geriatric, island capital” http://bit.ly/11rXTZR   

Diane Francis makes the case for voting Liberal next week #bcpoli http://bit.ly/10yNWU2

QC? Ha! isolated capitals [like Victoria] leave themselves much more open to corruption http://bit.ly/11rXTZR

JdeM: L’Effet Couillard: La chute se poursuit pour le PQ

Léger/JdeM: #PLQ 35 #PQ 27 #CAQ 19 #QS 11

Conrad Black disses Tom Mulcair (and thought pretty much the same on this point about Brian Mulroney) http://bit.ly/YApW5q

Horwath’s change in tone presents a confusing image : @aradwanski http://bit.ly/13nYbPt

NYT front page http://nyti.ms/11s7CiV  Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone, Raising Fears http://nyti.ms/136NixU

W Post: Obama donors compare Keystone decision to Lincoln’s outlawing of slavery http://wapo.st/15Xo7ok

Rex Murphy disses the Globe for its Al Gore front page [as opposed to the Post flogging an abortion law!] http://bit.ly/10Mv56V

Guardian: Labour 'must prepare for coalition talks' with Lib Dems says close Miliband adviser http://bit.ly/17TjER8   

Globe line story (print edition hed): Dirty oil’ label will stick, EU says http://bit.ly/196ZHoJ

Simpson: Bitumen needed statesmen, not salesmen http://bit.ly/18y66vE

T Star front (print edition hed): Harb quits Grits after colleagues order repayment http://bit.ly/10mEv9h

Citizen: (print edition hed): Duffy, Tkachuk talk concerns Liberals http://bit.ly/10yAtQZ

A 'great' Ottawa moment! Sen Harb has retained former SCC Justice Bastarache to challenge the investigation

Another! CRA surprised when CBC told them that Britain has had the offshore data for nearly 3 years http://bit.ly/10KkkSL

Front page of the Guardian w/ what’s making news in Canada too http://bit.ly/MuO99C

Anti-abortion march dominates the front page of the very sympathetic National Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C

Conservative MPs rally for renewed abortion debate http://bit.ly/13lOAbH

“People can protest [abortion] but that’s not going 2 change my opinion (or) opinion of Trudeau” said Leblanc http://bit.ly/ZMNkdC

Anti-abortion MPs advance agenda in small steps: @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/1498hCo

Harper must remedy Conservative chasms if he plans to run in 2015: @mdentandt http://bit.ly/10weJk1

T Star line story (print edition hed): Tunisian tied to Toronto terror plot

http://bit.ly/10frrXh

NY Times (2^nd graf): Ahmed Abassi came to US from Canada in March http://nyti.ms/12kLUsy

Wall Street Journal: Visa-Fraud Charges for Tunisian Accused in Train-Bombing Plot http://on.wsj.com/13m0um0

VIA plot? insufficient evidence to charge Abassi w/ terrorist conspiracy; accused instead of immigration fraud http://bit.ly/16lyt19

CBC: Canadian attacker worked at Algeria gas plant http://bit.ly/17QpXVG

! Toews bristled when asked if [project being funded] will look at the root causes of terrorism http://bit.ly/YyvkGm

Front page of Le JdeM features goings-on in QC… + Switzerland and Panama!  http://bit.ly/N40YBj

The only politician looking good after yesterday’s gangsterism bust is Tom Mulcair http://bit.ly/ZTieV1

Today’s Globe cartoon is all you need to know about Tom Mulcair and/in #cdnmedia http://bit.ly/13J8CML

Van Sun: B.C. Liberals a favourite of big pharma http://bit.ly/133jSk3

BC fiscal mgmt? Harcourt did better than Libs; they did better than er, Glen Clark http://bit.ly/11Xvfec

Honest journalism- [Green candidate] Weaver is "a contributor to Al Gore’s 2007 Nobel Prize" http://bit.ly/178CwOb

Party leaders' futures hinge on election results: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/1976NcQ

Liberals’ 801 group will find Clark harder to oust than they hoped: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/YypqVM

Don Cayo: Harcourt out-managed the Liberals, but other NDPers did not, study says http://bit.ly/13J0qfe

! Wynne has no date for car insurance rate cuts http://bit.ly/10wo3nV

Hey, look: The Globe and Mail editorial board doesn’t support Ontario’s NDP! http://bit.ly/13IUgvV  

Times Colonist lead story: B.C. election race tightens as NDP lead shrinks: poll http://bit.ly/15spITr

! On Christy Clark's future, a ‘great’ #cdnmedia moment: Global BC http://bit.ly/18vM9pl vs The Globe http://bit.ly/11V4Uxo

Watching Global, I learned that Christy Clark is a federal Liberal & that Martyn Brown doesn't support her!

NYT front page http://bit.ly/T9yfDf  Obama/Clinton muzzling diplomats? http://nyti.ms/12Z5Xvl

Guardian: Canada # 1 for number of women in high profile public positions http://bit.ly/12igZ09

Globe front page http://bit.ly/NorOEh  Oliver threatens action against EU on oil sands http://bit.ly/10tYzfz

Globe: Senate to investigate RCMP over allegations of witness intimidation http://bit.ly/13DfzPj

Globe: Ottawa to support [private member’s] bill giving victims more access to parole hearings http://bit.ly/13jxlrK

Interesting how little one hears these days about the #CPC being Canada’s Natural Governing Party http://bit.ly/ZRfqYH

By far the most interesting column on the Harper government I’ve read today http://bit.ly/ZJMOgk  

Mulcair could not normally be confused with a ray of sunshine. But he was as frisky as a colt in Question Period

To Adrian Dix from @VaughnPalmer: Harper will likely have his own agenda on treaty process http://bit.ly/17NG5qQ

! Global BC-Movement w/in BC Libs to oust Clark; Globe BC P1 hed: Late Lib surge pushes party insiders 2 new embrace of Clark

Van Sun lead story (print edition hed): Dix targeted in new wave of attack ads http://bit.ly/13jvcMG

B.C. campaign will only get nastier/New Dems threw 1st mud ball yesterday: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/10ubsGv

Globe: Alberta’s new boom from old oil http://bit.ly/12gdbxw

Van Sun line story (print edition hed): LNG plants will scuttle emission cuts http://bit.ly/15rO4wv

EPA Chief Gives State Dept Draft Keystone Review a ‘C’

http://on.wsj.com/10Ib8OJ

W Post: Environmentalists seize on Biden’s Keystone XL remarks to launch new attack http://wapo.st/13DrHzU

Next King of Canada attacks global warming sceptics (Guardian) http://bit.ly/ZReRxV

Ontario #NDP leader is one smart negotiator (apparently doesn’t believe everything she reads in the T Star!)  http://bit.ly/145RWOR

JdeM front: QCers want the truth re patriation http://bit.ly/N40YBj

Léger JdeM: Yes 38 No 62 (after reapportioning undecided)

Léger JdeM: Important that Ottawa disclose all docs related to 82 patriation? Yes 68%

Léger JdeM: Important that QC ‘sign’ the 82 Constitution? Yes 43 No 37

Léger JdeM: Supreme Court is neutral/politically independent? Yes 37 No 39  

NYT: Israel Halts Settlement Plans for Now [according to dovish Peace Now] http://nyti.ms/12UgXKw

Not a great French moment: Dylan ruled “unworthy” of Légion d'Honneur  http://bit.ly/10aPI0E

I do wish the Kays and other Posties wd enlighten us on the specific abortion law they’d like to see http://bit.ly/15pcIhh

Uh-oh—it’s spread to the WS Journal: Canada looks like a tempting target for short sellers http://on.wsj.com/10G3GU6

Hey, what about us Your Majesty! Queen’s Speech to 'unleash the talents' of Britons by 'firing up' economy http://bit.ly/ZGXuwd

A ‘great’ moment: Vatican, U.S. in Anti-Money-Laundering Deal http://on.wsj.com/10pvr9c

WS Journal: Prostate Test Could Cut Need For Surgery http://on.wsj.com/11ikurI

Front page Globe http://bit.ly/NorOEh Research council’s makeover leaves Canadian industry setting the agenda http://bit.ly/YtXsdH

Globe front: Ottawa races to clinch EU trade deal before summer break http://bit.ly/12TUFZg

Front page of the Star Millions in taxpayer-funded consulting work kept secret http://bit.ly/12U1ZEr

Ottawa clearing way for Canadian airlines to use fewer flight attendants | Toronto Star http://bit.ly/13hmqyI

Senator Mac Harb selling house amid expenses scrutiny http://bit.ly/13hhaeu

 ‘No such thing as ethical oil,’ Al Gore tells Toronto audience http://bit.ly/10oI3Jc

Front page of the New York Times http://bit.ly/T9yfDf NY Post http://bit.ly/QNUNqJ

! NYT: Obama May Back F.B.I. Plan to Wiretap Web Users  http://nyti.ms/18WyQvy

NYT: border inspections of Canadian food exports may be eliminated? http://nyti.ms/11hFejk

Front page of the Wall Street Journal http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn

Watson: Central bankers aren’t so shady and mysterious http://bit.ly/16gmOAz

BC will continue its trend toward economic irrelevance compared with the rest of the country? http://bit.ly/12cAKra

Uh-oh (Simpson): Watching B.C., business might decide to bide its time http://bit.ly/1439xHb

 ‘I love Canada’: BCNDP candidate denies accusation he’ ‘underground member’ of Chinese communist party http://bit.ly/13gYADc Sharp contrast with Globe http://bit.ly/16g35AS  reporting of this incident in BC campaign

Hmm.. The party leader most trusted by BCers will not be elected to the Legislature http://bit.ly/12cD957

Vaughn Palmer: Legal costs of investigating government actions cost B.C. taxpayers dearly http://bit.ly/12T9Kdy

B.C. Premier Christy Clark campaigns against Alberta, Ottawa: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/11i1Uju

Province cover story: Who do you trust? http://bit.ly/16XgEp1

Glavin: Some fresh voices in Victoria would be good http://bit.ly/16Xh0Mo

Braid: Tories, government meld on the taxpayer’s dime http://bit.ly/10aH2Yi

Front page of the Calgary Herald http://bit.ly/PETBRW

Front page of the Province http://bit.ly/PDVl21

Jean Charest’s agenda chockablock w/ fundraisers http://bit.ly/17Ll00c French http://bit.ly/12U3S3U  

Globe lead story: Slow down and earn public support for resource projects, Dix says http://bit.ly/11eNy3l

NYT lead story: U.S. Directly Blames China’s Military for Cyberattacks http://nyti.ms/12dl2L8

Telegraph lead story: China freezes out Cameron for meeting Dalai Lama http://bit.ly/13r7gWL

Pincus: History is a good teacher when it comes to the U.S. and Syria.  http://wapo.st/140HbNU

Globe front: Ottawa throws its weight behind social investing http://bit.ly/17Jhq6Z

Citizen front (print edition hed): Statscan staff face strict rules on what to say, wear http://bit.ly/16dAhsV

Globe: Experts debate how much National Household Survey statistics count http://bit.ly/YC8n7s

Whoa! Is Poloz Carney’s legacy? http://bit.ly/12OCpk4

Ipsos poll (post-Justin ads): #LPC 35 (up 3) #CPC 32 (up 1) #NDP 25 (down 2) http://bit.ly/ZMIZKK

L Martin: Our Conservative rewrite begins with this book http://bit.ly/11PJhhW

On the Harper gov and unions, Ivison http://bit.ly/12OkERV vs McQuaig http://bit.ly/10kpISf 

The #NDP’s federalist mission: @MeganLeslieMP http://bit.ly/YCcmkq

Feds eliminated more than 15,000 public service jobs last year: PCO report http://bit.ly/ZMJg0d

Chantal Hébert’s column is mostly about why the Harper gov’t shd continue funding the #CBC French-language service! http://bit.ly/108hJpK

A ‘great’ Ottawa moment: Bureaucrat's private Spanish lessons under fire http://bit.ly/15mqQrq

If NDP win in BC next Tuesday, they will become a larger problem for Cdn unity than Québec: @ezralevant http://bit.ly/ZMJsg5

Van Sun: A Dix-Harper partnership may be surprisingly fertile http://bit.ly/10DJWk5

Some interesting data on BCers, resource dev’t and the enviro http://bit.ly/YC4MWQ

Tom Mulcair sides w/ Al Gore over Joe Oliver on climate change http://bit.ly/140xjUv

Campaign attack mode is officially under way #BCNDP: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/10fIGUo

Liberal handling of HST the heaviest drag on their political fortunes: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/ZMKecR

B.C. election outcome crucial for Alberta: Steward http://bit.ly/11evczH

One thing on which I’m fairly certain is that the BC election won’t turn on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict! http://bit.ly/16dCC73

Alberta 2 impose tax on BC natural gas 2 retaliate against xenophobic bogey fed by Dix/Clark? http://bit.ly/18Ro4GT

Did Dix's quandary hand the B.C. Liberals a potential victory?: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/16dzE2z

! Hollande, Marois, même déception | André Pratte http://bit.ly/17Jm2dd

Gazette: Most immigrants to Quebec feel attachment to Canada: poll http://bit.ly/10DKqqf

NYT A Homemade Style of Terror: Jihadists Urge Solo Strikes in US http://nyti.ms/12JiZNp

Front page of the Globe and Mail will not make Christy Clark popular back east in Alberta

! Dix was asked 2 clarify views on coal exports by someone in crowd who grew more unruly as time passed http://bit.ly/YpkjXR

Hey, front page of the T Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY features a poll that coincides w/ the paper’s position!

Front page of the Times (London) http://bit.ly/NrRRQU Tories tell Cameron to scrap gay marriage Bill

Globe line story: Clark-‘We don’t need Alberta’/ B.C. can forge its own path on natural resources http://bit.ly/10iE5Sl

Globe lead story: Ottawa strikes back at Gore’s remarks on oil sands as ‘open sewer’ http://bit.ly/18LTMW5

W Post front (print edition hed): Europe’s carbon market goes bust (will affect QC-California)  http://wapo.st/10BttwR

Gazette: Little to show for QC’s $1.5B global warming plan http://bit.ly/17HigkI

Globe ROB front page: Ottawa to toughen rules for foreign investors http://bit.ly/17Hg0d3

HT front http://bit.ly/18p1GY6 #NDP MP Donnelly vows to continue fight to ban shark fin imports into Cda http://bit.ly/13c1Dwv

AG says trying to track $3.1-billion in anti-terror funding would be like ‘tracing serial numbers on dollars’ http://bit.ly/127oCHZ

How a terror suspect slipped through immigration's cracks @GregWeston30 http://bit.ly/10dv6B0

Mission accomplished! Via Rail terror plot arrests helped ease Canadian fears after Boston bombing, poll http://bit.ly/YpnUoQ

Why Canada remains ‘on the sidelines’ when it comes to Syria: @JohnIbbitson http://bit.ly/15jOqFq

Civility, vigorous debate missing in Ottawa: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/18p7p04

L’anti-libéral | @ChantalHbert http://bit.ly/12IRKm7

Peter White says Justin wd have to save Cda if PQ holds referendum/no mention of Mulcair http://bit.ly/ZKNvcH

Star: In Nfld, too many want recognition as Mi’kmaq Indians, federal government says http://bit.ly/11NomMo

T Star front page (print edition hed): Horwath should back the budget, poll finds http://bit.ly/17HkvEo

Flanagan: Can social media change Canadian politics? Haven’t yet http://bit.ly/18LTf6l  

Front page of NYT/WSJ/W Post all lead w/ decline in unemployment rate

Front page of the Vancouver Sun is a bit overly dramatic on  recent polls  

New polls a positive sign for Liberals, but they still face an uphill battle @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/16D09yd

*even* at 41% NDP cd expect a big win so long as they remain in first place among the parties

NDP still strong; however Dix over Clark on who wd make best premier has gone from 15 to 2  http://bit.ly/16CZVqO

Surging B.C. Liberals press NDP to mount more aggressive campaign: @garymasonglobe  http://bit.ly/10c5AwH

Front page of the Ottawa Citizen http://bit.ly/P59tRU features next best thing to Omar Khadr interview!

If U read to end U’ll see this is about guy convicted on terrorism charges eventually applying for parole http://bit.ly/18k7LoD

Some sources say Jaser was outraged about the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq http://bit.ly/11IY9hT

Jeff Simpson wishes Canadians lived in a better political world http://bit.ly/114MY8p

Chantal Hébert describes the political world we live in http://bit.ly/15g8ys1

Justin praises Redford pans Harper criticizes Mulcair re Keystone  http://bit.ly/18k6hdS

Justin Trudeau's visit to Sisler High School Thursday was never meant to involve the media http://bit.ly/101Qa1d

Front page of the Guardian captures the political world in Britain—a sight to behold http://bit.ly/NOmlc2

Famous Canadian singer concerned about Enbridge pipeline reversal http://bit.ly/YuwPaB

Front page of Le Journal de Montréal http://bit.ly/N40YBj

A column worth reading: Supporting Quebec Inc., no matter how distasteful that may be http://bit.ly/15dJnpL  

Best approach to stopping home-grown terrorism? David Ignatius in W Post worth reading http://wapo.st/123OQd7

Keep Reid poll in perspective: #BCNDP still leading Libs in Metro Vancouver – 45 to 35% http://bit.ly/YrOAaG

Dix won debate but margin was slim so Clark made up ground on people who weren’t voting for her http://bit.ly/164VlSe

Clark can now say 2 Cons: We cd not unite B4 election but this is your moment to come back into the fold http://bit.ly/164VlSe

WS Journal front page http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn US Bulks Up to Combat Iran http://on.wsj.com/10wpQIq

NY Times: Infectious Salmon Anemia Threat Divides Scientists [Canadian angle] http://nyti.ms/15dTzyF

Dear @CraigMcInnes Clark promising 2 try 2 balance budget in yr 1, Dix isn’t/dodged yr 4 in DB8 http://bit.ly/120wD1l

T Star might as well have put editorial http://bit.ly/11GPX1H  on its front page! http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

All you need to know about T Star bias: an opinion column as front page lead article, news report on p 14

Dear Toronto Star Public Editor: The Globe leads with a news report on ON election; your paper leads w/ an opinion column

#LPC support @ 35% not quite as high as #NDP 36% after election of Mulcair http://bit.ly/111h9gM

Central Cda’s manuf economy shrinking at same time as commodity-driven economy of West heading into a funk http://bit.ly/ZZDPdZ

Poloz’s most important attribute is understanding Harper government agenda @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/12vugko

While Cons largely approved of Carney’s mgmt of monetary policy – some felt he was too much of a hawk on interest rates 1/2

they disliked profile in media/long resented Mr. Carney got credit internationally 4 Cda’s relatively lustrous ec performance 2/2 http://bit.ly/120oFVQ

! “Not that I’m excited about economists but [Poloz] an economist who doesn’t just sit in ivory tower.” http://bit.ly/ZrPNK4

A day in #cdnpoli: H of C sitting/Justin in Winnipeg/#NDP trustee bans him from speaking to students? http://bit.ly/123x7Cl

N Posties like @acoyne might think Harper’s no conservative, but T Star guy says he's re-shaping Canada http://bit.ly/10wkFbn

Le Devoir buries news that #NDP SCC motion on its Laskin scandal story has gone pfft http://bit.ly/10wkqND

Hmm..  About the PQ demanding respect 4 the separation of powers… http://bit.ly/10wid4J

One of these Toronto papers wants an election and one doesn’t http://bit.ly/PalHIF http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

W/ ON election in balance Globe http://bit.ly/NorOEh  T Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY N Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C front pages

Globe front-page lead: Centrist budget gambles on NDP support; TStar? Liberal plan is too loaded for NDP to resist 

! T Star front column hed: Liberal plan is too loaded for NDP to resist P 14 report? Horwath cagey on support of budget

Hey, what a coincidence! Lead hed on front page opinion column http://bit.ly/ONwQiY coincides w/ T Star editorial position!

Liberals no longer far behind NDP in B.C. election poll http://bit.ly/YiOUpK

Narrowing NDP lead over Liberals puts pressure on Dix: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/164VlSe

Whoa! (Cal Herald front): Redford attacks ‘extreme’ Opposition [Wildrose *and* NDP!] http://bit.ly/18yop0Y

NYT lead story: Boston Plot Said To Have Focused On July 4 Attack http://nyti.ms/ZqGr1k  

NDP expects post-debate polling to come out this week that will show race tightening @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/120rJ32

BC campaign: National Post has Forum Poll http://bit.ly/11EwsXH Province cites Abacus poll released Monday, Sun ignores that poll in projecting seats

33% thought Adrian Dix won leaders debate/30% thought Premier Christy Clark emerged the winner

Front page of the Toronto oops National Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C

! Daily Telegraph line story: Cameron takes on `the fruitcakes' http://bit.ly/YgEaZ8

The press has more power than parliament (as the tax avoiders do). http://bit.ly/16287RC

Canseco: Fear at top of list for B.C. election support http://bit.ly/1324qrP

Harper assailed for cutting Elections Canada budget despite vote problems http://bit.ly/ZBozo0

Globe lead story: Arab states seek to strip Canada of UN agency/ Move marks displeasure with support for Israel http://bit.ly/16s9s43

Whoa! Ottawa’s new public service powers include turfing poor performers http://bit.ly/16rX4AW

Recommendations on tax havens don't go far enough, opposition MPs say http://bit.ly/16sflhv

Sun News : Trudeau Liberals see surge in BC: Poll http://bit.ly/10ucXyH

Harper’s challenge: To reboot and refresh his government: @stevenchase http://bit.ly/ZBjlst

Harper’s overhaul means getting back in control of the agenda: @JohnIbbitson http://bit.ly/12qmmsp

un-Cdn 4 a fed ldr 2 suggest SCC not immune to pol temptations just cuz it says it is? @ChantalHbert http://bit.ly/YovYs3

John Ivison: Grim report warns Canada vulnerable to an aboriginal insurrection http://bit.ly/10uixkB

Hutchinson: ‘Chinkasaurus’ comment makes B.C. NDP candidate latest poster child for dubious conduct http://bit.ly/18tkXEY

Canseco: Fear at top of list for B.C. election support http://bit.ly/1324qrP

NDP expects post-debate polling to come out this week that will show race tightening @garymasonglobe

Based on most recent Reid poll-NDP 45 Libs 31- Dix wd win 60 of the legislature’s 85 seats http://bit.ly/ZoTYq9

B.C. Liberals keep their chins up, but may soon be looking at Plan B : @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/131Zmnw

FWIW-NPost/Forum poll post debate NDP 39 Lib 35 Gr 12 Con 9 projects 1 seat Dix majority MOE 3

According to Forum's Bozinoff, trend over past month in various polls shows NDP shedding on average a point a week

Abacus poll released showed the NDP with just a 3-point lead over Lib in the Lower Mainland @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/105wdn7

Abacus poll re fed parties in BC suggests prov results may not be the outlier some have been  suggesting http://bit.ly/10ucXyH

Yaffe: B.C. NDP back out of war on deficit http://bit.ly/13ODevI

NDP candidate er, not available for Van Sun interview re riding profile

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Yet another huge Liberal ad above the fold on T Star front page http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

Hockey legend Beliveau surprised to hear his name dragged into Quebec inquiry http://bit.ly/16sf7XC  

Globe and Mail gets a free ‘scoop’ cuz everyone was chasing temporary foreign workers issue yesterday http://bit.ly/12V3THe   

More evidence that Eugene Forsey was right about the superiority of our political system over the American http://nyti.ms/YdT9mw

Tom Friedman worth reading: We now live in a [scary] world of defined contributions, not defined benefits http://nyti.ms/11XizEi

Le Devoir reports on criticism of Tom Mulcair in #cdnmedia http://bit.ly/17xpVSz -  the “most virulent” being that of  @jonkay

Dix sidesteps the issue, but proposed fracking review would take some time: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/16nqNv0

Clarity on some B.C. election issues remains . . . debatable: @LeyneLes http://bit.ly/18p1o0m

Betcha George Will, who stole “commit sociology” quote from Auden, is as well-educated as Citizen op-ed writer http://bit.ly/YdOLUP

One question left unanswered in yesterday’s Postmedia shuffle is who will edit this paper http://bit.ly/OFNtbI   

W/ Cummins bombing/Sterk shining/5 pts in favour of Dix DB8 win, Clark hasn’t had better news in many months

Leaders’ debate akin to watching parents argue: @LeyneLes http://bit.ly/Yb1nvO

Canada and Syria at war? It’s not an impossible scenario

Van Sun: W/ chemical weapons used in Syria, we cd B part of mil intervention; Gaz: Cda unlikely 2 go 2 war against Syria in near future

As you reflect on post BC debate polls, keep in mind that the NDP core vote is around 35%

Split Over Political Islam Divides Muslim Partners Into Feuding Camps, Complicating US Efforts in Syria/Egypt http://on.wsj.com/10RlR0t

Israel's 5th Dolphin submarine unveiled in Germany/provides nuclear second-strike capabilities http://bit.ly/ZxpUfF

T Star front http://bit.ly/ONwQiY omits (Globe reports) “agency advised what wd require regulation + 2 date no application has been made”

Mulcair may outlast Trudeaumania (print ed hed) http://bit.ly/ZP1Wxe

On N Post front page @jonkay tears a strip off Mulcair 4 Friday comments but paper doesn’t report http://bit.ly/18gDeW0

Ott Citizen op-ed co-written by @adamgoldenberg denounces Mulcair 4 Friday comments but paper doesn’t report http://bit.ly/18gDeW0

T Star does report on Mulcair and the SCC docs http://bit.ly/18iS5zc

S Dion in T Sun: “I think #NDP will B alone w/ the Bloc once again” [re the above ]

If Michel David doubts SCC docs issue will get traction in QC, it likely won’t! http://bit.ly/15WzQ6a

This column is really about preparing 4 coalition scenario after 2015 election http://bit.ly/10phx10

Hafta disagree w @VaughnPalmer: thought Dix looked nervous, even furtive at times during debate http://bit.ly/11SzWYd

Province http://bit.ly/PDVl21 TC http://bit.ly/N7AMbV front pages

Clark's red-light move dumb, NDP on fracking, dumber: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/189Jp0R

Dix wins on points @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/16gV66m Hmm... (Ipsos post-debate poll) Who won? Dix 35 Clark 30

Most like a Premier? Clark 44%, Dix 32%, Sterk 5%, Cummins 4%

Net improved minus worsened impressions: Sterk +27, Dix +4, Clark -9, Cummins -26

Most likeable? Sterk 33%, Clark 31%, Dix 21%, Cummins 4%

Most believable? Dix 32%, Sterk 24%, Clark 21%, Cummins 8%

! Ex-Mtl mayor Tremblay under police protection after a suspicious incident involving his car http://bit.ly/YiV77x

Female US soldier pleads guilty to desertion after fleeing to Canada to avoid 2nd tour in Iraq http://wapo.st/ZZFGMC  

N Post editorial: Mr. Trudeau’s theory wd not seem 2 cover cases such as Raed Jaser, who was embraced by the culture he reportedly came to despise 1/3

Nor does it explain Boston’s Tsarnaev brothers, believed to be responsible for the attacks in Boston 2/3

Our best defence against such evil plots is simply to do our best to catch their planners, and deal with them swiftly when we do 3/3

Guardian: Carbon bubble makes Australia's coal industry ripe 'for financial implosion' http://bit.ly/ZflQNx

Globe front page line story: Changes to foreign workers program (coming today) http://bit.ly/Y7ZEXX

Ottawa Citizen front page http://bit.ly/P59tRU  line story: Canadian linked to Boston bomber http://bit.ly/15TEgKV

Globe: DND spent $700,000 to undo renovations for delayed helicopter http://bit.ly/ZKbGc5

As a former DM, not sure I buy this  explanation for changes at DND, but then again I’m a long way from Ottawa http://bit.ly/15TIYbM

Globe: Canada’s trade talks with Japan focus on [additional] car plants http://bit.ly/15TKcDT

Guardian: Canada attacks 'evil' of Sri Lanka hosting Commonwealth summit http://bit.ly/11wijMe

! NYT front page http://bit.ly/T9yfDf Karzai’s Office Gets Bags Full Of C.I.A. Cash http://nyti.ms/153zbQE

Front page of W Post http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ lead story: Push to expand Internet wiretaps http://wapo.st/12HPwpG

Only certain types of tragedies spark swift political action: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/11R7i8x

NDP’s new reality as contenders: @montesolberg  http://bit.ly/12bcjrk 

T Star front page http://bit.ly/12gjtuw with (another) huge ad for the Ontario Liberals

Globe: Critics slam new ‘high-risk’ designation for mentally ill offenders http://bit.ly/11wexCx

Watching soccer game at a bar, a mass groan, not loud but notable, when #CPC ad against Justin appeared http://bit.ly/12U18ag

Harper style of politics is about controlling the message-meaning gov't & journos too are at war http://bit.ly/12b3ei0

Harper government message control now includes the RCMP (hopefully not during election campaigns!) http://bit.ly/13Fz7lq

Globe editorial disses mandatory carriage by CRTC order—be it for Starlight or #SUNTV http://bit.ly/YgcS7l

Front page of National Post http://bit.ly/MuO99C  w/ @IvisonJ on cabinet shuffle

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The Justin Trudeau camp gets out its message in papers across the land http://bit.ly/13FtG68

Hill Times:  @RickAnderson and @brucanderson invest in National Newswatch http://bit.ly/14G479n

T Star front page http://bit.ly/12gjtuw with (another) huge ad for the Ontario Liberals

La Presse: Accurso cède le gros de ses actifs  http://bit.ly/11whXFo

Author raises questions about top court's review into Constitution allegations http://bit.ly/12bduqJ

Le Devoir: Enquête interne sur l’affaire Laskin-Estey - Couvercle supreme http://bit.ly/15TRJm1

La Presse: Le bras droit de Lisée chez National http://bit.ly/YghH0n

Quebec to launch Enbridge pipeline reversal consultations http://bit.ly/ZX4iFJ

Pollster: Dix's new opposition to Kinder Morgan unlikely to breathe new life into the BC Lib campaign http://bit.ly/12HWECy

Province: Christy Clark changes her tune, says running red lights is wrong http://bit.ly/11PJumX

This just in! (Van Sin): Rich ridings lean Liberal, poor ridings NDP in BC http://bit.ly/10n0k8x

Looming debate puts pressure on Clark and Dix to connect with voters: @justine_hunter http://bit.ly/16aXZFU

BCers (of all political stripes) shd brace 4 more of this from Ontario w/ Adrian Dix as premier http://bit.ly/15TMiUe

Yakabuski--Peace in the woods: The boreal pact is the test http://bit.ly/12bfi2Y

Hard to believe this idea is in trouble in Ottawa w/ all the support by Hill journos for Vancouver’s http://bit.ly/ZYrkLv  

LA Times front http://bit.ly/16lWodR North Caucasus to Boston: Rise and fall of the Tsarnaev brothers http://lat.ms/17qP8xM

Great hed (LA Times): Netherlands adjusts to idea of a male monarch

Not-so-great hed (LA Times): Nevada lawmaker comes out as gay on Senate floor

! Obama admires CNN  "commitment to cover all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate" http://bit.ly/151aaWg

! (NYT front page): Departing French Envoy Has Frank Words on Afghanistan http://nyti.ms/11NdX51

Goldstein: Fighting the Canada-bashers http://bit.ly/12RAfng

Meanwhile, Justin’s advisers were unavailable for comment on this story according to all reports in French http://bit.ly/10l5tOp

CBS: Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev caught on Russia wiretap http://cbsn.ws/13DtvrQ

W Post front page http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ The Tsarnaev family: A faded portrait of an immigrant’s American dream http://wapo.st/10KSMUd

NYT: root cause of Tamerlan’s terrorism had to do with boxing! http://nyti.ms/14uFYSR

NYT lead story Islamist Rebels Create Dilemma on Syria Policy http://nyti.ms/162J804

Obama: “I remember when BuzzFeed was just something I did in college around 2 a.m.”  http://wapo.st/13DuOXV

Obama showed cover of “Senior Leisure” with his photo on it: “I’m not the strapping young Muslim socialist I used to be” http://wapo.st/13DuOXV

Personally, hafta say I’m waiting for this visitor to Canada to say something, er quotable! http://bit.ly/11u4dL8

A Canadian photo worth a look at: Jennifer Tory received the diversity award http://bit.ly/ZPvQAa

Sacha/Justin had falling out-according 2 @vmarissal -anyway Cdns will judge Justin on his positions not adviser’s http://bit.ly/165URuU

*Not* in T Star Harper report-People all over country ask where I’m from "I say I grew up in a small town in TO" http://huff.to/YdO3sE

Trudeau, Dix positively opposed to going negative: @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/ZVhxqz

Front page of the Sunday Star features a huge Ontario Liberal ad http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

Pipeline politics may B weakness 4 NDP/ Kinder Morgan raises concerns in BC business @MikeSmythNews  http://bit.ly/11OEDRx  

Hey, @kenneyjason and the leader of Britain’s Labour Party agree on something! http://bit.ly/17oDvYg

Mulcair’s position on Clarity Act was not unanimously supported in #NDP caucus or in his inner circle  http://bit.ly/11LIwqg

Obama took aim at N Dakota law which bans abortions when fetal heartbeat can be detected at around 6 weeks http://wapo.st/161ySVL

! NYT: UK Speaker wants Britain’s legislators to behave like plausible grown-ups, not overexcited adolescents http://nyti.ms/14qtv2G

! Van Sun editorial note: Major parties invited a month ago to submit the 3 columns published today; Cummins missed deadline

NY Times editorial: Blocking the Keystone pipeline is one obvious response to global warming http://nyti.ms/11rCtXr

#NDP 2 seek all party approval next week 4 inquiry into Laskin; @JustinTrudeau team unavailable for comment http://bit.ly/ZUAiJS French papers all reporting

! Understatement: #NDP "It appears someone dropped the ball….. There's the pardon. There's the deportation." http://bit.ly/11M5m12

While reports [er in Globe] suggest Jaser flew back 2 Mideast on fake Jordanian passport, family says not true http://bit.ly/12P6iEq

Big changes to Postmedia papers coming soon (Is the N Post to become the Toronto Post?)

NYT front page Obama Avoids Swift Response On Syria Arms http://nyti.ms/10Ie6tM

I suspect PM Harper will learn more from Frum from away http://bit.ly/ZCIUdx than from Hebert at home http://bit.ly/12P3Y02

Jeff Simpson: Our money for attack ads – how low can the Harper Conservatives go? http://bit.ly/183paSg

All U need 2 know about Harper strategy (Globe editor): was 1st time I’ve seen him seem proud in saying he was “born and raised” in TO

Leader of Opposition re Laskin stuff:  the SCC had no intention all along of ever dealing with this issue seriously http://bit.ly/12O8OL7

A former Prime Minister accuses residential schools of 'cultural genocide' http://bit.ly/160YZwa

! Omar Khadr 2 appeal murder, terrorism conviction; case is er complicated cuz he pleaded guilty http://bit.ly/ZCMHrb

Police shouldn’t play politics and politicians shouldn’t play police: @stphnmaher http://bit.ly/ZSHvuK

Postmedia: MPs study climate change quietly http://bit.ly/10jjdsS

The smartest piece I’ve read on our parliamentary system in a very long time http://bit.ly/10GzmzY

Good profile of Christy Clark in Vancouver Sun http://bit.ly/185jnZF

On BC leaders debate, @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/14pGema and @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/11JkEVI  worth reading

Lovable NDP geek faces off in B.C. against feisty Liberal soccer mom: Walkom http://bit.ly/12vNCbC #bcpoli

! The Globe and Mail er corrects yesterday’s explosive Rita MacNeil column http://bit.ly/10GViLe

T Star Public Editor blames journos, not Facebook, for an egregious error that led to unusual front page apology http://bit.ly/ZTvgOI

Big changes to Postmedia papers coming soon (Is the N Post to become the Toronto Post?) http://bit.ly/MuO99C

Personally I think Rabble TV wd balance #SUNTV & be a valuable addition to the #cdmedia spectrum http://bit.ly/10GNKrX  

#CPC-friendly journos are under-represented in #cdnmedia but #ndp-friendly journos more so

A ‘great’ Montréal moment: Man steals $830 worth of supplies from sex-toy store http://bit.ly/15YUr9D 

NYT: signals from Obama admin indicate he is inclined to approve Keystone within months http://nyti.ms/10h9iUG

A US front page you’ll never see in Canada (in part because of our different political systems) http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ  

Christy Clark unbowed in the face of grim polling: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/14VgMWg 

Whew! (WSJ) Einstein Proved Right on Gravity—Again

! Montréal in talks to purchase an LAV http://bit.ly/11JlZdT French http://bit.ly/12sjGNH

When it comes to security, this is something I definitely want my government to fix http://bit.ly/180P0U9

Dear @kenneyjason: U.A.E. official says Jaser traveled to the U.A.E "several" times on a Jordanian passport as recently as Sept 2011 http://on.wsj.com/Y8R7Gp

By far the best piece I’ve read on Justin’s Boston attack comments http://bit.ly/17m9w3h

Brilliant column: Rita MacNeil’s death should make us angry http://bit.ly/11Jcw68

Root causes U say? #NDP Leader Tom Mulcair also questioned the timing of Trudeau’s [Boston] comments yesterday http://bit.ly/17m9ici

Reading Salutin, you’ll understand Y Justin is mum now on root causes, and Y Harper/Mulcair won’t engage http://bit.ly/17mcbtK

Believe this about Gov’t-RCMP relationship has been reported in the past, but in case it hasn’t http://bit.ly/17masVd

Trudeau, Harper and Mulcair and two weeks that have changed Canadian politics: Tim Harper worth reading http://bit.ly/11Jeeoi

Tom Walkom sees trouble on the horizon for #BCNDP, but I’m dubious http://bit.ly/14V3FUV

Dix’s pipeline flip-flop is a resource chiller @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/11YItWI

! Vaughn Palmer: B.C. Liberals and NDP compete for worst management of big public projects http://bit.ly/Y1rsNU

Gawd, anything but this if #NDP win the BC election! http://bit.ly/17m9ZCy  

Dear Sun News/N Post journos & pundits: Another “freedom-loving libertarian” candidate bites the political dust http://bit.ly/XYXYA8

W Post editorial: Is the FBI focused enough on the real bad guys? http://wapo.st/12K4tsf

George Will w/ a caution re Boston based on the Japanese internment http://wapo.st/ZuMEh9

Fareed Zakaria praises Canada’s outreach to Muslims approach http://wapo.st/XYWypb

E J Dionne on jumping to conclusions after a terrorist attack http://wapo.st/12K4nAV

Globe: Conservatives pass anti-terror bill decried by civil-rights advocates (& supported by Globe) http://bit.ly/11TEyuh

RCMP gets out one of its main messages of the terrorism arrests on the front page of the Globe

RCMP rationale for arrests is slipped into the scoop on the front page of the T Star

RCMP: recent change in behaviour not political expediency/Boston bombing led to arrests now http://bit.ly/17jW13T

Toronto suspect in alleged terror plot from family of 1947 Palestinian refugees who remained stateless http://bit.ly/13wQ8y4

By the time Toronto imam came to raise concerns about Jaser’s extremist rhetoric, authorities already aware of both men http://bit.ly/12Ibiuh

W Post front page http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ w more on the security screw up that’s part of Boston story http://wapo.st/YUcbeZ

LAT  front http://bit.ly/16lWodR  Tamerlan got training in bomb making during Russia trip http://lat.ms/13wOYms

NYT front page http://bit.ly/T9yfDf w Assad’s efforts to get Obama on side http://nyti.ms/11mDQa1

Order in (slightly) changed Commons after Speaker’s ruling/ Rarely have so many journo crests fallen http://bit.ly/12JXekc

Albertans believe they’re being BS’d on bitumen bubble http://bit.ly/15Pu461

Hey, what a coincidence: As NDP rises in polls, corporate money starts to trickle in  http://bit.ly/11GdBf7

What BCers know at this point about fiscal fitness under an NDP government http://bit.ly/11mAjsj  

Labour code changes another example of the NDP’s “elect-us-now, we’ll explain-later” strategy http://bit.ly/15J7yvC

Les Leyne: Dix lays out NDP's election platform, comes up empty on jobs http://bit.ly/11TyUbz

Don Mapherson: Liberal parties see popularity surge in Quebec, but will it last? http://bit.ly/Zmyhuc

more important story of latest CROP poll is not still fragile Lib revival but potentially irreversible slump in PQ fortunes http://bit.ly/15PjxYi

! Harper, Kenney moving Cdatoward the failed two-tiered societies of Germany and France-or worse, Saudi Arabia http://bit.ly/ZmyBt9

Lysiane Gagnon says Conrad Black got quicker health care cuz he’s well connected  http://bit.ly/10ePcuf

Nocera column in NYT: Canada’s Oil Minister, Unmuzzled http://nyti.ms/11mzjV5  

Kinder Morgan resolute on Trans Mountain pipeline http://bit.ly/12HIvWP

Hard to square Adrian Dix on Kinder Morgan in 1^st graf http://bit.ly/11BqQ1W with what he told Palmer 2 weeks ago http://bit.ly/11A1mkm

Hostility toward Dix from Albertans is palpable; a bigger problem if extends to Ontario after May 14 http://bit.ly/142L7kU

If one sticks with this Globe report, one finds a dark horse candidate in the race to succeed Mark Carney http://bit.ly/14ORgSt  

Feelings of exclusion? Tsarnaev told investigators they were striking back at US for killing Muslims http://on.wsj.com/10cTJgR

WSJ editorial portrays FBI as Keystone cops in Boston Marathon attack http://on.wsj.com/11jYyHy

The Speaker’s ruling overturned procedure dating from PET’s day; HofC today will debate Justin's motion (he'll be in Labrador)

In the NYT, correspondence between two 22 year-olds: J D Salinger and a Toronto woman now 95 http://nyti.ms/11jULdh

On the front page of La Presse the Liberal resurgence http://bit.ly/15JklxY French http://bit.ly/13u2Xt6

On the front page of the Post, a two-fer! Terrorism allegations *and* a prior pardon! http://bit.ly/12Heh6v

W Post front page: Suspect points to anger at US http://wapo.st/14OF58n

NY Times front http://bit.ly/T9yfDf Boston suspects seen as zealots, and self-taught http://nyti.ms/ZLX0op

Harper Gov’t: RCMP controlled timing of arrests http://bit.ly/ZMcpF9 look what FBI says about RCMP! http://on.wsj.com/YNXIRM

Whoa! RCMP accelerated the arrests after Boston, rebuffing FBI request to wait for further investigation http://on.wsj.com/YNXIRM

I really want to believe the RCMP wasn’t trying to burnish its image in the wake of Boston http://on.wsj.com/YNXIRM

Boston bombers were motivated by extremist Islamic beliefs but were not acting with known terrorist groups http://nyti.ms/ZLX0op

Boston bombers driven by hard-line Islamist views and anger over the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq http://wapo.st/14OF58n

Tamerlan was looking 4 connections between wars in the Mideast and oppression of Muslim population around globe http://nyti.ms/ZLX0op

Boston bombers learned to make the pressure-cooker bombs from Inspire, the online Al Qaeda magazine http://nyti.ms/ZLX0op

! Obama made repairing relations w/ Islamic world a foreign policy priority even as he expanded drone operations http://wapo.st/14OF58n

Good way to disprove it! Tamerlan was angry that the world pictures Islam as a violent religion http://nyti.ms/ZLX0op

A Tory two-fer! One of the guys arrested by the RCMP had a prior conviction *pardoned*  http://bit.ly/12Heh6v

Toronto terrorism plot takedown helps Conservatives sell anti-terror measures: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/17Rlro7

Hafta disagree w/ this column: What *worse* time to debate terror legislation? http://bit.ly/YOb9B9

In the Globe, Craig Forcese makes the case for the anti-terror legislation http://bit.ly/11NRDp4

Andrew Mitrovica: While you were watching the terrorism show ... http://bit.ly/14OzNcO

Blatch: RCMP operation already well underway by time imam called police over concern about an extremist http://bit.ly/10yT1BL

Globe editorial on the Speaker’s ruling worth reading http://bit.ly/10ySeAQ

Speaker’s ruling shows he’s more loyal to his conscience than the party whip: @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/11NNx0a

NYT op-ed: There are no Kennedys or Bushes in Canadian politics… And yet. Enter Justin http://nyti.ms/17W7s3c

Simpson: Trudeau’s terror gaffe a winner for Conservatives http://bit.ly/ZklRmx

Star: Justin T TV ads make pitch to end negativity http://bit.ly/11NMIV2 (also reporting he won’t be in HofC to debate MP freedom)

Yaffe: The West presents Trudeau with his greatest challenge http://bit.ly/13u5jYQ

CROP poll/QC: #LPC 38 +19 (32 among francos) http://bit.ly/15JklxY French http://bit.ly/13u2Xt6

CROP poll/QC: #NDP 30 (down 9) #CPC 10 (down 7) BQ 18

CROP poll/QC: Couillard crushing Marois http://bit.ly/15JklxY French http://bit.ly/13u2Xt6

Whoa! Toronto Star acknowledge that it fell below their standards of journalism in reporting this matter http://bit.ly/14OBTJG

Van Sun front http://bit.ly/Q4HuSQ A #BCNDP gov’t negotiating $ next year w/ its largest contributor http://bit.ly/15GhOF5

Dear Toronto: Dix defuses Kinder Morgan pipeline debate is not what yr BC reporter is reporting! http://bit.ly/11BqQ1W

Vaughn Palmer: Adrian Dix’s election strategy — crush opponents and avoid the one-term blues http://bit.ly/11Bl4gN

B.C. Premier Christy Clark scores with attack ads but could lose seat in election: Walkom http://bit.ly/11NLOrx

N Post column mostly re-hashes campaign coverage but some interesting insights in the last 2 grafs http://bit.ly/15GneQl

Eilperin/W Post: How much does EPA’s objection to Keystone XL matter? A lot. http://wapo.st/10yJhra

Whoa! Calgary Mayor seeks probe of videotaped boast about fundraising http://bit.ly/141FT9b  

When did the RCMP advise the government of what we learned yesterday? http://bit.ly/10b1tzJ

NYT: Tsarnaev admitted attack to F.B.I. agents waiting outside his hospital room for him to regain consciousness 1/2

invoking public safety exception that allowed them to interrogate w/ telling him he had right to remain silent http://nyti.ms/17MR6XQ

"He eats pork, he parties," Ms. Smith said of Dzhokhar. "He does normal things."

http://on.wsj.com/11Arqvz

Dear @decloet: Brian Mulroney is on the advisory board http://bit.ly/12ap6wD according to the NY Times http://nyti.ms/ZDEKR1

Globe reporting that residential school compensation has risen from $960M 1^st estimated to more than $4-billion

(RT from yesterday) Hmm.. RCMP received tip 1 ½ yrs ago/...investigating since last Aug/announcement today http://bit.ly/15DNdb1

I really hope the RCMP will persuade me today that they made yesterday’s announcement purely for operational reasons-not Boston/HofC

I also really hope the Harper government had no inkling of the RCMP announcement when it scheduled Monday’s debate

Globe front page hed quite clever in the circumstances

T Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY  T Sun http://bit.ly/PalHIF  go w same hed (tho photos differ!)

This front page http://bit.ly/16YGGWm serves up meatiest RCMP piece I read today http://bit.ly/Y12f8k

The family of one of the RCMP suspects are long-term Canadian residents http://bit.ly/11A9fGp

Whoa! @globejunius rows back from yesterday’s Globe editorial on security/terrorism [cited by #NDP in debate] http://bit.ly/11zPSNu

NYT: RCMP officers were asked repeatedly about link to IranBut US has accused Iran of aiding Al Qaeda http://nyti.ms/11gCzBl

! Blatchford column hed (Ed Journal): Canadian train passengers should stay strong in the face of terror

! Iran FM spokesperson: al-Qaida is killing people in Syria while enjoying Canada's support http://on.wsj.com/ZkXBlk

! T Star: @JustinTrudeau’s reaction yesterday was more er “restrained” than after the Boston Marathon bombings http://bit.ly/12Ey868

A ‘great’ moment in #cdnpoli #journalism: No need for tips for Trudeau family from the Harpers-Laureen Harper http://bit.ly/11gAJ3i

Hard to reconcile Yaffe’s hed w/ Yaffe’s column on Justin Trudeau! http://bit.ly/YJjaYf

A Trudeau? @JustinTrudeau reacted to terrorism like his Dad http://bit.ly/15Dyuga Did not http://bit.ly/ZceChD

! Lawrence Martin: in the new leader’s first week, Kid Trudeau nearly went down without even swinging

If @JustinTrudeau is losing this columnist, he must have had a *really* bad week! http://bit.ly/11IhgY8

Andrew Cohen: The Canada that Lester Pearson built http://bit.ly/11gAdSZ

Some of this could be happening cuz Afghanistan South *is* more dangerous than the North! http://bit.ly/11I2Szo

I’m just hoping Harper won’t appoint a former journo (or a friend) to this high office! http://bit.ly/17UfR7b

Sheesh: Kevin Page went to court w/out even asking any DM for info for #NDP Mulcair http://bit.ly/17UebL4

! Globe lead story yesterday: Obama set to okay pipeline-former insider; Globe today p 6 EPA letter adds to uncertainty over Keystone

Whoa! This gives Obama all the excuse he needs to delay a decision on Keystone http://nyti.ms/11y513a

W Post: If the EPA continues to challenge State’s analysis, Obama will have to make the call http://wapo.st/Zi2cDV

Toronto/Calgary Sun readers don’t read much about PQ/Péladeau relations, so this is for them http://bit.ly/15Dqj3C

#BCNDP ’s surprise pipeline stand wins green thumbs-up http://bit.ly/Zi0qT6

Politicking trumps a matter of principle for Adrian Dix: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/11A1mkm

Green stance forces Dix to nix pipeline support: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/Y19TiY

Adrian Dix’s Kinder Morgan pipeline reversal blindsides #NDP-friendly columnist http://bit.ly/17Mu17t

Ed Journal front Redford gov’t on wrong path: poll http://bit.ly/17Un735

Like a fish, single-tier health care rots from the head http://bit.ly/15DLGBE

Video reveals Calgary developer’s plan to control city council [reference to Preston Manning] http://bit.ly/17TVDKU  

Boston Globe: Evidence mounts of radical turn for bomber http://b.globe.com/12AAS4v

Hmm.. NYT: Tamerlan had already found religion by the time he landed in Dagestan  http://nyti.ms/15yE8jJ

Tamerlan in Boston the 5th since 9/11 to B suspected of committing terrorism while under investigation by FBI http://nyti.ms/13q7PPZ

LA Times: Tamerlan called his Mum hours before being killed in Boston police shootout http://lat.ms/108NtXm

! Citizen: Bombings show need for tougher laws, Toews says http://bit.ly/13Ls8ev

Oops! (Globe) NDP slams timing of anti-terrorism-bill debate --House of Commons Order Paper here http://bit.ly/17HrGuA

Oops! http://bit.ly/YFiYcc Seems MPs may B debating Trudeau’s channel-changer not Harper’s today! http://bit.ly/17HrGuA

Globe ed: Justin’s motion “adds unhelpful layer of partisanship"/it's Speaker who needs 2 defend MP privileges http://bit.ly/11D0HNx

Ivison: Ruling on alleged breach of Warawa’s privilege to speak freely could head off Tory rebellion http://bit.ly/15B58iG

Attack ads a waste of Tory money @montesolberg http://bit.ly/ZDiw1I

T Star editorial: Don’t turn weather site into billboard for Harper government http://bit.ly/11uooKw

I’d feel more confident about Keystone if this on Washington Post instead of Globe front page! http://bit.ly/XZwPPH

HT: Tories, NDP not worried by polls, but Liberals say they should be http://bit.ly/ZIr971

HT: ‘Definitely something going on’ in political landscape, shift http://bit.ly/11CYaTn

In light of N Korea, this wd be an interesting debate 4 Cdns to be having going into the next election http://bit.ly/XZtJuU

HT: Tory backbenchers voice support for a House committee to better protect MPs’ freedom, powers in Commons http://bit.ly/11wfHhz

Citizen front page http://bit.ly/P59tRU Canadian soldiers at war again! http://bit.ly/ZDdC4D

Bill Neville RIP http://bit.ly/15B5TZ5

! Alleged Quebec election night shooter trying to sell Crown evidence for book http://bit.ly/17dkM1M

Globe front page http://bit.ly/NorOEh Believe the lead story http://bit.ly/XZwPPH

when you see it on Washington Post front!

Majority of QCers against Alberta oil http://bit.ly/YFoY4Z French http://bit.ly/10tnu4e

Whoa! Enbridge is being mightily generous w/ QC municipalities along its pipeline reversal route http://bit.ly/11uddBA

Good piece on BC election 1st week: Punchless Liberals still waiting for their big shot @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/17HX8ZN

! the time U need best quality food is when yr sick/NDP wd increase the amount of local food in hospitals 5% http://bit.ly/ZHxZur

! Guardian front page http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 Short sessions make MPS look lazy http://bit.ly/13Lz4s8

HT: Saskatchewan Tories opposed to boundaries, but now propose smaller changes to urban-only riding plan http://bit.ly/11wbLNY  

François Hollande now holds record 4 most unpopular Pres of 5th French Republic! http://bit.ly/12xwlzG French http://bit.ly/107l580

Sheesh: Violence grows as gay marriage bill divides France http://bit.ly/15x2dYe

! Observer hed: Skateboarding, weed … and jihad. Inside the minds of terror suspects

Obsever: Less than half of the British public would be comfortable with the election of a prime minister of a different race

Senator Brazeau, oops Sacha Feinman/LAT: Boston bombings: Don't blame boxing http://lat.ms/ZFR0xh

! The neck wound apparently did not initially silence Tsarnaev who was swearing profusely in ambulance ride http://lat.ms/YDuc0Z

In the NY Times, Brian Mulroney has a new gig (involving a large sum of money) http://nyti.ms/11sSQnb

W Post front: Boston bombing suspect’s YouTube playlist evolved in path toward radicalism http://wapo.st/13oQU0g

One thing I've noticed about Boston is there doesn't seem to be much squeamishness in #cdnmedia to calling it 'terrorism' This is progress

Now that the Boston perpetrators are known, looking forward to hearing Justin’s views tomorrow on the root causes

Personally, I think that Tom Mulcair of the #NDP has probably won the day as best opposition leader on the Boston attack!

Ottawa says tariff on hockey helmets [but not IPods!] was a mistake http://bit.ly/17bERFz

Obama: One of the things that makes America greatest nation on Earth, but also, one of things that makes Boston such a great city… 1/2

is that we welcome people from all around the world — people of every faith, every ethnicity, from every corner of the globe 2/2

So as we continue to learn more about why and how this tragedy happened, let’s make sure that we sustain that spirit 3/3

W Post: Advances in image analysis empower law enforcement but worry privacy advocates http://wapo.st/11rsXFj

W Post (print edition hed): Europe, U.S. differ on cameras and privacy issues (Canada too) http://wapo.st/13G7lsN

Oops! (W Post sub-hed, p 6) Brothers made life in U.S., became citizens NYT http://nyti.ms/YDkz2n

Dear (most of) #cdnmedia: Part of the job of a Public Editor is to praise a paper when it’s deserved http://nyti.ms/YDgIlQ

Dear @andrewphil @kathyenglish T Star http://bit.ly/12tlh6B No client disclosure required on this 1? http://bit.ly/12xll5j

"there's no ? this happened cuz there's some1 who feels completely excluded" looking shaky on T Star front page

Front page of the Washington Post one of my faves today http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ

Front page of the New York Times contrasts w/ NY Post http://bit.ly/QNUNqJ

Tamerlan’s application 4 US citizenship recently held up after file showed he had been interviewed by F.B.I. http://nyti.ms/ZFBn92

Er, previously reported that Tamerlan’s application 4 US citizenship held up because of domestic abuse episode http://nyti.ms/YDkz2n

NYT: Bombing Suspects’ Immigration Story Adds Layer to Debate on Overhaul http://nyti.ms/12xfsVK

Whoa!--just noticed the photo from Ottawa that accompanies this piece on Justin and @acoyne

It’s @CdnPress’s turn to cover for Justin http://bit.ly/13DyIDZ  here’s Y it don’t hold water http://thebea.st/1071lBf

Getting warm (print edition hed): Root cause--Terrorist ideals: @thejohnrobson http://bit.ly/13FCn44

Trudeau right on terrorism/No, not Justin, but Pierre, who knew how to deal with terrorists: @sunlorrie http://bit.ly/ZceChD

Obama investigating at least a couple of tracks http://nyti.ms/1073wVy  but @ezralevant has answer re Boston! http://bit.ly/ZceWwJ

Hoping there aren’t too many Vancouverites today walking around feeling completely excluded! http://bit.ly/YDjHKZ

Tom Mulcair’s #NDP prediction is spot-on; or not! http://bit.ly/ZFGLcr

Negative ads that doomed Dion, Ignatieff could sink Trudeau: @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/17DKY41

Clark went on 2 fairly smooth 1st week campaign/Dix wobbled under pressured questioning from reporters http://bit.ly/13oJKsW  

Justin Trudeau, oops Barack Obama: “We will investigate any associations that these terrorists may have had.” http://1.usa.gov/12uWkbb

Pretty sure from what I've read so far that the roots of the Boston terrorist attack are not two guys who felt socially excluded

New poll shows sharp slide for Alberta PCs http://bit.ly/12uXNhu #ableg

Don Braid: Leadership review no trivial pursuit http://bit.ly/17AjFYl

Corbella: Trudeau is his own attack ad when he’s unscripted http://bit.ly/11v370x

I have a sneaking suspicion that we won't be hearing Justin talking about the root causes of Boston in the coming days http://b.globe.com/XWuftN

US gov’t/NGOs very critical of Russian war in Chechnya; No Chechen leaders have overtly threatened to attack US http://lat.ms/17A2S7N

Hey Justin and the Brazman and #cdnmedia journos, maybe this is among the root causes of violence  http://lat.ms/11qvej1

Tough profile of Christy Clark by @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/179R3Xm

NY Times http://bit.ly/T9yfDf Post http://bit.ly/QNUNqJ front pages

Obama urged people not to rush to judgment about the motivations behind the attacks http://nyti.ms/11o6hpv

Obama: Why did young men who grew up/studied here as part of our communities/country resort 2 such violence? http://nbcnews.to/10oZFdI

W Post http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ WS Journal http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn front pages

Dzhokhar not read Miranda rights 2 him re other potential explosive devices/accomplices & to gain intelligence http://nyti.ms/11o6hpv

W Post front: FBI had investigated/dismissed Chechen radical link; Tamerlan increasingly drawn to Islam http://wapo.st/1199hnW

About 3½ years ago Tamerlan married an American woman who mothered his child and converted to Islam http://on.wsj.com/119bLTq

Tamerlan’s wife wore a black head-covering "down to her eyebrows" and was the friendliest of the group. http://on.wsj.com/119bLTq

6 months ago, Tamerlan, after being clean-shaven, grew a beard; he must have shaved it only recently http://on.wsj.com/119bLTq

Justin: there's no ? this happened because there is someone who feels completely excluded, completely at war with innocents (1/2)

And our approach has to be, where do those tensions come from? Yes, there’s a need for security and response (2/2)

! @acoyne I grant that JT’s choice of words in places was unfortunate; talk of feeling “excluded” suggests something was done to them

Globe ed: a poorly timed and misinformed statement that suggests Mr. Trudeau has a learning curve ahead of him http://bit.ly/119er3i

Lysiane Gagnon on Justin: The inner child http://bit.ly/105wuoW French http://bit.ly/Zz7lXO

NYT profile: Justin Trudeau in His Father’s Footsteps, Only More Uphill http://nyti.ms/YB2Zfk

On the Harper government @ChantalHbert http://bit.ly/13zS7Wj @IvisonJ http://bit.ly/ZDxxNE

The House of Commons could be a very ugly place (uglier than usual) on Monday and Tuesday http://bit.ly/11oeKsT

Good piece by @stphnmaher if you ignore Postmedia hed: One tiny victory ahead for democracy (Citizen hed) http://bit.ly/11PKK9e

Citizen print edition hed (Why Mulcair is dancing with separatists)

spoils @_scottreid’s fine piece http://bit.ly/11uI7Hi

Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair buy into free-trade theory that doesn’t work: Walkom http://bit.ly/11PW19t

Whoa! (Globe)  #BCNDP letter asking for donations has some businesses seeing red http://bit.ly/Zz45vA

Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair buy into free-trade theory that doesn’t work: Walkom http://bit.ly/11PW19t

Jeff Simpson worth reading: Canada’s constitutional dramas cracked jaws in London – from yawning http://bit.ly/Zz5an0

Good profile in the Van Sun: Adrian Dix Surviving all challenges

http://bit.ly/105uYTx

Calgary Herald: Premier Redford’s first year marked by triumphs, ‘mishaps’ http://bit.ly/XWpgZY

Ed Journal front page http://bit.ly/M5zNwl Wildrose 37 PC 29 Libs 17 ND 14 in Léger poll

#BCNDP vows to fight child poverty with annual bonus http://bit.ly/15qENU8  

Dear @allangregg Politics unlike Big Mac/Burger King competition cuz # 2 means you’re a bum http://bit.ly/11Im4Q1

Question: Is Adrian Dix #BCNDP trying to win 85/85 seats in this election? http://bit.ly/XKqJQV

Dear @ianabailey: Bill Vander Zalm is “a former premier who” *resigned* (cuz of a conflict of interest)  http://bit.ly/Z8f7rV

Dear @garymasonglobe: The Green Party candidate in Oak Bay received a US$1.2 million Nobel Peace Prize? http://bit.ly/17L4Ogy

Globe: Trudeau stumbles over Quebec history, father’s legacy http://bit.ly/ZBHkUG

Monday N Post front page pic.twitter.com/ey34E4vNNp Today’s editorial http://bit.ly/177Ak7f

No surprise Justin Trudeau’s a Liberal on terrorism: @sunlorrie http://bit.ly/Yz4lY9

! Liberals crafted leadership rules to avoid debt buildup http://bit.ly/15lZqRu

Dear @nutgraf1: “Politics stops at shoreline” means opp party shd not undermine gov't abroad (eg Harper/WSJ) http://bit.ly/177IlsP

Only problem w @jonkay thesis is that Globe still has not printed Justin’s words http://bit.ly/11Iovlr

Dear @cselley http://bit.ly/116VWN2 Even yr page-mate says perpetrators mightn’t have serious beef w/ society http://wapo.st/XUKU0W

Postmedia: Most Canadians back call for Commons to accept online petitions  http://bit.ly/XKfh7S

Whoa! Federal Court upholds law allowing federal government to toss old immigration applications http://bit.ly/13lSmk1

Postmedia: Greenhouse gases drop in most sectors, except oilpatch http://bit.ly/11nqlaq

! Jim Flaherty in Globe: Tariffs being raised on ex-LDCs, but no ipod tax http://bit.ly/Yz5MFM

NY Times: Foes of Keystone Pipeline Sound Off In Nebraska http://nyti.ms/11nBnwm

Sanity prevails (Post) Keystone XL: Joe Oliver says rejection wouldn’t hurt US-Canada ties http://bit.ly/Yz3975

W Post: Backers, opponents of giant Keystone XL pipeline face off in Nebraska http://wapo.st/1173vDy

#CPC MP omits leader’s election promise (& Justin’s Charter re abortion) as reason 2 follow party line http://bit.ly/11q33Pw

Postmedia columnist new Justin Trudeau #LPC adviser http://bit.ly/11nq72S

Dear @camrclark: Harper appointing a Mountie as ambassador is “another sleight” to the foreign service? http://bit.ly/Yz6kvB  

In the T Star, a spokesperson 4 @HonJohnBaird dismissed Mountie/ambassador story "1st reported by Postmedia News" as “pure speculation.”

Vincent Marissal worth reading: Marois and Trudeau—the best of enemies? http://bit.ly/ZDpm30French http://bit.ly/12rPNxR

! On N Post front, PQ language bill dead http://bit.ly/Z7YoVO (in French papers, PQ’ll be negotiating w/ CAQ)

On La Presse front page, Marois considering moving off balanced budget pledge http://bit.ly/RnKOZZ

Van Sun lead story: NDP says education will get more cash http://bit.ly/177GQLe

Black’s Kitimat refinery project signs China’s ICBC as financial adviser [and investor] http://bit.ly/XULLPb

Times Colonist front page: the real thing or election politics? http://bit.ly/N7AMbV

Globe: Price of natural gas heats up as commodities cool down http://bit.ly/ZBBTVI

On the election we’re having, @VaughnPalmer has it about right: Dix avoids issues by promising studies http://bit.ly/14B9JC5

Good: Former Capital Health CEO repays colleague’s $7,800 bill to taxpayers http://bit.ly/17KIHXr  

Good analysis of the BC election so far http://bit.ly/12paydD

! JJ SAMSON on Laskin stuff-discovering that Montcalm's wife was cheating on him wd not change the outcome of the Plains of Abraham

Front page of the Ottawa Citizen features the most bizarre story of the day (maybe year!)

Hard to imagine a sharper slap in the face by Harper to Cda’s foreign service than Ottawa Citizen line story http://bit.ly/10jJz5l

Whoa! Is it time to put Jim Flaherty’s picture on a milk carton? http://bit.ly/YwXsGC

Struck by the fact this Mideast matter hasn’t been raised in Question Period http://bit.ly/Z5eSxN

Interesting piece: Baird meets Iraqi official to talk about a deal gone sour http://bit.ly/YZ5r3N

I’m w/  @acoyne on this right after his paper joins the Press Council or Parliament legislates http://bit.ly/ZzfUyF

Not one of the wisest appointments by the Harper government it would seem! http://bit.ly/17r6ZTF

If your paper is the Globe, you won’t be reading this reported by the T Star http://bit.ly/114RhLs

No doubt where the T Sun stands on this story (that the Globe isn’t reporting) http://bit.ly/PalHIF

Toronto Star journos must have missed this exchange in Question Period http://bit.ly/ZtpeXQ

Say what? even the Toronto Star has outsourced jobs? http://bit.ly/17r2NTP

CP reports (Toronto Star doesn’t mention) Justin’s cheap Charter attack on #NDP http://bit.ly/11jOZIX 

Yakabuski: A divided Quebec unites for a (constitutional) fight http://bit.ly/11gbxLZ

Amanda Pfeffer: Trudeau and Mulcair drawing battle lines on Quebec http://bit.ly/17rcNfI

Michel David sur Laskin etc: La motion de miel http://bit.ly/ZBtUqD

Dear #NDP: This columnist has Justin, not Mulcair as Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa! http://bit.ly/ZBtUqD

In other words, the #CPC backbench revolt story is being fuelled by Hill journos http://bit.ly/17r3VXz

Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press a sight to behold! http://bit.ly/ROBCLx

Ya think maybe Tom Mulcair should think about muzzling some of his MPs! http://bit.ly/YYO82X

Not among Mark Carney’s journo friends I guess! http://bit.ly/15ofKl4 and http://bit.ly/15hpM78

Firm in QC corruption/party financing has obtained $19M in fed contracts since 06 http://bit.ly/11AxcOT French http://bit.ly/17ra8md

Picard: Uproar over Health Council’s demise isn’t worth it  http://bit.ly/175aC3c

A 'great' #cdnmedia moment-N Post: World BankSNC settle bribery probe; Globe: WB locks out SNC-Lavalin over Bangladesh bribery scandal

Gazette: SNC-Lavalin unit barred for 10 yrs from bidding on World Bank projects http://bit.ly/Z5g9VJ

Front of Ed Journal http://bit.ly/M5zNwl Thomson worth reading: Taxpayers footing the bill, once again http://bit.ly/10jTzeA 

Hmm… Margaret Thatcher’s vital role in ending apartheid http://bit.ly/ZqOf6a

Hed in Independent! They kill because they hate life; we run because we love it. And we’ll keep going

Hmm.. @kinsellawarren\s  first point applies to *everything* journos w/out pol/gov’t experience say/write http://bit.ly/15fd9JI

NYT: Agreement [including Canada] Would Regulate Fishing in Arctic Waters http://nyti.ms/10fAmuA

NYT editorial: Indisputable Torture of Prisoners http://nyti.ms/17GedG4

Le Devoir front page hed re National Assembly motion! Patriation of the Constitution – Unanimity for the truth

National Post lead article hed! Patriate games begin anew

Frédéric Bastien: Réplique à Philip Girard sur La bataille de Londres - Défendre l’indéfendable http://bit.ly/11tha9r

On the 31st anniversary, who woulda thunk that an overblown story about Bora Laskin cd threaten to re-awaken the patriation pissing match?

NY Times front page http://bit.ly/T9yfDf Boston Bombs Were Loaded to Maim http://nyti.ms/11sTqlL

Boston Globe front page http://bit.ly/11cW3XH

WSJ front page http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn Boston Bomb Clues Surface http://on.wsj.com/11eYCH6

Still no reports in the press on this #CPC Justin-attack http://bit.ly/14s2ImS

Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press is real ugly!

Sure hope this isn’t what Adrian Dix means by #NDP having best record of fiscal management in Canada! http://bit.ly/YuAb8j

Martyn Brown: B.C. Liberals' TV show offers no threat to NDP http://bit.ly/13fAN8R

Dix clear on what he opposes [re party financing], less so on what he stands for: @CraigMcInnes http://bit.ly/ZwNoxz

Don’t see much in the papers today about today being the anniversary of this http://bit.ly/172IXQn

IMF warning to Canada economy: Policymakers must support growth http://bit.ly/XQKZ5D

CP: QC parties unanimous in calling on Ottawa to release Constitution archives [w federal parties’ reactions] http://bit.ly/ZqeXeX

Whoa! SNC-Lavalin defends Algerian relationship in open letter to media http://bit.ly/13fyHGb

Justin to announce the appointment of Cyrus Reporter as chief of staff http://bit.ly/Z2r56j   French http://bit.ly/11stmqM

#NDP might be polling better vs Justin http://bit.ly/15cXZEF  if Postmedia News had any  columnists in the tank for Tom

The Star’s @TomWalkom is too smart to let a good scandal go to waste! http://bit.ly/Z2oNnY

Van Sun lead story (print edition hed): Underdog Liberals launch aggressive campaign http://bit.ly/13iETsY

Dix's forest industry proposal modest: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/XFQ6Do

Yaffe: Dix would be bad for B.C.-Ottawa relations (and Harper? takes 2 to tangle, no?) http://bit.ly/15ePA3N

T Star’s T Harper worth reading on #CPC and Justin http://bit.ly/15eUqxY

Jeff Simpson: “the opposition parties aren’t ready intellectually to defeat the Conservatives” http://bit.ly/13fS8yk

Ian Macdonald: Question Period isn’t where Trudeau needs to be (spoiler alert: and won’t be) http://bit.ly/ZzhSOt

For a professor, William Watson is a pretty smart guy! Justin Trudeau’s little red wagon from China http://bit.ly/15ePPfc

Lysiane Gagnon in Globe http://bit.ly/15lwAkz leaves out part about Justin prevaricating about PET’s position http://bit.ly/YOmsxK

Political campaign strategists are generally not paid [but Carol Goar points out one exception] http://bit.ly/ZzjJCX

Globe: Advocates decry Ottawa’s decision to stop funding Health Council of Canada http://bit.ly/13fERpJ

On the front page of the Calgary Herald (and Edmonton Journal), a ‘great’ moment in public health care http://bit.ly/11cjfXf

Globe’s @globejunius comes to the defense of Maggie Thatcher http://bit.ly/17mZflk  

Pfft (Cattaneo): National energy strategy is all talk http://bit.ly/17DPulH

Like father, like son? Why Justin Trudeau could be weak on economic policy: @jackmintz http://bit.ly/17DPfal

Two years in the making, an unpredictable B.C. election campaign is set to officially begin @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/13fc0OA

Wall Street Journal opinion writer wins Pulitzer Prize http://on.wsj.com/XP8EDz

Keystone? Gateway? (WSJ): Big Spills From *Aging* Oil Pipelines http://on.wsj.com/119i8YB

W Post (print edition hed): Small Web publication wins Pulitzer for oil spill coverage http://wapo.st/119Lsv9

Pierre Martin: Trudeaumania II a tough sell in Québec http://bit.ly/13eBZ8B

Like PET, Justin is someone men wd like 2 B and women wd like to be with/big problem 4 #CPC #NDP http://bit.ly/119D7Ys

W Post: Is White House media-shy? State Dep’t granted permit last week 4 major U.S.-Cda construction project http://wapo.st/14sn6EB  

T Star hed avoids use of the t word http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

Pretty much as I saw it in Ottawa: All sides fired up for Trudeau's first day as leader @davidakin http://bit.ly/108O1DC

N Post paper @Ivison: J Trudeau: Hardly over his head; web? Mulcair upstages Trudeau in first QP as #LPCldr http://bit.ly/118uIXP

! Trudeau might not be much for book learning, but he wears his shirt undone one button lower than you do http://bit.ly/119nb8r

Dear @jonkay It’s well known that Justin has rejected everything his Dad passed on re bilingualism, QC etc! http://bit.ly/15hx8rv

Lysiane Gagnon catches Justin lying to QCers about his Dad http://bit.ly/YOmsxK French http://bit.ly/YrSOtx 

Hmm.. Leader of Official Opposition had to wait until Hill journos finished questioning leader of 3rd party http://bit.ly/ZXADv0

parliamentary press gallery considers #LPC triumphant return to be fait accompli; most had been writing obits http://bit.ly/14s8C7I

Globe @globejunius to Justin, Please, pretty please knock the #NDP out of role of government-in waiting! http://bit.ly/11cx6M9

Dear @acoyne: I don’t recall WAC Bennett’s son getting quite Justin’s reception after he entered politics! http://bit.ly/15hx5Mq

#CPC attack ads are ineffective; Justin must respond! http://bit.ly/119i2NE

“He’s almost as Christ-like as Christ.” And the Trudeau campaign broadcast this. http://bit.ly/119nb8r

I’m betting that Justin won’t be doing any more stripping in public—whatever the cause! http://bit.ly/12ipwlE

! Mulcair: 1 one thing my staff doesn’t have to fear is possibility I wd be involved in taking off my clothes http://bit.ly/12ipwlE

Mulcair, #NDP down in poll as #LPC surges ahead http://bit.ly/118ACsa

Bliss: Liberal leadership not much of a prize  http://bit.ly/YZx2Rv

disproportionate # of Martinites in Trudeau’s circle. They are back, possibly with a vengeance @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/14s8C7I

Yaffe: Was the [federal] #NDP just a passing fancy? http://bit.ly/10Ztmgs

Justin & Dion take precisely the right position on the Laskin BS (Boo on Mulcair) http://bit.ly/YrTeQD

André Pratte: Leave the Laskin stuff to historians  http://bit.ly/Znnnni French http://bit.ly/11loCU1

Don Macpherson: Quebecers are not hostile to Justin Trudeau, just indifferent http://bit.ly/ZXuNtt

! Whoa: In Pierre Trudeau’s former riding of Mount-Royal, only 315 participated in #LPCldr vote http://bit.ly/137HLwt

The Tories are using the Justin ads as a fundraising ploy http://bit.ly/118Dfdx

The one and only #CPC Justin-attack that Hill journos aren’t reporting on today! http://bit.ly/14s2ImS

L Martin: We come from a long line of great prime ministers http://bit.ly/14siMFa

Chong argued it's the Speaker's job to determine which MPs get to make statements and to pose queries in QP http://bit.ly/YrOmep

Has this been reported? Ottawa still trying to recover nearly $2M missing from South American embassy http://bit.ly/108VOl5

CP: Economy, leadership major issues in B.C.'s May 14 election http://bit.ly/XDQna7

Globe: Greens inch upward on Vancouver Island http://bit.ly/13dHiFo

Whoa! Christy Clark's debt-free B.C. vow has no value: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/14s79OG

Christy Clark just can't stop talking about the NDP: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/10Ztsox

Marc Jaccard: (T Star print edition hed): Killing Keystone would send a signal http://bit.ly/XDRrdO 

Shame on Tom Mulcair for going down this route http://bit.ly/Ypafee

Rabson: NDP, Liberals create chance to get gains over PCs http://bit.ly/10WZp0K

Les dix travaux de Justin Trudeau | Vincent Marissal http://bit.ly/Zs2fcF

Globe/N Post/Citizen front the same shot (guess which?) but T Star adds hed w/photo that takes the cake! http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

If you look hard enough (& it’s about the only one), you can find #NDP on Citizen front page

On the other hand, the convention of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons gets page 4 in the Globe, page 6 in the Star!

A  front page that certainly stands out from all the rest at the dawn of the Justinian era! http://bit.ly/PalHIF

Of the majors, only Gazette http://bit.ly/OFNtbI Vancouver Sun http://bit.ly/Q4HuSQ feature Mum/Grannie on the front page

#CBC: Trudeau to face off against Harper in question period today http://bit.ly/116r5Pn 

Globe: The five groups the Liberals need to win back to rebuild the party http://bit.ly/119A5ow

What remains unclear is who will be leading the Conservatives in the 2015 election http://bit.ly/10WR39b

HT: Harper government slammed for its ‘manipulative’ budgets, lack of transparency, details http://bit.ly/116lFnE

CP: Some wealthy Canadians come clean with assets after tax-haven lists emerge http://bit.ly/YWs3kt

Globe (print edition hed): Trudeau triumph puts new guard in charge of rebuilding Liberal brand http://bit.ly/Zkjobn

! Toronto Star (print edition hed): Easy win launches Trudeau dynasty http://bit.ly/YINFBH

Sitôt couronné, sitôt attaqué/Justin Trudeau prend les rênes du Parti libéral du Canada http://bit.ly/159H7ia

NY Times (p 6, print edition hed): A Trudeau Again Leads Canada Party http://nyti.ms/136ybGr

Justin Trudeau in Globe op-ed: Why it’s vital we support the middle class http://bit.ly/ZrSCL3

Can Justin Trudeau single-handedly rescue the Liberal Party of Canada? @IvisonJ http://natpo.st/11fHT9j

Trudeau must turn 'star quality' into votes @GregWeston30 http://bit.ly/YIWQlN

As polls showed JT’s popularity surging pundits moved from open disdain 2 bet-hedging 2 heralding Lib revival  http://natpo.st/11fINmg

No, Peter, I don’t think Justin Trudeau can be compared to Bashar Assad or Kim Jong-un! http://bit.ly/Zkl98l

How far will wave of popularity carry J.T.? @montesolberg http://bit.ly/10WNeRq

Yaffe: Trudeau the overwhelming choice to lead Liberal party http://bit.ly/114C0fo

A contrarian who knows the #LPC from experience on Justin Trudeau http://bit.ly/10WNpfy

Andrew Cohen: The Liberals’ rebuilding is still to come http://bit.ly/15faEqZ

CP: NDP looks towards 2015 with softer language in party books http://bit.ly/116qFZk

Van Sun: Christy Clark pushes economic prowess in TV spot, warns against voters turning to the NDP http://bit.ly/XMvdbR

Dix promises ban on 'big money' political donations from unions/corps; wd appear to benefit #BCNDP http://bit.ly/YWr2Jt

Northern Gateway appears likely to be rejected by next B.C. government http://bit.ly/134prnX

Globe (print edition hed): B.C.’S Clark reaches out to voters as her Liberals face daunting odds http://bit.ly/17APvqI

Concern that Portland-Montreal pipeline cd be reversed to transport oil sands crude w/out US enviro assessment http://bit.ly/YIJZQp

Pals summon Cdn envoy over @HonJohnBaird EJerusalem meeting; policy remains all issues must be negotiated http://bit.ly/10WQjB2

T Star front: Ex-York U student may have been involved in Somalia attack http://bit.ly/16XzdqD

N Post front: Mujahid Enderi refused to sing O Canada at school in London, Ont. He said his Muslim faith forbid it http://natpo.st/ZVurDJ

Philip Girard: La bataille de Londres, de Frédéric Bastien - Une thèse fragile comme un château de cartes http://bit.ly/14pdD0K  

Times Colonist: INTO B. C.’ S FUTURE A PROVINCIAL ELECTION PRIMER: @LeyneLes http://bit.ly/1586ml7

Christy Clark: Liberal plan is to hold course http://bit.ly/1586CAD

Dix: NDP’S goal is to level inequities http://bit.ly/16WeO5g

Conservatives, Greens look to gain votes at front-runners’ expense http://bit.ly/14nck2d

! Olivia Chow to #NDPers: don’t write letters or emails to opponent MPs or to PM when you have a beef http://bit.ly/157R7IU

Obama guy @ #NDP13 in NYT: we had $ problems at 1^st; took risk building size of org believed we needed http://nyti.ms/ZUepda

JPost: Pals protest Cda mtg in J'lem; @HonJohnBaird guy: “This doesn’t change our long-standing position…http://bit.ly/10UNsIM

Aislin pretty much sums up where #cdnpoli stands this weekend insofar as #NDP #LPC are concerned   

Say what? (NYT) US to delay rule limiting emissions of CO²/other greenhouse gases from new power plants? http://nyti.ms/ZinrEZ

NYT Public Editor: ‘Targeted Killing,’ ‘Detainee’ and ‘Torture’: Why Language Choice Matters http://nyti.ms/15cYRJQ

Dear @vmarissal: Don’t you think La Presse shd inform readers when it corrects a mistake? http://bit.ly/17yZqNm

About as far below the fold as you can get on T Star front page! NDP touts substance over Trudeau’s style http://bit.ly/113wKFQ

On eve of Justinian era, almost surreal 4 #NDP to present itself as “only contender for power” http://bit.ly/116y78z

#NDP itching for fight between right and left: @davidakin http://bit.ly/16VMy2y

Trudeau wanted the job and now he’s got it — good luck!: @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/12ZzPO2

Hey @jmbryden it’s news to me that @JustinTrudeau called @mpPeterKent a "piece of (excrement)" ! http://bit.ly/16VM7Fw

In the T Star print edition, (privileged) white is Black not Bush: Justin Trudeau-Canadian Obama in the making http://bit.ly/128222i

Speaking of sons/grandsons of pols look who’s (literally) climbing aboard Christy Clark’s campaign http://bit.ly/127X1XE

Elizabeth May’s comparison of Canada to North Korea is asinine: @sunlorrie http://bit.ly/11c4ofh  

#NDP13 is  meeting in town, but look who gets the front page of La Presse

CP: #NDP presents air of moderation during #NDP13 convention http://bit.ly/YSupRt

It certainly doesn’t look at #NDP13 like the Party has taken root in QC http://natpo.st/XxW4pW

Walkom (print edition hed):   Killing good jobs just to make a buck http://bit.ly/173CRNY

Some folks don’t like fact Canadian politics converging toward pragmatic centre http://natpo.st/YSpfF4

Gazette: Fresh-faced NDP members have risen to the challenge http://bit.ly/ZnDa2A

#NDP @mpcharmaineborg re Justin Trudeau:  “he’s not really that young”

http://bit.ly/125jc0C

Say what? Justin Trudeau’s not just like us? http://bit.ly/173FsaA

Justin Trudeau: One of the things that I found when I was in Ponoka, Alta…. http://bit.ly/ZsgdKI

Whew! After all that frenetic tweeting, turns out the Harper gov’t won’t do what is said it wouldn’t do http://bit.ly/YjVZDB  

Dear #NDP13: #CPC shows easier 2 make policy more attractive 2 voter than turn prickly leader into cuddly one    http://bit.ly/ZTFTaf

[Quite witty] Trudeaumaniac? Take the test to find out: @GerryNic http://bit.ly/YSt0KH

Rabson: Like father [PET], unlike son http://bit.ly/12VjQAk

In the Citizen, Bob Plamondon re-visits the sins of the father on Justin http://bit.ly/ZSDK7l

! Wall Street Journal : A Trudeau Follows in Pierre's Dance Steps http://on.wsj.com/125rm9k

Lots of questions can be asked about patriation of the Constitution, but this is not one of ‘em http://bit.ly/XxUWT4

Today’s idiocy: @MacphersonGaz equates PET’s patriation to Lincoln ending slavery http://bit.ly/XxYLrr

Lucien Bouchard au Devoir - Un «devoir de mémoire» obligatoire http://bit.ly/ZscZqC

#NDP dogma is separatist, or it socialist? Scroll down for this Globe correction http://bit.ly/10SgDfG

La Presse: A luxury condo for Pauline Marois http://bit.ly/ZgiYCT French http://bit.ly/ZTPzkU

Christy Clark hopes the public will be more sympathetic than the media: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/15acGZB

Mulcair [& Dix BTW]: The biggest inequity is between generations/a central theme of next #NDP campaign http://bit.ly/10SgDfG

Globe Focus front page  Adrian Dix--The NDP’s comeback kid in B.C. http://bit.ly/113jUcv

NDP gets bad stuff out of the way early: @LeyneLes http://bit.ly/14jNpg1

Nothing's surefire about this BC election: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/10Sln4L

T Star (print edition hed): 4th Canadian terror suspect named [Mujahid who also goes by the name Ryan] http://bit.ly/ZSAzfV

Winnipeg Free Press front page is a sight to behold! http://bit.ly/ROBCLx

In the Citizen, Bob Plamondon re-visits the sins of the father on Justin http://bit.ly/ZSDK7l

Guardian: Climate change did not cause 2012 US drought, says government report http://bit.ly/ZscQU2

Whoa! NYT front page: Yankees’ Rodriguez Tied to Clinic Records Purchase http://nyti.ms/14jPOHB

On the front page http://bit.ly/M5zNwl , a ‘great’ Alberta moment Edmonton ranks second to none as pothole promised land 

! Globe line story : Harper vows work-permit reform  http://bit.ly/XGWDjj

Federal Liberals 35 lead Conservatives 31 in new poll #NDP 24 http://bit.ly/17uKQXf

T Sun/Abacus poll: #CPC 33 #NDP #LPC tied @ 27 http://bit.ly/12SsSu8

Mulcair must not become grumpy cousin at dinner table while Trudeau dominates conversation w/ bubbly chatter http://bit.ly/ZO4k90

The centre is about to become the crowded country kitchen of three federal political parties http://natpo.st/10Y7bWF

Mulcair’s personal brand in much need of makeover as preamble…cd soon look like an old hat on a new frontier http://natpo.st/XvQl3X

Justin Trudeau: “I'm not going to play up resentment against the successful like Mr. Mulcair is doing" http://bit.ly/Zl1MsM

If Tom Mulcair is losing *him* to Justin Trudeau… http://bit.ly/ZdJZXp

Peter Stoffer: “I wd strongly disagree w/ those sentiments coming either from [Boulerice] or anybody else" http://bit.ly/XGNSG7

Constitution - Trudeau n’entend pas «rouvrir de vieilles batailles http://bit.ly/12ScBW9

Le Devoir begins to row back from this week’s ‘scandal’ re the SCC and patriation http://bit.ly/XvMSSU

Gazette editorial worth reading: The Supreme Court and a tempest in a teapot http://bit.ly/ZdG8JW

RBC victim of #CBC/PR/HR hysteria over everyday outsourcing: @terencecorcoran http://natpo.st/14gIw7k

! #CBC / Globe among 33,000 companies/agencies making use of the temporary foreign worker program http://bit.ly/17uQecU

This could explain in part why the Carneys were so popular among Hill jourmos

http://bit.ly/YPsX2p

La Cour suprême et Ottawa - Tabou de l’inceste @Ant_Robitaille http://bit.ly/XvMSSU

“all final-status issues [such as Jerusalem] must be negotiated between the two parties”: @HonJohnBaird guy http://bit.ly/ZdBI5Z

Wait until Canadians see how this takeover proposal unfolds under a coalition government!  http://bit.ly/17uLJiE

Globe editorial writer @globejunius appears to believe that the Bible was written in English! http://bit.ly/17uLJiE

Looking at the  Van Sun front page, U’d almost think the #BCNDP were proposing $2B in tax increases http://bit.ly/Q4HuSQ

#BCNDP & Lib tax plans look a lot alike: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/16RlxNZ

Globe: B.C. NDP would broaden carbon tax http://bit.ly/17uGiQD

Talk about robocalls! http://bit.ly/16RfxVk

BC Libs have lost the case they were once able to make to voters on the economic/fiscal front http://bit.ly/152FsLf  

NYT lead story: Obama Budget Whittles Democratic Party Pillars http://nyti.ms/10VEDNA

Hey look, Justin Trudeau’s not on the front page of the Toronto Star today—his wife is! http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

Justin’s wife speaking about eating disorders better on P 1 than PET’s apprehended insurrection of 1970! http://bit.ly/10Pe93b

T Star: The Canadian government reimbursed Attawapiskat First Nation for third-party manager costs http://bit.ly/10VwZmz

Tom Berger always worth reading and he’s worth reading on the Metis court case http://bit.ly/ZOEw5n

RBC and temp workers? @acoyne NPost http://natpo.st/10VmzmN vs Tom Mulcair #NDP (via @IvisonJ) http://natpo.st/11XzvfN

Hey, a first! The Toronto Sun is supporting #CBC against the Harper government! http://bit.ly/ZOxu0m

On the ‘scandal’ about the SCC and patriation Yves Boisvert worth reading http://bit.ly/XtQOUf French http://bit.ly/XEMVOs

Dear @ChantalHbert: Laskin was in minority on patriation reference; majority forced PET back to table http://bit.ly/XEOiwy

‘Great journalism: JdeM reports Thatcher found *Justin* Trudeau paranoid about the Constitution in 1981 (when he was 10 yrs old!)

W/ an election in sight, some pro-BC Lib puffery above the fold on the front page of the Vancouver Sun http://bit.ly/Q4HuSQ

On BC’s upcoming election, @hutchwriter worth reading http://natpo.st/10Oygyn

Hey, @adriandix’s Wikipedia entry has been restored (editor who did cleansing a real beaut) http://bit.ly/Yo1mGe

On Christy Clark, BC Rail and conflict of interest @VaughnPalmer worth reading http://bit.ly/155kHPx

Hey @MikeSmythNews found both Lib *and* NDP MLAs supporting their pension plan! http://bit.ly/XEMLXl  

BC Liberals’ credibility gap now extends to economy: @mario_canseco http://bit.ly/10P0n0v

A Vancouver Sun columnist gets an arithmetic lesson from BCs Finance Minister http://bit.ly/10VlX23

On Premier Redford @globejunius steps back into the past http://bit.ly/ZOySAg Thomson’s living in the present http://bit.ly/12Nvj1f

The Calgary Herald wins today’s award for most absurd front page http://bit.ly/PETBRW  article http://bit.ly/ZOCmT9

The Globe should lock Andre Picard and Jeff Simpson in a room and let them fight it out over health care http://bit.ly/16OKBFd

With all respect to profs and journos of various persuasions, I’m still betting that I’ll not be paying more for my next Ipod 

WSJ front http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn  America's New Energy Boom Is Bust for Foreign Suppliers (esp Cda) http://on.wsj.com/11TdQWh

WS Journal (p 9): One Road to Algerian Attack Began in Small Canadian City http://on.wsj.com/YjG78n

A ‘great’ moment: France’s Chief Rabbi busted for plagiarism and fluffing his resumé won’t resign  http://nyti.ms/11TvpW7

In its front page editorial, Le Monde like #CBC says it ain’t turning over the offshore tax files http://bit.ly/153DDhy

! How the US nearly turned to Bob Dylan (+ Neil Young/Joni Mitchell) to destroy communism http://bit.ly/12JIJLG

I think that’s Meryl Streep on the front page of the Daily Telegraph for the second day running! http://bit.ly/R3YkNZ

Statements by Netanyahu & Baird following their meeting http://bit.ly/12HUuG9

Hey, neither Harper nor Mulroney http://bit.ly/ZgOlKg attended Chavez’s funeral! http://natpo.st/12IUzFC

Simpson is spot on re Justin (except for the part about Papineau being a tough riding for #LPC) http://bit.ly/ZgOzkA

Tom Mulcair’s office distances the #NDP leader from one of his MPs http://bit.ly/10RCpQZ

This could get interesting if the Harper Government takes the #CBC to court http://bit.ly/YKNfKp

Terence Corcoran: CBC tax haven story feeds its left-wing ideology http://natpo.st/10RAM5H

On RBC Walkom http://bit.ly/YctyHG vs Watson http://bit.ly/10Lv2tO

Globe line story (print edition hed): Canada offered role in Mideast http://bit.ly/XrPZLz

Tom Friedman: The Arab Quarter Century http://nyti.ms/ZMCCSK

NYT  report on Premier Redford in Washington yesterday http://nyti.ms/11SOV5a

Whoa!  (Van Sun lead story): Someone’s been cleansing @adriandix’s Wikipedia entry http://bit.ly/16Mi6YQ

This just in! Former federal Tory minister to back B.C. Liberals in May election http://bit.ly/16MiyWZ

Gary Mason: B.C. voters to decide whether Clark has campaigned too much http://bit.ly/XCBZkt

Wherein @adriandix confirms he’s a politician like Christy Clark! http://bit.ly/10SDExM

JdeM reporting that Hells Angels prisoners getting passes to visit their doctors in private medical clinics!

A great column in the Gazette on corruption in Québec http://bit.ly/10RGZP6

Tomorrow’s correction today: There was a 2^nd shoe in that SCC decision that was welcomed by QC! http://bit.ly/ZmiOWu

Dear QCers: it was the SCC ruling that *forced* PET to return to the negotiation table with René Lévesque 

Ottawa admits it approved request for foreign workers to replace RBC employees http://bit.ly/Ya6OrA

Liberals hope Labrador presages federal election: Hébert http://bit.ly/YIcsFd

Alberta’s belated ‘Green Shift’: Steward | Toronto Star http://bit.ly/16K9nq2

Juxtaposition of Times Guardian front pages is telling

Margaret Thatcher RIP on front page of N Post  http://bit.ly/MuO99C vs Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

Margaret Thatcher RIP on front page of WSJ http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn vs NY Times http://bit.ly/T9yfDf

As far as I know, 2 of the 4 ex G-7 leaders in photo on Globe front page never dealt in cash http://bit.ly/NorOEh

On P1 of Toronto Star re Thatcher: “What a shame — that it wasn’t 87 years earlier,” tweeted columnist/comedian/historian Mark Steel

Le Devoir line story: UK wd have recognized an independent QC http://bit.ly/10DFQMa

In the Globe, Lawrence Martin advises Harper on resignation timing http://bit.ly/ZzgTF1

if someone at T Star were to suggest sun shines out of Trudeau’s behind it would get printed: @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/ZjLhfE

Well, as they tell us, British Columbia is his *grandfather’s* province! http://bit.ly/ZjLZcy

In the Globe, @HonJohnBaird is pitch-perfect on Israeli settlements http://bit.ly/10O3bJU

What’s not being reported is why foreign service officers just don’t apply for positions in other departments http://bit.ly/10J87PZ

Globe: Christy Clark’s ministers play the incumbency card before election campaign http://bit.ly/17ok56V

Dix, Clark take their electioneering to the television screens: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/11NfecT

Babych has better shot at comeback than Christy Clark: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/11NjdGi

Business donations a problem for #BCNDP : @LeyneLes http://bit.ly/ZKK68U

Globe: Alberta, industry face wide gap on carbon tax http://bit.ly/147Pyez

Reversal of Enbridge pipeline: Vermont concerned about air pollution

http://bit.ly/XpvDTa French http://bit.ly/12CBcBZ

Graham Thomson: Redford’s approval rating tumbles http://bit.ly/11NfDMq  

Christy Clark tied for lowest approval rating among preems (25); Adrian Dix at 49 http://bit.ly/145xMsl

A column on the #NDP government of Nova Scotia that cd be the template for an Adrian Dix government in BC http://bit.ly/ZIVFNF   

In the Wall Street Journal, Coptic Christians need more Canada http://on.wsj.com/14Zki0M

Since 1980, 75% of US ambassadors to Cda have been pol appointees; how do we rank in G-8? http://bit.ly/10LdW0B

WSJ: US grad schools facing increased competition from Canadian cuz of our less restrictive immigration policies http://on.wsj.com/Y9KPFI

US plans immediate proportional “response in kind” — hitting source of any N Korean attack w/ similar weapons http://nyti.ms/16HYViF  

In the W Post, a good column on Obama’s remark about the good looking Attorney General http://wapo.st/12yQgjY

! Sheila Copps in HT: When you danced w/ PET (as I did at an event in Montreal), it was pretty dreamy ...From the moment Justin was born, he would continually have to prove himself

For newspapers, a 2 percent decline is good news http://wapo.st/Y7Tap4

Postmedia: Secrecy and ethics cast cloud on Harper government/Most believe PM has ‘hidden agenda’ http://bit.ly/ZhurOe

Like them or not, Tories do have ideas: @montesolberg http://bit.ly/17mo57V

Hill Times: #CPC backbenchers unwittingly try 2 force PM 2 break election vow on abortion debate: pol insiders http://bit.ly/16HDFYH

Hill Times: Morale ‘rock bottom’ at CIDA, still reeling from feds’ budget cuts, policy direction http://bit.ly/Y7KbUM

In the coming months, watch for lots more of these kinda leaks from CIDA http://bit.ly/Y91rgM

Abbas to Baird in Globe front-pager: “If you are a friend to Israel and a friend to us, then you can play a role.”

Graham Fraser challenges Ibbitson/Bricker: In Canada, French is a language of ambition, not decline http://bit.ly/ZhAzpZ

Hill Times front: Political parties should be legally responsible for staffers, says Kingsley http://bit.ly/144Vk0H

Citizen line story: Federal government ordered to pay nearly $30 million to losing bidder in relocation deal

Hmm.. Judge found bureaucrats grew too close to company, incl TB official most knowledgeable about relocation http://bit.ly/ZufOhI

! Taber/Globe March 23-Trudeau builds war chest to take on Tories; Today-Trudeau’s magnetism exerts strong pull on fundraising trail

2 @acoyne s! Citzn-No evidence Libs interested in becoming serious party of ideas/N Post front-Libs’ best hope http://natpo.st/16HEpic

Globe front page: Trudeau’s rise brings broken Liberal Party machine back together

http://bit.ly/XyLnp9

2 @mdentandt s! N Post-Uniting party policy hardest task; Trudeau's great obstacle ditching dogma for populism http://bit.ly/XnpXsN

Meanwhile, back at the #NDP Leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition (and of *2nd* Party in the HofC)... http://bit.ly/10xR2de

! HT front: NDP to drill down on data mining at policy convention http://bit.ly/10xXIrV T Sun: Iran on the agenda http://bit.ly/10KkRpI

Shedding 'socialism' bad move for #NDP?: @mrabson http://bit.ly/10H0Znd 

! Gazette-#NDP holds policy convention; Post-Pot decriminalization & Target’s takeover of Zellers to be debated http://natpo.st/17mthbL

LEGER: NDP’s future hangs on ‘back to balance’ claim http://bit.ly/ZIVFNF

On silly season in BC @CraigMcInnes http://bit.ly/10MsQkN @justine_hunter http://bit.ly/ZcyyvX

In the NY Times, applications to US grad schools from Canada have declined http://nyti.ms/14QVgkn

(In the NYT) With the climate changing in Canada, you win some/lose some http://nyti.ms/17mreEJ  

! WSJ editorial: The 1% Keystone Confusion/Pres Obama explains to donors how proletariat think http://on.wsj.com/10Ks2hC  

Front page of the Trudeau, oops Toronto Star yesterday http://bit.ly/Y62B8v  today http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

Christy Clark campaign dir: “When Adrian Dix gets on the ropes, he's unproven. We'll see how he fares." http://bit.ly/14X5jVf

Calgary Sun front page http://bit.ly/10tsT7G shows Justin Trudeau’s reach back east (from his grandfather’s province) today

If this report on what Palestinians said to Baird about the peace process is accurate, it’s important news http://bit.ly/10JJYrg

Justin Trudeau’s answers re inexperience/trading on family name/#CPC “attack on teachers”--U be the judge http://bit.ly/14Ouucc

Times Colonist http://bit.ly/N7AMbV front page shows Justin Trudeau’s reach out west today

#NDP to change title of its national director back to "federal secrt’y" cuz of QC/First Nations? http://bit.ly/ZfLNep

Front page of Le Soleil http://bit.ly/10sWP3S  show Justin Trudeau’s reach in QC today

! Times Colonist hed: Baird talks with Palestinians

LA Times: The Keystone XL oil pipeline: Some questions and answers http://lat.ms/14X2gfS  

These days, even Toronto Star columnists are ‘bashing’ Québec http://bit.ly/12v7U8e

Vancouver Province http://bit.ly/PDVl21 front page shows Justin Trudeau’s reach in his grandfather’s province today

W Post runs photo of uncoiffed German Chancellor Angela Merkel in bathing suit http://bit.ly/Z1krwv

Who woulda guessed on Saturday morning http://bit.ly/Y62B8v that the Toronto Star would be endorsing him for #lpcldr on Sunday!

If you read to end of editorial, U can be damn sure #NDP can kiss good-bye to T Star endorsement in 2015! http://bit.ly/Xx0TSC

Juxtaposition of T Star  T Sun front pages is all you need to know about bias in #cdnmedia

Front page of Le Journal de Montréal shows Justin’s reach in his home town today http://bit.ly/N40YBj

#LPCldr candidate Justin Trudeau’s challenges just beginning: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/Y53xyf

Dippers need to decide if big government is still essential: @thejohnrobson  http://bit.ly/17kvBAc #NDP

Damn Yankees! How dare they support the Keystone XL pipeline!: @sunlorrie http://bit.ly/XlEG7Q

Ontario man jailed in Mauritania did receive help from Canadian government, source says | Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ZH6C2k

Rick Bell: Wildrose meets in Calgary to look at policy purge on path to power http://bit.ly/10JNIJf  

APRIL 6, 2013

Calgary Herald front page http://bit.ly/PETBRW vs Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

W Post: The future of energy: More carbon dioxide? An FDR grandson and oilman is betting yes http://wapo.st/ZlPpCs

Kinsella: If Grits are smart, they’ll start studying Tories’ ad playbook http://bit.ly/10Dc2ip

David Ignatius in W Post: America the war-weary and war-wary http://wapo.st/10DbMie

! Calgary Herald front page vs Toronto Star front page

CP: Canada shed 54,500 jobs in March, biggest one-month drop since early 2009 http://bit.ly/10ESCJ2

NY Times front page A Sharp Drop In Job Growth Sows Concern http://nyti.ms/12tAcfv

NY Times lead story: Judge Overturns Age Limit To Buy A Contraceptive http://nyti.ms/YZhsor

NYT http://bit.ly/T9yfDf W Post http://bit.ly/NeRqJJ WSJ http://bit.ly/Qo2hmn front pages

W Post chart: Top 10 states trading with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico http://wapo.st/Y0T0UJ

L Ian Macdonald: The Conservative government’s spring slump http://bit.ly/16Dw0MJ

Ottawa does little about offshore tax dodgers: @stphnmaher http://bit.ly/XjpurO

David Frum: By ignoring abortion, Harper is giving Canadians exactly what they voted for http://natpo.st/17iByxy

Why the PM is right to silence his caucus: @_scottreid http://bit.ly/10nsdke

Hey, look who the Harper government is muzzling now! http://bit.ly/Xv77Ch

Trudeau the father vs Trudeau the son http://bit.ly/1404P10

Don Macpherson: Employment Insurance, PQ-style http://bit.ly/Y0Vlz4

Hey, #NDP 2 debate including 100% resource revenues in equalization + Mideast! http://bit.ly/16AuFV0 French http://bit.ly/14UVR4S

Whoa! Charles Bronfman in the Post http://natpo.st/16AkTCv vs the Globe http://bit.ly/ZFazVg

The G&M editorial board says the #NDP’s roots are ‘poisoned’ but Tom Walkom is more subtle (and smarter) http://bit.ly/Ze25Ey

I’m positively certain that Niki Ashton knows more than Sheila Fraser about women on corporate boards!  http://bit.ly/Xjpbgv

According to the Globe, turns out the IPod tax that was big in blogs and on twitter… isn’t http://bit.ly/XjqZWX

Tweeting a lot about plot at Globe to snuff talk of an iPod tax but @acoyne not columnizing about it! http://natpo.st/10EKQPn

Not for the first time the Globe’s @DougSaunders finds an ‘ingenious’ way to downplay terrorism http://bit.ly/12tyvyR

Moody's is a fan of BC provincial financial management, for now: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/12reJYB

Dear Toronto Star: From here in Lotusland, still hard not 2 have the impression that you’re out 2 get him http://bit.ly/10nyjko

W Post: Environmentalists hope spill will turn Americans against Keystone http://wapo.st/ZFh8au

Obama seeks to temper supporters’ expectations on key issues (eg Keystone) http://wapo.st/10D60hO

Van Sun: Japan guarantees $10 billion to boost B.C. gas development http://bit.ly/YBSlIE

This shd be interesting! Group concerned about climate change proposes warning labels for gas nozzles http://bit.ly/10ESxVK 

Hill journos &/or #cdnmedia seem to be having a harder time finding this senator than Duffy or Wallin! http://bit.ly/10yFhCV

Dear Tom Mulcair: F*** you. Yrs truly, @TorontoStar http://bit.ly/14JkH7l

Those damn Laurentian elites I guess! http://bit.ly/ZDCBjV

Another day, another @nationalpost pro-abortion law columnist crapping on pols w/out giving Cdns a look at what that law wd look like

! Globe editorial Why the NDP needs to discard its poisoned roots becomes Farewell to arms, comrades in print edition

#BCNDP's fun-with-numbers plan adds up to more creative math: @VaughnPalmer http://bit.ly/10E5lu4

! NYT: Texas Refinery Expansion Saudis loath to publicize designed to maintain Foothold in U.S. oil Market http://nyti.ms/XW9ugL

Adding to urgency for Saudis: US  vastly increasing production/replacing OPEC crude w/ Cdn oil sands (2/2) http://nyti.ms/XW9ugL

Al Kamen/WPost: For mega-donors, if price is right, US ambassadorship [including to Cda] may be, too http://wapo.st/ZhqIqQ

W Post editorial: Lessons from the Arkansas pipeline leak [it’s not about Keystone!] http://wapo.st/Y2hvg3

La Presse: In addition to a pipeline, TCPL planning a port terminal near QC for export of Alberta oil

La Presse editorial: Our Keystone http://bit.ly/Z6lgRH French http://bit.ly/10zbpq3

NYT: In Sign of Warming, 1,600 Years of Ice in Andes Melted in 25 Years http://nyti.ms/14SPGy0

In Paris, some ‘great’ Socialist moments! http://nyti.ms/12puHP2

! Schools in Norway Postpone Exams for Bieber Concerts http://nyti.ms/16Bk6mC

This’ll be interesting to watch on Sunday: Anonymous vs Israel—and vice versa (N Post front page) http://natpo.st/14SJrue

The Gazette puts Montréal’s mayor on the hot seat http://bit.ly/14JgEaW

La Presse: Charest a négoc hausse de redev minière avec Sénégal/recommandé à Teranga Gold par Eddie Goldenberg 

Saurette: Conservative MP Mark Warawa’s Motion 408 is about abortion, not free speech | Toronto Star http://bit.ly/13TNIOy

Whoa! (W Post): U.S. Embassy in Cairo’s controversial Twitter account deleted after one too many public spats http://wapo.st/Xfmr3U

James Hansen (LA Times op-ed) Keystone XL: The pipeline to disaster http://lat.ms/13TRN5f

Peter Foster: Homer-Dixon’s one-way ­conversation http://natpo.st/XR1NZp

! T Star print edition: Cdns divided on whether Trudeau fit 2 lead country; web hed: 48 %  think Justin Trudeau qualified to be PM

! NYT yesterday Pipeline Spills Stir New Criticism of Keystone Plan; Globe today: Group uses spill as ammunition

Globe line story (print edition hed): Alberta cranks up carbon levy http://bit.ly/XZpfPQ

N Post print edition lead @IvisonJ : Harper, MPS to talk it out/Ad hoc group to seek remedy for muzzling schism http://natpo.st/11pZVXw

Margaret Wente’s “Advice to Mr. Harper: Muzzle them!” http://bit.ly/XffOyw

Calgary Herald front page http://bit.ly/PETBRW

Citizen #robocalls (P3, print edition hed): Charge signals strong case, expert says http://bit.ly/10AYxNG

! CP: Did they go home? No confirmed departure for temporary visitors backed by MPs http://bit.ly/16yi0Uv

Why #cdnmedia shd always keep their eye on what Finance officials and their minister are up to! http://bit.ly/10cPYLz

Media analysis 101: Guardian fronts story Cdn papers stuff http://bit.ly/NOmlc2

Hafta wonder whether Harper gov’t knew before budget that tax evasion stuff was about to come out  http://bit.ly/XQG6bV

Hafta wonder whether #LPC senator was #LPC senator’s 1st choice when he criticized gov't on tax evasion! http://bit.ly/XZmbmG

T Star (print edition hed): Canadians divided on whether Trudeau is fit to lead country http://bit.ly/12kpisG

Yaffe: Trudeau has stolen spotlight from Mulcair http://bit.ly/ZbFSOo

Only problem is that Justin will be running against Harper/Mulcair 2015 not Mike Harris (or Harper 2002!) http://bit.ly/12izvcF

Globe front (print edition hed): Wooing the centre, NDP ends opposition to ‘making of profit’ http://bit.ly/ZbOxk0

Quebec poised to be ground zero in #NDP #LPC battle: @ChantalHbert (print edition hed) http://bit.ly/10yB94C

Post (print edition hed): Quebec may be heading for financial reckoning http://natpo.st/10cFfkm

Calgary Herald lead story (print edition hed): Tory party bleeds red ink http://bit.ly/10cUKc1

NYT article on Keystone protests and 2 Obama fund-raisers http://nyti.ms/YUvIPa

Keystone opponents aren’t wedded to public sentiment right now cuz vast majority of support the project http://wapo.st/XZrrqD

Terry Glavin: B.C. pipeline follies http://bit.ly/10cxKdk

Debates will test mettle of all four leaders: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/16yhFkC

! WSJ lead: Since Newton, states have passed more measures expanding than restricting right 2 carry firearms http://on.wsj.com/YUzyrA

The royal suspect: Spain’s Princess Cristina linked to corruption scandal http://ind.pn/10y5IId  

Talk about a bad cabinet appointment! http://ind.pn/17cOfKe

Dear BC: What’s of concern to Californians (judging from the front page of the LA Times)  http://bit.ly/16lWodR

Looks like this conflict-of-interest complaint against Christy Clark ain’t going too well http://bit.ly/16vSCyP

“Bob Rae’s wife is VP of the CJC which supports Israeli apartheid Don’t elect a leader who supports Apartheid.” http://bit.ly/ZzqnJa

WSJ: no lethal Islamist-linked terror attack on Cdn soil but residents/citizens taken part in terrorism abroad http://on.wsj.com/16vPBP1

Some days I’m really really happy I came back to Canada after grad school, and today is one of them http://usat.ly/107Xp6V

Toronto Sun front page: a sight to behold this morning (in that world class city)! http://bit.ly/PalHIF

Dear Elections Canada: Two Deterrents to Robocalls Win F.T.C. Contest http://nyti.ms/10v8bmA

NYT finds on CSIS website: “w/ exception of US. more terrorist groups active in Cda today than in any other country” http://nyti.ms/XXdysU

Dear DFAIT: In the NYT, what diplomacy has come to (for better or worse) http://nyti.ms/10wMBOn

Dear BC: What’s of concern to Californians (judging from the front page of the LA Times)  http://bit.ly/16lWodR  

Worth reading (NYT): Investments in Education May Be Misdirected/Studies Highlight Benefits of Early Education http://nyti.ms/11lsdlU

Ottawa Citizen line story: First charge in robocalls affair http://bit.ly/11ljeRy

Whoa! Jason Kenney seeks citizenship probe of prime suspect in Palestinian embezzlement case http://bit.ly/17cB8bO

US Homeland Security criticized by Cdn pols will be feeling vindicated reading the NY Times http://nyti.ms/XXdysU

John Ivison: Conservatives have attack ads set to launch against Justin Trudeau http://natpo.st/13QKDyt

Today’s editorial in the @nationalpost (which wants MPs to pass an abortion law) sides w/ anti-abortion MPs http://natpo.st/12fL68z

Watson: The real reason parties don’t tolerate dissent http://bit.ly/XLg3CL

Gagnon: Across Canada, the Liberal brand is back (for now) http://bit.ly/10uZ2dQ

Ian Macdonald: A leader named Trudeau, again http://bit.ly/Z1b5xU

Bob Rae – the prime minister Canada never had: @TarekFatah http://bit.ly/ZzqnJa

NY Times: Pipeline Spills Stir New Criticism of Keystone Proposal http://nyti.ms/XLnLg8

Le Devoir lead: The arrival in QC of oil from Alberta’s oil sands is becoming more and more a reality http://bit.ly/10wILVk

Economy and environment duel from Ottawa to Arkansas: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/10pDNLm

Yaffe: Harper's agenda at odds with environment http://bit.ly/10pwYcD

B.C. Liberals set to announce five-year carbon tax freeze http://bit.ly/14E48tt

! Do you know where your MP has been — and who picked up the tab? http://bit.ly/10lhsi5

W Post: White House isn’t saying whether latest pipeline spill will affect Keystone decision http://wapo.st/Z5tqsK

In the US, a famous climate scientist is un-muzzling himself http://nyti.ms/Xnoq8x

Kheiriddin: Kyoto’s revenge: How the Tories blew it on the environment http://bit.ly/XUR3EO

WSJ editorial: Greens fret over pipeline leaks but are mute about train derailments http://on.wsj.com/YsBpUR

! Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head voted best album by  BBC listeners http://bit.ly/Z2RXFE

Canada takes a beating on the environment in the International Herald Tribune http://nyti.ms/XUC0Lu

A bitumen bubble you say? Look what happened while no one was looking! http://bit.ly/XUMwlR

W Post reported this last week http://wapo.st/10Oz5Yz the Globe today bit.ly/ZZQFIg 

Ed Greenspon disagrees with his friends Ibbitson and Bricker but he’ll help them sell their book! http://bit.ly/ZxB3be

Whoa! NY Times pulls back  http://nyti.ms/YOMlf7 in a major way from yesterday’s women in Afghanistan story http://nyti.ms/10ob9td

Ralph Klein RIP--N Y Times obit http://nyti.ms/16hSiS3

! Citizen front: Newcomers face Royal welcome; N Post front: Welcome to Canada: Fake marriages not allowed

Bureaucratic patronage is Ottawa’s least reported story, but today it leads in the Globe http://bit.ly/14BGXzT

Whoa! Postmedia *somehow* got a look yesterday at the new guide for immigrants that will be revealed today http://bit.ly/XUGPnS

Hey, #CBC identifies the two Cdns involved in the Algeria attack (and the religion of one of them!) http://bit.ly/10rmSXL

Barbara Yaffe on Harper/abortion/MPs worth reading http://bit.ly/129f3ec

Oh what a tangled web Stephen Harper weaves (on climate change)! http://natpo.st/179NmSz

L Martin says virtually every editorialist and talking head is backing Harper’s anti-abortion MPs http://bit.ly/Z5B7yX

On those revolting #CPC MPs, @kinsellawarren is pitch perfect (except for his advice to Harper at the end) http://bit.ly/XasAhI

Oh what a tangled web Stephen Harper weaves (on climate change)! http://natpo.st/179NmSz

On Canada deserting desertification, Wente http://bit.ly/YsH4dK vs Cohen http://bit.ly/YPEUEr

I feel the pain of columnists having to say something fresh about the #LPCldr race http://bit.ly/10ufkmI

Hey, look: Some PQ-friendlies will be helping Duceppe with his EI Commission! http://bit.ly/10rubyR French http://bit.ly/Z2ytkv

Hey, look what happened *last* week that finally turned up on front page of the Calgary Herald! http://bit.ly/PETBRW

Hopefully, future politicos will learn from HST debacle: @MikeSmythNews http://bit.ly/14BHPVh

Adrian Dix wuz dodging journo Q’s about deficit yesterday bit.ly/XTHpCq but not in the Globe! http://bit.ly/10uGd8S

In Manitoba politics, Crocus (not the flower) won’t go away http://bit.ly/Zxz3ja  

WSJ: Japan Plans LNG Futures Contract http://on.wsj.com/Zw5r5P

Women-wise, here’s what we will leave behind in Afghanistan http://nyti.ms/10ob9td   

Figaro article on Algerian minister caught up in SNC-Lavalin scandal http://bit.ly/10heUkZ

Personally, I prefer the Pope’s French name over his English name  http://bit.ly/YNCCpi

! Exxon spokesman can’t say in W Post whether Arkansas spill came from existing Keystone line http://wapo.st/YNxVMn

Supply management? Auto industry an unlikely roadblock in Ottawa’s ambitious free-trade talks: @barriemckenna http://bit.ly/14HP1PT

Paul Krugman on Canadian economic/fiscal policies in the 1990s http://nyti.ms/XlG5xd

If you’re concerned about the decline in manufacturing employment in Canada, this column’s for you http://wapo.st/14HNGJ2

Stephen Harper wd still be writing columns in this paper had he taken this paper’s advice on abortion! http://natpo.st/178IEEF

Hmm.. methinks MPs can think whatever they want about virtually anything! http://bit.ly/10oqmu0

In the NY Times, a Cdn prof says Obama wd be doing us a favour by nixing Keystone http://nyti.ms/10gtJ7f

LEGER: Valcourt: rising from the ashes to replace MacKay? http://bit.ly/1273eBx

Today’s ‘best’ correction http://bit.ly/1275eK9  

Tomorrow’s Globe correction today: Nova Scotia’s “much prevaricating” Premier Dexter? Really @SylviaStead? http://bit.ly/125aK3E

W Post lead story:  North Korean secrecy on bomb test fuels speculation on nuclear advances http://wapo.st/178GGUQ

Dear Canada: (WSJ): North Korea Eclipses Iran as Nuclear-Arms Threat http://on.wsj.com/10rGDgc

Next thing you know they’ll be demanding an affirmative action program! http://bit.ly/Q4HuSQ

Left needs policies, not empty gestures: @montesolberg http://bit.ly/XSnbJj

Albertans who see it will be forgiven a chuckle at the front page of today’s @TorontoStar

http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

Say what? Joe Fontana was involved with this shady Arafat crony who somehow got Cdn citizenship in 2003? http://bit.ly/10ojLzK

Albertans who see it will be forgiven a chuckle at the front page of today’s @TorontoStar http://bit.ly/ONwQiY

Hill Times: PM's tight grip, PMO's 'boys in short pants' frustrating some restless #CPC backbenchers http://bit.ly/14zs7K7

Evidently PET http://bit.ly/178E4WQ didn’t agree w/ Justin http://bit.ly/YVDmpm that state had no place in abortion clinics of nation

The Toronto Sun April’s Fool http://bit.ly/PalHIF editorial http://bit.ly/10rKTwu

The agenda of the anti-abortion movement (that you won’t read in @nationalpost columns)

Best column I’ve yet read on Harper, abortion and #CPC MPs http://bit.ly/126VOhR

As you read this [lame] Globe op-ed, check the calendar http://bit.ly/178Es7K

CP: Canada praised for its stance on pollution from Arctic shipping http://bit.ly/XSbVg6

Hill Times: #CPC could lose two Saskatchewan seats under proposed riding changes http://bit.ly/16r7gXO

Hill Times: #LPC MPs see slim chances of working w/ #NDP in 2015 election run [after election another thing!] http://bit.ly/XzNpVe

Hill Times: First Nations Transparency Act passes, opposition critics call it ‘paternalistic’ http://bit.ly/10gCWwh

B.C. NDP leader to reveal one platform proposal at a time http://bit.ly/XzD6Ay

! CNN Saudi Arabia may block Skype, Viber, WhatsApp, others #CBC: Y S Arabia is the world's top YouTube nation http://bit.ly/ZVUKNw  

Easter Sunday Sun column http://bit.ly/ZQV148 Star column http://bit.ly/XQhb3D

! Freddie Mercury 'smuggled Princess Diana into gay bar disguised as a man' http://bit.ly/ZR6eSw

In the NYT, a famous Manitoba export from the dark past http://nyti.ms/ZR6Ual

Senate reform closer to reality? What a crock! http://bit.ly/116QEDq

Oops! Exxon pipeline leaks thousands of barrels of Canadian oil in Arkansas http://reut.rs/14xy8ap

Ruptured pipeline carrying heavy bitumen crude diluted with lighter liquids to allow it to flow

What do Toronto http://bit.ly/ZuUtxf Edmonton http://bit.ly/176N7aN  have in common this morning?

On Easter Sunday, T Star fronts Conversion-from Christianity to Islam! (+ 2 atheists returning to their fold)

Still pisses em off im Montreal but what else wd you expect on the front page of the Washington Post today?

This’ll really piss off those eastern bums http://bit.ly/ZuStVV

#CPC won’t go heavily negative on @JustinTrudeau cuz fear weak #LPC wd help #NDP http://bit.ly/XkmX2I  French http://bit.ly/YUi95c

Hmm.. @JustinTrudeau says he won’t go negative except a confidante hints to @kinsellawarren that he will! http://bit.ly/XQ5iLl

The Province’s @MikeSmythNews doesn’t say anything new about Prem Clark or #bcpoli, but he says it in 1 place! http://bit.ly/14xrxN7

Some pretty good advice here for @ThomasMulcair and @adriandix http://bit.ly/16pAYfU

As of today, the pill is free for 15-18 yr-old French females http://bit.ly/ZQTNWC  

Notwithstanding it being silly season, @LeyneLes gets to the nub of the carbon offset kerfuffle http://bit.ly/16nV22g

Good pieces on SCC http://bit.ly/YQRLmT  CRA http://bit.ly/10mtIw3

It's this simple: If Harper had proposed opening abortion ?, #CPC wd never have formed gov’t in 2006—joy to some, sadness to others

NY Times front page (print edition hed): Who Wanted to Take the Case On Gay Marriage? Ask Scalia. http://nyti.ms/1206eQa

W Post front page: Aggressive talk from Canada, oops North Korea concerns U.S. leaders http://wapo.st/167kXJE

Gazette: Constitution? Quebecers largely indifferent: Poll http://bit.ly/YQGOll

Gazette: Trudeau would draw more Liberal votes in Quebec: poll http://bit.ly/ZtFlQQ

Whoa! Insider Trading Settlement in Nexen Takeover http://nyti.ms/11YqIwx

Dear @jonkay & National Post: NY Times editorial on the anti-abortion movement’s agenda http://nyti.ms/14v5tmj

Ottawa Sun: #NDP MP and single mom Ruth Ellen Brosseau finds confidence in House of Commons http://bit.ly/ZtEC1X

! Ottawa Citizen: MPS get 1.6% raise, first in four years; Ottawa Sun: No joke, MPS hike their pay (a 'great' #cdnmedia moment)

Hard to think of two more dissimilar men with whom I dealt than Ralph Klein and Art Phillips; may they both RIP

Front page of T Star ‘You can’t kill that horse’ http://bit.ly/10iycWb

Léger poll: W/ @JustinTrudeau as leader #LPC 37 (1^st Cda-wide, QC, ON) #CPC 30 #NDP 20 http://bit.ly/YQ8cWk

Léger poll: 29% satisfied w/ budget 52% (72 QC) not 36% satisfied w/ Harper gov’t 58% (72 QC. 80 Atl) not http://bit.ly/YQ8cWk

In #elexn41, @acoyne must have missed Harper’s abortion pledge (tho I doubt it wd have changed his #LPC vote) http://bit.ly/10oIUtX

In many Postmedia papers, a long piece on what we know about the foetus science-wise http://bit.ly/167bf9W

In Ottawa, environment takes back seat to oilpatch http://bit.ly/XisW8i : @stphnmaher

http://bit.ly/YQe3ec

After smoke clears, taxpayer-funded boondoggle revealed: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/YJJeFn

It’s not that I disagree w/ Rex Murphy; it’s just that everything he writes has already been said by others http://natpo.st/174KDKb

Léger poll: in sovereignty referendum, 33 yes, 57 no; 44% prefer QC ‘sign’ the Const, 42% sovereignty http://bit.ly/YQaq87

Léger poll: 29% of QCers favour opening Const debate, 39 not http://bit.ly/YQaq87

Jeff Simpson asks the ? every journo w/ guts will be asking former QC pols (and their top advisers) http://bit.ly/174OGWO

La Times front page http://bit.ly/16lWodR  Iran appears the victor in postwar Iraq http://lat.ms/ZsjIjY

Hey, lock up your daughters, look which member of the Royal Family is coming to Victoria! http://bit.ly/N7AMbV

Personally, I’m hoping the Speaker boots the parties from any role in MP SO 31 statements http://bit.ly/XINMsi

Hey, Italy’s Beppe Grillo agrees w/ Joyce Murray/EMay/ACoyne electoral proposal! http://nyti.ms/10YE1KB

France's President François Hollande Lashes Out at Austerity

http://on.wsj.com/14AQAPJ

La Times front page http://bit.ly/16lWodR  Iran appears the victor in postwar Iraq http://lat.ms/ZsjIjY

Léger/Le Devoir poll: QC Libs with new leader Couillard ahead of PQ 33-29 http://bit.ly/14ADkdH

Globe line story (print edition hed): MPS plead for greater freedom http://bit.ly/14AHkLw

Good piece in the Van Sun on #CPC MP Mark Warawa “an unlikely rebel” http://bit.ly/14sGZdm

Globe editorial on Harper and anti-abortion #CPC MPs worth reading http://bit.ly/11Utgvt

Disregard the hed: Toronto Star editorial on Harper and anti-abortion #CPC MPs worth reading http://bit.ly/Xgydgl

When this journo says Harper/Warawa is not abortion, you can be pretty sure it’s about abortion! http://bit.ly/Zsg2ie

The truth is that @bobraeMP wd likely have become #LPC leader in 2006 were it not for the Jewish & Israel thing http://bit.ly/XLpgXn

Washington Post lead story: EPA to require cleaner gasoline http://wapo.st/10mEtjn

Washington Post (w/photos)  Eight things you should know about the Keystone XL pipeline http://wapo.st/XLtm1Q

Let’s hope Obama doesn’t agree w/ E May’s equation of Canada to N Korea! http://nyti.ms/10jm45I

Let’s hope this minister is not given the John Manley treatment on his visit! http://bit.ly/X0WRiO

Krauthammer: What really happened in Jerusalem. Obama recalibrates. http://wapo.st/XLu1jC

I’m shocked, shocked to hear that gambling was going on at this Atlantic casino! http://bit.ly/106dGsG

Bi-partisanship! One witness @ Charbonneau had ties to the fed Conservatives, the other to the fed/prov Liberals http://bit.ly/10jlghl  

I’m shocked, shocked to hear of this kind of thing happening at ACOA! http://bit.ly/YL2NtP

Hmm.. Chris Trumpy is criticizing the AG report on carbon offsets? http://bit.ly/XJg1XR

Calgary Herald front page “Farewell Iggy” (no, not that one!) http://bit.ly/PETBRW

NYT: Looking at financial woes of small, independent Eur states like Cyprus/Iceland Scottish voters may want to think twice about going it alone http://nyti.ms/Yhjws1

Best line about Duceppe appointment to head training commission? Was Gérald Larose too busy? http://bit.ly/102iDml

Globe lead story (print edition hed): Harper puts backbench on notice  http://bit.ly/13zTdBQ

Harper reminded his MPs he made a pledge to Canadians during the 2011 election

his government would not reopen the abortion debate and that Conservatives wouldn’t bring forward legislation

Harper said he’s determined to keep his word to the people of Canada and he views this motion as tantamount to breaking the promise

He vowed he would use whatever tools are at his discretion to prevent the abortion debate from being reopened

Bellavance/La Presse reporting Harper didn’t speak at caucus!

http://bit.ly/11Ra5Pt

#CPC MP abortion revolt might have gotten further if guys/gals like him weren’t the ones cheering it on! http://bit.ly/14qclBi  

Nothing will help Harper more with his caucus than #CBC journos cheering on a revolt http://bit.ly/XIV1QS

Best piece I read today on Harper and his caucus http://natpo.st/Yh3aQm

In fact @ChantalHbert Harper took the initiative and put his leadership on the line at yesterday’s caucus http://bit.ly/10g7Z9e

On the #CPC and its internal divisions, the Star’s @TomWalkom worth reading http://bit.ly/14qczbx

Harper’s #elexn41 abortion campaign promise not even mentioned by @acoyne but journos wd be the first to howl http://natpo.st/WY9knj

For my part, I also fully respect the right of a woman (journo) to favour a #CPC backbench revolt over abortion rights! http://bit.ly/XINMsi

Hey, look who and what story *isn’t* on the front page of the Toronto Star today! http://bit.ly/12gjtuw

Wente worth reading on T Star v Mayor Ford http://bit.ly/10kkBgL

Citizen editorial dishonestly omits E May’s statement that we don’t need *political parties* http://bit.ly/101SfsE

#LPC centralization of ops in Ottawa denounced by QC members http://bit.ly/10kgpgS

Devastating column on @JustinTrudeau : Liberals, don’t say you weren’t warned http://bit.ly/101T44M

! JdeM front page: The secret of Tiger Woods’ comeback http://bit.ly/N40YBj

NYT front page (also on the front page of most major US papers) http://bit.ly/T9yfDf

A piece I wrote on @bobraeMP in 2006 http://bit.ly/XIPlGL @jonkay’s take as he leaves http://natpo.st/Yh54jL

AG carbon offset scam, oops spat in BC? The whole truth and nothing but http://bit.ly/15Y5YSe

Growing concern for the environment may benefit Greens: @mario_canseco http://bit.ly/YgZAWr

In the W Post, David Ignatius on Syria/Iran/Israel/Pals worth reading http://wapo.st/10kfPzZ

QC Libs re Duceppe/training: “Is appointing the most famous separatist in Canada the recipe for success?” http://bit.ly/Xiadsk  

Hey look, Gilles Duceppe is back!  (to lead the PQ fight against feds’ training proposal) http://bit.ly/108DIuv

Formation de la main-d'oeuvre - Le PLQ refuse de s’allier au PQ http://bit.ly/10hPyCb

QC Liberals refuse to support PQ motion in Nat’l Assembly denouncing federal training move http://bit.ly/10hPyCb

Montréal’s Mr 3% learned the rudiments of his er trade from Mulroney’s chief organizer http://bit.ly/16hbfpW

Montréal’s Mr 3% hired an ex fed bureaucrat to help get Airport contracts? http://bit.ly/11LfwmI French http://bit.ly/WVF24D

Tory popularity flags in 'tough' mid-term report http://bit.ly/XGb95R

Front page of La Presse w the guy #NDP is trying to tie to #CPC

In reaction to latest on corruption in QC http://bit.ly/XGdKfQ #CPC source telling journos Harper cut ties to Mulroney cuz of Airbus

Tories claim riding redraw in Saskatchewan benefits NDP http://bit.ly/Zv2mq9

So 20 #CPC MPs campaigned in #elexn41 on re-opening abortion, and #cdnmedia wouldn’t have noticed it? http://natpo.st/Zsmc58

#CPC MPs who object(ed) to Harper’s abortion promise shd have resigned and run as Independents or do so now

I respect the right of women (journos) to choose a #CPC backbench revolt over abortion rights!

Toronto Star: Stephen Harper says Ottawa looking to resolve cancer mom’s EI sickness benefits case http://bit.ly/16h38tt

Former #CPC MP Jay Hill broke rules by calling ministers, ethics commissioner says http://bit.ly/11KQXGq

Canadian taxpayers paying more to fund ‘gold-plated’ parliamentary pension plan http://bit.ly/108m7mj

Globe (print edition hed): Conservative MPS chafe under Harper’s restraints http://bit.ly/WVw47G

Wherein the leader of a party who sits in the Hof C says parties “are not an essential part of our democracy” http://bit.ly/13wf3pF

Premier Christy Clark in one of the Guardian’s best photos of the day (scroll down) http://bit.ly/15Tv6JJ

Exxon Valdez anniversary sparks renewed pipeline debate in B.C.: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/16XrHNr

B.C. First Nation asks court to prevent Kinder Morgan pipeline twinning http://bit.ly/Zv3olO

W Post: Awkward! Keystone opponent to host Obama fundraiser in SF next week http://wapo.st/10Oz5Yz

A rather more realistic Post column http://natpo.st/YTcXrg than Globe op-ed http://bit.ly/XbEgCR

Ian Macdonald serves up some interesting advice for #NDP leader Tom Mulcair http://bit.ly/ZuUOU4

Toronto Star front page: Eight gala guests were ‘concerned’ about Ford http://bit.ly/Zv9YsG

Front page of the T Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY vs front page of the T Sun http://bit.ly/PalHIF

CP: Toronto mayor Rob Ford denies published report he was intoxicated at event http://bit.ly/YTee1w

Toronto Star editorial: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s pattern of behaviour tells a troubling story http://bit.ly/WVtT3K

Meanwhile…! 40% of TO police employees earned $100,000-plus in 2012 http://bit.ly/YHVkvA

! Sarah Thomson says she ‘joked’ about sleeping with Conrad Black http://bit.ly/14uLep7

Guardian re Carney: That's rich: new Bank chief's wife condemned for London rents moan http://bit.ly/10dnIpu  

T Star front page Panda-monium: Pampered pair to get VIP treatment at Pearson http://bit.ly/10cbw9F

!! Calgary Herald hed: Panda pair take first step on road to Calgary visit http://bit.ly/10cbw9F

Pandas or not, I rather suspect that *this* story on the front page of the Toronto Star will come up in #QP ! http://bit.ly/Ys4odC

HT: Feds ‘blackmailing’ First Nations into signing away power over water, resource dev't for continued funding http://bit.ly/11BpN0Y

HT: Penashue within Elections Act rules but if wins/convicted only Hof C cd expel him http://bit.ly/15KcXOv

N Post: RCMP probing if Canadians killed in Algeria gas plant siege had help from home http://natpo.st/XBeFhH

HT: Former AGs critical of Senate’s handling of expense claims review, ‘it’s public money’
 http://bit.ly/14oQIBF

HT: New political paradigm could be on shaky ground if progressives coalesce/unlikely, say Big Shift authors http://bit.ly/YzgajP

Denis Lebel asks top bureaucrat to investigate if fed bridge agency received gifts from a QC construction firm  http://bit.ly/X70yWD

Van Sun lead story: Paul Simon lends voice to BC group’s anti-pipeline commercial http://bit.ly/16cazSJ

Keystone/WPost front: US enviros approach Native American group only when they need something http://wapo.st/10c9cj9

T Star columnist bends over backwards to give federal minister who’s screwed up badly a fair hearing http://bit.ly/16chqM0

When Jim Flaherty gets a rave review in the T Star, fiscal conservatives should be worried, very worried!

Don’t recall Hill journos being quite as enthusiastic about this Mulroney initiative when introduced! http://bit.ly/10bfqj5

! N Post’s J Trudeau is less vacuous than you might think becomes J Trudeau may B more than just a pretty face http://natpo.st/11C26t5

! N Post print edition @mdentandt: Banking on Quebec with charisma; Gazette? Trudeau speaks truths that Quebecers need to hear

#cdnmedia biased against #NDP? Globe A4 Justin + son photo/headline shifting on @mdentandt column quite striking today

Hébert: On the constitution, majority view in the #PLQ more marginal than ever in the #LPC http://bit.ly/Y9QuKZ

BC Libs? “A little bit of a rebrand,” says @graciestyle, “There’s a freshness there.” http://bit.ly/10E5JMq

Elizabeth May cleverly finds a way not to run a candidate in Labrador http://bit.ly/ZOyCUQ

Maybe these Canadians featured in the NYT should have stayed home and paid taxes! http://nyti.ms/16cbfYd

Globe and Mail editorial board definitely didn’t get this information reading the Globe and Mail! http://bit.ly/ZjCux7 

Hollande hits new low for French Prez at this stage of mandate http://bit.ly/14mC3H7 French http://bit.ly/YAnsAK

Ever wondered what it's like 2B a vicar or dominatrix? Or what brain surgeon or bikini waxer think about job? http://bit.ly/Y8gQx4

40 years since Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon' John Rentoul remembers when bursts thundered in his ears http://ind.pn/YNCSR6

In other words, foreign media (and Algeria) were telling us the truth about Canadian involvement http://natpo.st/11xpPa5

Hafta say I’m dubious about this energy project http://bit.ly/X4Oa9u

In the NY Times, the world needs more Canada http://nyti.ms/ZfCoGR

Keystone? In the NYT, Canada’s reliance on renewable energy compared favourably to US! http://nyti.ms/ZfCNJq

Andrew Kohut in W Post: The numbers prove it: The Republican Party is estranged from America http://wapo.st/16RfMRk

Douthat in NYT worth reading: The Obama Era, Brought to You by the Iraq War http://nyti.ms/ZYiyiB

! UK playwright plans musical of Anders Breivik's Norway killings http://bit.ly/ZfRBYv

Hafta agree @JustinTrudeau is spot-on about JMurray/EMay/ACoyne electoral co-op proposal http://bit.ly/YNoQiF

Washington Post editorial: A fracking breakthrough for environmentalists and drillers http://wapo.st/ZYockL

NYT analysis: Obama Reveals a Knack for Middle East Mediation http://nyti.ms/11xfGdq

In other words Obama abandoned the approach of Globe and Mail and #CBC journos who vilified Harper http://wapo.st/ZLyGEP

Whoa! (Washington Post front page): A striking racial divide in deaths by firearms http://wapo.st/16Rd2TT

UK FinMin Osborne’s Plan C: invest all your hopes in a Canadian | Andrew Rawnsley http://bit.ly/YAdak1  

Celebrating Easter or not, without doubt the best news you’ll read today http://bit.ly/169X85Q

The funniest (and truest) column about the Harper government that I read today http://bit.ly/YNps7J

Proof that no one loved Kevin Page more than @ezralevant’s media party [expanded version]! http://bit.ly/ZfyKwB

Hey journos & pols (esp Liberals): look who’s *not* on the front page of the #1 paper in Montréal! http://bit.ly/N40YBj

A message to Sun Media, the National Post and Macleans from the Toronto Star http://bit.ly/16R875j

CP: Mulcair reaches out to labour (which will bring smiles to Harper’s face) http://bit.ly/ZfHoeJ

A journo http://bit.ly/10yjR9W another http://bit.ly/YNoQiF who know #LPC *very* well report on the #LPCldr debate

Postmedia report on #LPCldr debate distinguished by its regional focus http://bit.ly/16R4rjY

QC journos (JdeM too) saw #LPCldr debate differently from anglo ROCers http://bit.ly/109JKuC French http://bit.ly/ZLh1gD

Time will tell whether @ezralevant was very right or very wrong about @JustinTrudeau as #LPCldr http://bit.ly/Zfx723

CP: Money haul suggests fight for second between Murray and Hall Findlay in #LPCldr race http://bit.ly/XzbyXE

Hm.. @kinsellawarren misses on Obama/Mideast http://wapo.st/16R5QqV and therefore misses on Jews in #cdnpoli http://bit.ly/Zfy7U1

More evidence of global warming, oops, climate change http://bit.ly/ZYatKI

Dear @sunlorrie: My fave climate change quote? UK PM's "60 days to save humanity" at Copenhagen http://bit.ly/109FZ8p

Brit papers http://bit.ly/NTMU4Q all over this story http://bit.ly/11xrY5J  

Great hed: 2 Popes Meet for Lunch for 1st Time in 600 Years http://nyti.ms/YLOowl

Whoa! Charles Moore: Southern Europe lies prostrate before the German imperium http://bit.ly/16P7iKg

Those cunning Jews! http://bit.ly/107q7TX

Linda Grant: I don’t get David Bowie. Maybe because I’m Female http://ind.pn/WLBxO9

T Star front page: CIDA merger with Foreign Affairs may help the poor http://bit.ly/ZI6DWT

Sad to see the worthy PBO initiative come to this http://bit.ly/14dJYGp

Canadian voters may be experiencing seven-year itch with Tories: Hébert http://bit.ly/YjYjzZ

Simpson: Someone will eventually have to clean up the Conservatives’ tax code http://bit.ly/X1HEQM

! @acoyne  files a second budget column with all the stuff he missed yesterday http://bit.ly/ZiWX1S

I’m expecting better political advice from him in his second column! http://bit.ly/WVGIwp

Mulcair one year later: What we've learned (Postmedia): http://bit.ly/15DiAhq

Progress: In PE Trudeau’s day, big sums of money could be donated by anonymous wealthy people http://bit.ly/Xx2pil

(In the Gazette) a good piece on the influence of foreign money (including Cdn) in Israeli politics http://bloom.bg/11sSuNt

NYT front page http://bit.ly/T9yfDf  Erdogan insisted on speaking to Obama before Netanyahu http://nyti.ms/13kzLJ3

Obama visits grave of founder of modern Zionism, which other foreign leaders have avoided http://wapo.st/YLMkoh

Today’s howler from Montréal  http://bit.ly/Y5O2Fj

Harvard-educated? #cdnmedia, not just T Star, shd be more careful, and not just re Ontario premier http://bit.ly/13kKmnb

Today’s howler from Montréal  http://bit.ly/Y5O2Fj

Flaherty says skills training plan open to negotiation http://bit.ly/YLOcNF

QC Minister of sovereigntist governance is furious! http://bit.ly/ZbkCoa

Vaughn Palmer: With polls refusing to tighten, do Liberals face 1991-style wipeout? http://bit.ly/X1H59y

A Journal de Montréal exclusif! (hope they asked her about that packaged smoked meat) http://bit.ly/N40YBj 

Globe satisfied with a Conservative budget http://bit.ly/13hufGZ T Star wanted an NDP one http://bit.ly/WYZQKO

Couldn’t sell a carbon tax and doubt he can sell a proportional-preferential-personalized electoral system! http://bit.ly/YfqUX4

Vaughn Palmer: NDP considers changing political party funding rules http://bit.ly/ZhbOd9

NYT http://nyti.ms/YvQG3K WSJ  http://on.wsj.com/YvRa9O editorials on Obama in the Holy Land

The Washington Post reviews an er Native American restaurant in Toronto http://wapo.st/15yTGzl

Globe line story (print edition hed): BUYING TIME  http://bit.ly/104CiRm

W Post lead story (print edition hed): Obama urges Mideast Talks/Shift in stance favors Israel http://wapo.st/164E0pE

#cdnmedia biased, you say? Hell, not the Toronto Star http://bit.ly/ONwQiY or the Toronto Sun! http://bit.ly/PalHIF

! Citizen: Foreign Affairs to take over CIDA Globe: Agency’s demise shifts control to PMO ! N Post: Foreign aid agency merges with DFA

! Globe: Agency’s demise shifts control to PMO Editorial: decision 2 move CIDA inside DFAIT making it arm of foreign policy is bold

! Globe: Demand peace, Obama tells Israelis; N Post: Abbas on short end of Obama rhetoric

In contrast to Globe/Star non-reports, NYT gives you the full story on Obama/Mideast from the 1^st paragraph on http://nyti.ms/Z2mfEC

Hey, Argo has upset Kiwis too. And their parliament even passed a motion! http://wapo.st/WQXzAv

The world needs more Canada? (NYT):  Hockey Gear Is the Focus of a Tariff Cut in Canada http://nyti.ms/13hHtU9

! T Star lead story: Tories choose deficit-cutting over spending; T Walkom: Flaherty delivers classic tax-and-spend budget

! @acoyne Citizen front: News, if there is any, is mixed at best; @acoyne N Post front: Incoherent coddling and other old tricks

! @mdentandt Citizen: A clever plan;  @mdentandt Gazette: Tories plan built on caution, hopes – and possibly some prayer

! @acoyne Calgary Herald: Budget hard to hate or love; @acoyne N Post front: Incoherent coddling and other old tricks

Best column I read on the er, budget, and on #cdnpoli and #cdnmedia reaction to it http://natpo.st/ZYVWgr

On the politics of the budget @JohnIbbitson http://bit.ly/13hu9iF vs Tim Harper http://bit.ly/WQU1y9

Citizen: PBO Kevin Page called ‘scapegoat’ in power struggle http://bit.ly/YsPjpD

! CP: Less than half of Liberal supporters register to vote for #LPCldr http://bit.ly/YvCtnb

#LPCldr race will have fewer eligible voters than #NDP had last year http://bit.ly/YvCtnb

Hey, if Vic Toews doesn’t go to the bench, he can always get a job as a Global TV producer! http://bit.ly/ZgZrxF

NY Times Obituary: Paul Rose, Quebec Separatist Leader, Dies at 69 http://nyti.ms/YJEQlB

! La Presse: Corruption was tax deductible http://bit.ly/Xukrla French http://bit.ly/10qPAdm

Hey, QC is er, livid over Flaherty’s er economic sabotage http://bit.ly/15zb8E5

I guess the Bloc would be upset if SNC hadn’t handed this cash *too* to the PQ!  http://bit.ly/YvIfWa

If you’re wondering about #CPC prospects in BC—given the way N Gateway is going—a column worth reading http://bit.ly/Y3nVPf

Province: BC Liberals formed attack team to target John Cummins and B.C. Conservatives http://bit.ly/13hDV4t  

The Economist Party in full froth this morning; wd be good if some of them ran for public office against this chap http://bit.ly/13eAZ8I

On the front page of the paper that banner headlined PET’s ‘apprehended insurrection’ http://bit.ly/WDXy1g

In the Mideast, the universe is unfolding as it should http://nyti.ms/13eo7PW

Obama’s # 1: More than 3,000 years ago, the Jewish people lived here, tended the land here, prayed to God here http://1.usa.gov/WJlAtb

Good move by Premier Redford http://bit.ly/14e5JGm

Vaughn Palmer’s devastating piece on Christy Clark http://bit.ly/YHOl4P latest poll http://bit.ly/1022cFm

Wente ain’t gonna win any friends in the federal public service this morning! http://bit.ly/Y17YZQ

T Star columnist has a better read from away on BC than what you’ve been reading in the Globe and Post http://bit.ly/15uNqc1

Will be interested in @ezralevant’s reaction to this column by Haroon Siddiqui http://bit.ly/162clFZ  

Worth reading: As teachers talk up the NDP, @adriandix must learn serious math: @garymasonglobe http://bit.ly/15ZPefi

Premier Clark eager to hitch onto David Black’s plan: @LeyneLes  http://bit.ly/WD92SJ

One reason some oppose Canada’s electoral system is that it gives the #NDP a chance at power, as in BC #bcpoli

I promised a friend never to use the line about Manitoba being a good place to come from! http://bit.ly/ZJFdil

Globe: U.K. jobless claims fall to lowest since June ‘11 Guardian: Unemployment rise undermines rosy budget speech hopes http://bit.ly/YqCqZZ

Once upon a time this chap and I used to debate the Mideast on #CBC http://ind.pn/11ioEyR

Front page of the Ottawa Citizen featuring a big campaign contribution to Harper http://bit.ly/P59tRU

Mr Mulcair goes to Washington and the Globe editorializes (Spoiler alert—they’re not impressed!) http://bit.ly/ZuNUOx

In BC, the head-tax apology (and cheque) sunk (for the moment) http://bit.ly/15pBS9W

Subtle! Tories aim to divide, conquer with envoy who will canvas First Nations on energy projects http://natpo.st/11dZBcD

Australia suffered light casualties in Afstan/none in Iraq but respected Chretien's decision! http://bit.ly/147bKEz

Obama visits/Palestinians pissed http://nyti.ms/ZJKrL8

Obama’s most important stop during the Israeli part of his visit http://wapo.st/142YKQe

Globe and Mail line http://bit.ly/ZZuhx6 National Post lead http://natpo.st/ZuP6S3 story this morning (T Sun stuck on pervs!)

Thursday’s budget likely to be modest, with much to be modest about: @IvisonJ http://natpo.st/YFBT5B

A union’s major contribution to Harper’s re-election Citizen line story! http://bit.ly/15ZKWV7 Globe view http://bit.ly/Xp2kNv

If you read to the end, it turns out librarians and archivists are not being muzzled by the Harper government http://bit.ly/Y3Ra6R

Hmm.. #CPC thinks Mulcair has marginalized himself http://natpo.st/15pwQKC maybe not http://bit.ly/ZSGvpS

Not a day too soon: PM’s new first nations adviser aims to find accommodation on development http://bit.ly/ZcLDEp

! Calgary Herald: Redford denies she called for national carbon tax http://bit.ly/10gWfGI

Oops! (W Post lead story): Islamic law comes to rebel-held areas of Syria http://wapo.st/WUJVxh

Lysiane Gagnon on the new QC Lib leader http://bit.ly/15pLIbU

Oops! Pauline Marois slips on a banana peel http://bit.ly/15pybRs

I’m absolutely certain the Toronto Sun will give equal prominence to this guy if he’s not guilty! http://bit.ly/PalHIF

UK newspapers split over press regulator (NYT also reports but #cdnmedia still largely ignoring) http://bit.ly/WGzfRE

A ‘great’ moment in public broadcasting http://bit.ly/YVDmrL  

Braid: Jobs at crux of NDP-Tory blow-up http://bit.ly/15XIH4P

The NY Times reports what #cdnmedia party doesn’t appear to http://nyti.ms/ZaPpy4

David Brooks: The Progressive Shift http://nyti.ms/10bV9vU

Dear President Obama: China http://bit.ly/Yo9gKX

Whoa! In the Ed Journal line story, Premier Redford says Ottawa shd levy a carbon tax http://bit.ly/ZG9aQn

Canada-U.S. ties would suffer from a Keystone rejection: Redford http://bit.ly/ZPyRN7

Alberta #NDP leader sides with Mulcair over Redford http://bit.ly/1491ITz

SNC-Lavalin admits to paying off municipal party of a former Trudeau cabinet minister http://natpo.st/XW8BE9

Wente on Justin http://bit.ly/YlESnJ

#CBC: Joyce Murray savours late momentum in Liberal race http://bit.ly/15XBIZD

Pfft… http://bit.ly/16Gi5GP

Too much circumlocution in this op-ed for my taste http://bit.ly/15XEpdu @kinsellawarren serves it up straight http://bit.ly/WAFVj0

Fresh off backing a scheme to boot Harper @acoyne advises Flaherty on how to solidify his legacy http://natpo.st/XmGoTg

Striking contrast between N Post http://natpo.st/ZWSt39 Globe http://bit.ly/ZaHMYt editorials on QC today

! TStar on Couillard/Const: worthy if ambitious goal if doesn’t lead 2 bitter wrangling w

Ott/fan flames in QC http://bit.ly/15ld56M

W Post front page support for gay marriage soars to record high 58 percent http://bit.ly/1457XaI

In other words, what US/UK media were reporting about a Canadian in January is true http://natpo.st/137cMkt

The Globe reports on a rich enviro http://bit.ly/1491bRF the W Post reported on a month ago http://bit.ly/YPPDOq  

Vaughn Palmer: Information watchdog launches wide-ranging look into Clark’s ethnic strategy http://bit.ly/15XB5PN

Front page of the Guardian w what most Canadians won’t be reading about today http://bit.ly/NOmlc2

#cdnmedia party [expanded version] not rushing to report this agreement http://bit.ly/137h2R8

In print @ezralevant serves up a well-merited apology http://bit.ly/YPLSIE

Globe P2 corrections still not transparent about source of errors; here’s today’s # 1 deciphered http://bit.ly/10EZwOO

Tomorrow’s Globe correction today: Brian Mulroney’s origins weren’t blue collar? http://bit.ly/137kyuS

The #NDP in power appears to be having problems going green! http://bit.ly/XTXEmC  

Dear @CraigMcInnes: Obviously only a gov’t spends gov’t $; *both parties spending *taxpayer* $ http://bit.ly/142SDeS

NYT front page: Terror Haven in Mali Feared After French Leave http://nyti.ms/133SNn0

W Post front: Obama to visit grave of founder of modern Zionism http://wapo.st/142YKQe

In Vancouver today, Harper gov’t to announce ‘world class’ system to address oil spill fears http://bit.ly/XTQ2QX

“PM’s comments [re mid-mandate shuffle] stand.” @PMO_MacDougall http://bit.ly/15gsp4M

Globe line story (print edition hed): Flaherty cuts spending on weak forecast http://bit.ly/WQVIws

CP: Tory budget will focus on deficit of job skills http://bit.ly/133DURx

! Hill-Times: Flaherty to release ‘austerity’ budget, MPs criticize $5-million for Religious Freedoms Office http://bit.ly/ZlLt0C

Justice Minister Nicholson says 'no question' criminal law reforms will pass Charter test http://bit.ly/ZlKei4

Hill Times: Saskatchewan Conservative MPs object to proposed ridings, say they’re too large http://bit.ly/XSSRE4

Most of what you need to know about how the game of  #cndpoli is played today http://bit.ly/142QVtZ

Yesterday things got a bit better for Mulcair #NDP in QC and a bit worse for  Trudeau  #LPC http://bit.ly/Z8KCNA 

Globe front page (print edition hed): Payment that led to probe of SNC was attached to oil-sands deal http://bit.ly/106NMpN

A ‘great’ west coast moment! http://lat.ms/ZD6q6i

Prof challenges Postmedia pundits on climate change http://bit.ly/118Abkr  @mdentandt first to fail! http://natpo.st/YKnnfU

Yanks worried about bitumen; Cdn producers say they’re not planning to reverse Maine pipeline http://wapo.st/ZUhlsd

Cdn Ass of Petrol Produ's writes the NYT  writes the NYT http://nyti.ms/Yjqqg0 on Keystone/US @sunlorrie writes in the T Sun http://bit.ly/15VmN1Z

A ‘great’ transportation moment! http://bit.ly/Xk3z0k

Guardian: All-party deal for a new UK press regulator underpinned by statute appears to have been reached http://bit.ly/YKs3ma

OMG! On the front page of the Telly, Will & Kate disagree in public  http://bit.ly/R3YkNZ

‘Great’ hed (Chronicle-Herald inclusiveness!): Dallaire mounts crusade against use of child soldiers 

Harper gov’t appears to have moved beyond getting Sun papers to cover this kind of thing http://bit.ly/114uMuG

Reputable papers like NY Times wd have labelled this Star piece “analysis” (even w/out Prof’s er expertise!) http://bit.ly/10Zhw6S

The Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition calls on MPs to do right thing/not be intimidated by media http://bit.ly/15d0lyY

Over the years, haven’t seen much of this kind of reporting re Cuba in #cdnmedia http://bit.ly/XOet4v

The federal government commissioned a public inquiry and shut it down before it finished its work http://bit.ly/ZA5iAC

Unlike @ezralevant I don’t see the connection between this and the SCC hate speech decision

Siddiqui supports the SCC hate speech decision and he calls on an old gov’t hand to support him http://bit.ly/YjMZxZ 

On the #LPCldr race @sunlorrie worth reading http://bit.ly/14117TH

Dernier tour de piste mordant de Jean Charest http://bit.ly/XhDkrw

In English, CP doesn’t report that most of what Charest said about Canada was said in English http://bit.ly/15TRpkm

Any1 thinks PMO staff not thinking bout swing ridings every working hour smoking something grown in BC http://bit.ly/YhtxFb

On Keystone, more Americans will see this http://bit.ly/XhygDs than will have seen this http://bit.ly/15cWaTV

On the #LPCldr race @kinsellawarren http://bit.ly/Ws9i8g @sunlorrie worth reading http://bit.ly/14117TH

When Boris is photo’d w/ a woman who’s his wife (as today) you know a leadership challenge can’t be far behind! http://bit.ly/102L98q  

In La Presse, Mulcair aide present at mtg says he never told Pelosi Cdns opposed to Keystone, only that #NDP wants east-west capacity

Obama deputy press secretary downplays climate impact of pipelines/stresses auto regs http://wapo.st/16zhhTV

Nocera in NYT: A Real Carbon Solution http://nyti.ms/1591yYf

@acoyne worth reading (if only cuz he sweeps away some of the idiocies you’ve been reading about Mulcair in DC) http://natpo.st/XeQPIr

Hmm.. Globe reporter agrees to hold off reporting Mulcair meeting w/ fugitive Gary Freeman in Washington http://bit.ly/142kWdy

In the US, the FCC is cracking down on #robocalls http://wapo.st/12YyiI4

Hey, maybe this is the abortion law that the National Post wd like us to have! http://nyti.ms/Z584eA

NYT lead story: US Bolstering Missile Defense 2 Deter N Korea http://nyti.ms/YfoWmX Ottawa? http://bit.ly/ZHqUtb

PBO Kevin Page continues to win friends http://bit.ly/13YZvK5 @ChantalHbert’s view http://bit.ly/110AzRR

He’s right about Joyce Murray but if Stephen Harper had agreed w/ the rest he’d not be PM http://bit.ly/10UzgjE 

JdeM: Mulroney supporting Bachand in QC Lib race http://bit.ly/ZYCBzb

Reading the papers these days one cd almost imagine that public servants used to have the right to speak freely http://bit.ly/16zdKoO

*Huge* correction to a front page article in yesterday’s Globe and Mail (scroll down) http://bit.ly/ZMPVV5

More evidence of gambling going on in casinos in BC (likely elsewhere too) http://bit.ly/WnYurO

A unilateral declaration of electoral cooperation by the Green Party? http://bit.ly/XeQ8ii

Imagine voting in a national election on January 22 and finding out who’s gonna er, govern on March 15 http://nyti.ms/XePmSk

A photo of the Queen that #cdnmedia are hoping we’ve all forgotten http://bit.ly/XEcTlB  

A hoot of a column: Ethnic outreach effort run by stumblebums: @LeyneLes

http://bit.ly/140fbx7

W Post lead story: Senators considering large cut in family visas/boost in skilled as part of immigration deal http://wapo.st/16wU3xR

The next King of Canada is studying Arabic http://bit.ly/ZEYuQp

This photo of the Queen reminds me of the day PM Paul Martin visited and shook hands with Gadhafi http://bit.ly/XEcTlB

! Globe front page: Hold [Bollywood awards]  gala before vote, Clark said http://bit.ly/ZMPVV5

NYT: Obama has given up on moving comprehensive climate change leg thru Congress & has ruled out a carbon tax http://nyti.ms/Zab9NJ

WS Journal: Oil Exports Spur More Questions About Keystone Pipeline http://on.wsj.com/ZtEl1e

Globe line story (print edition hed): Pelosi questions Keystone pipe http://bit.ly/10VLtIB

LAT: Obama to announce plans to fund alternative fuel research today (paving way to Keystone approval?) http://lat.ms/154RUFX

Lawrence Solomon in Post: Obama will block Keystone http://natpo.st/YfpgyQ

Can’t speak for neighbours back east in Alta/Sask, but National Post misreads public opinion out west where I live http://natpo.st/12Vit59  

Smartest move of the week by a politician http://buswk.co/WjpZTw

Personally I think it’s wise for Mulcair #NDP to differentiate themselves from #LPC on this issue http://bit.ly/10VXQEG

Yakabuski: Will Quebec stray from its ‘virtuous’ energy path? http://bit.ly/Z9TLsv

How badly does the Globe editorial board wish to see the #NDP out of the role of alternative government? http://bit.ly/10VTmOd

(1/2) Star: thin Trudeau program leaves many questions unanswered, including how he would get the economy moving again

(2/2) Star editorial: how he would balance energy development and green policies, and where he would let the tax burden fall.

Dear NY Times editorial board: Who needs a government when you have a great electoral system! http://nyti.ms/12Vlxye

My bet is that federal-provincial relations will survive this! http://bit.ly/13ZYjGB

Neither N Post http://natpo.st/13WMAIA  nor T Star http://bit.ly/ZTw4Ww likely to be happy with Flaherty (whatever you call it)

Post: We’re living longer, not better’: Average Cdn will spend more than decade suffering from serious illness http://bit.ly/15QdEI5

On the front page of the Guardian and the Times, but #cdnmedia party [expanded edition] not talking about it! http://bit.ly/WLoSNl

! Ambrose comes through with millions for Edmonton LRT http://bit.ly/WrWsFK

Have to wonder why public servants didn’t object to this at the time http://bit.ly/15QiBR3

Vaughn Palmer on Van Sun front page: Blamelines in ethnic outreach debacle run straight to premier http://bit.ly/Z9O0Li

Badder news for Harper on the (real) western front http://bit.ly/XDH4JD

Notably, a former sen’r adviser to Premier Bourassa involved in this corrupt pol party financing http://bit.ly/15QdjVy

Ex French intel chief laughs at idea of his country appointing those w ties to foreign countries to SIRC http://bit.ly/Wjr7Xa

Dear losers: Have a nice day! http://bit.ly/Yx2eFW  

On the front page of the Independent, the next King of Canada in a bit of a controversy http://ind.pn/10R5TT6

! Telegraph (print edition hed): What if a lesbian Queen in a gay marriage had a test-tube baby? http://bit.ly/12QOprd

In the NY Times, a ‘great’ Afghanistan war moment http://nyti.ms/Z1oWmu

The wonders of proportional rep: 62 days after the election there are reports that Israel is to get a new government today!

Those cunning Israelis! http://bit.ly/WpkQba

Mulcair is holding Layton’s support for #NDP; Harper isn’t holding support for #CPC http://bit.ly/ZKdi1w

In the Guardian, a great UK moment (print hed): Scots give more per head to charity than the English http://bit.ly/10R4dsK

Yikes! Ignatius: Prudent for US to plan for the worst in regard to N Korea http://wapo.st/13XIeBo

Mulcair tells Washington Harper has failed to protect environment http://bit.ly/X9nM97

! Postmedia: Mulcair warns Americans of Chinese energy takeovers in Canada http://bit.ly/YcI5CM

Obama tells GOP lawmakers that jobs numbers for Keystone overstated - The Washington Post http://wapo.st/Yb24EW

Eilperin: unlikely that Obama could make Keystone decision before early July http://wapo.st/Wp8VdB

! Sask #NDP leader er clarifies stance on pipeline http://bit.ly/150oxET

The good news is that we now have an independent Director of Public Prosecutions in Ottawa http://bit.ly/13XzACU

Radio-Canada (and La Presse) with more corruption allegations at SNC-Lavalin http://bit.ly/ZOpJvo

Whoa! (Globe front page): Police search home of exec from earlier (ie Lamarre) period of SNC http://bit.ly/X9jjU2

B.C. Auditor-General knocks legislature’s ‘culture of entitlement’ http://bit.ly/Wp9fZO

This happening in British Columbia? Who woulda thunk it? http://bit.ly/16tRwV7

Alberta’s dire fiscal situation hits er, home! http://bit.ly/13UFzrL

Michel David: mesquinerie inutile si on retirait leur statut bilingue à certaines municipalités http://bit.ly/X9jjU2

Best piece I read today on the #LPCldr race (and on the #LPC)  http://bit.ly/Z1g68n

Justin Trudeau set to win Liberal crown, but then what? Walkom http://bit.ly/ZK6HUY

Have long thought that if this pundit is so smart he should try his hand at politics http://natpo.st/ZBRMe6

! @jonkay criticism of @acoyne (in lead graf) http://natpo.st/14ZUzRs edited out of print version of column

I’m counting on the twitterverse to spill all the super insights that Globe journos are sharing w digital subscribers only!

Competing heds! Globe leads with 15 nominations for national newspaper awards; Post nominated for photography awards

Competition! Globe leads with 15 nominations for national newspaper awards; T Sun: Donato up for award

Hafta think a bit about this ! (T Sun hed) pic.twitter.com/yhs3HOyYnx

Also in the Toronto Sun, a 'great' #cdnmedia moment pic.twitter.com/VrX96WB0eM

Even the NY Post treats the new Pope with respect on its front page http://bit.ly/QNUNqJ

! What the Guardian thinks of Canadian cuisine http://bit.ly/ZOsgpn   

Gallup poll: Worldwide image of Harper’s oops Obama’s int’l leadership declined during first term http://bit.ly/ZzsRYI

The crackpot Jean Chrétien overlooked in attending Chavez’s funeral http://nyti.ms/15MnWZG

Times Colonist front page http://bit.ly/N7AMbV NDP used taxes for partisan work: Liberals http://bit.ly/10MqVSH

Now it’s NDP’s turn in the hot seat: @LeyneLes http://bit.ly/WHkmj4

Dear PM Harper: True or false? can’t possibly meet yr Copenhagen GHG targets precisely because of the oil sands http://natpo.st/XHYsuK

Thomas Mulcair wrestles with the Keystone pipeline in Washington visit: Tim Harper http://bit.ly/ZJi8hJ

Dear Prez Obama: (NYT op-ed): World’s leading oil importer, China, reaches out to cold Arctic country http://nyti.ms/ZJdsID

! Friedman today: massive amts of oil/gas in US/Cda/Mex making N America the new Saudi Arabia/who needs the old 1? http://nyti.ms/Y96zA3

Getting us into Afghanistan as the alternative may have been too clever by half http://bit.ly/14VJv7V

Van Sun front page poops on NDP: Auditor general raps NDP for partisan fund http://bit.ly/W9AUPp

Vaughn Palmer: How did a $6-million loan to two ex-government aides magically vanish? http://bit.ly/12OD4I9

Tomorrow’s Globe correction today: Jeff Simpson invents a second #NDP MP who bolted to the Bloc http://bit.ly/10EZwOO

Senator Bert Brown should man up and acknowledge that he failed in his decades long quest http://bit.ly/WH7Yzx

Dear @kinsellawarren: Bernie Farber is unsure of Doug Christie’s true beliefs? http://natpo.st/12OFu9L

Léger/JdeM PQ 31 (37 francos ne permet pas aux péquistes d’être assurés d’obtenir le pouvoir) PLQ 30

Léger/JdeM: taux d’insatisfaction à l’égard du gouv  péquiste, qui est passé de 58 % lors du dernier coup de sonde, en février, à 68 % #assnat #polqc 

Two PQ-connected firms lining up for their bonanza http://bit.ly/Y6Twiz French http://bit.ly/13QS3kf

Y all #cdnmedia almost without exception love British Columbia http://bit.ly/Xnd2tv

Traveling ystdy, but wd not want to let this (the lead in particular is an embarrassment to Cdn journalism) go unmentioned http://bit.ly/Zils1e

NY Times: Web Sites Blur Line Between Fantasy Sports and Gambling http://nyti.ms/Y6Xdoc

LA Times front page: Al Qaeda chief's kin, other Salafis push for a puritanical Egypt http://lat.ms/16oD4h8

Guardian (print edition hed): Vienna Philharmonic finally gives up its dark secrets of playing Hitler’s tune http://bit.ly/X2HumZ

Best thing about having a foreign monarch as our Queen is not waking up to #cdnmedia reporting all that trivial news about Royals

I do hope the beleaguered Cameron gov't isn't looking to wag the dog http://bit.ly/Xnt1I3

Maybe the Harper gov't should increase #CBC funding: Between booting Flanagan and Layton biopic, #CBC doing wonders to boost #CPC fortunes! 

I’m betting that @acoyne who voted #LPC in the last election won’t be voting #CPC in 2015 either http://bit.ly/WjRDhL

Toronto Star report, also on front page, draws attention to this “assault on democracy” http://natpo.st/10zDjl7

On the front page of the Times Colonist “a famed advocate for free speech” http://bit.ly/N7AMbV

I think Lawrence Martin thinks Justin Trudeau can win the next election http://bit.ly/W4TcBm

Dear Globe and Mail: Loony is what’s been going on in Toronto  http://bit.ly/X2l19u

Government funds used for partisan purposes in BC, you say? http://bit.ly/WFnVWO

Terence Corcoran: The New York Times calls for war on Canadian oil http://natpo.st/WjXJyP

La Presse: Deux firmes proches du PQ ajoutées à une liste sélecte

Palmer on Dix http://bit.ly/10H8crP Mason on Clark http://bit.ly/YXvvGw  

Levant: Manning led the charge against Kyoto; what’s happened to him? http://bit.ly/Y7LjaA

Will be interesting to see if Trudeau’s experienced handlers decide to cut their losses on this one http://bit.ly/Y7LGlD

Tasha Kheiriddin worth reading on loose-lipped conservatives in/and the media http://bit.ly/YXx1IM

JdeM gives the GG front-page treatment as it goes after his travel expenses http://bit.ly/N40YBj

On the front page of the Guardian http://bit.ly/NOmlc2 a cabinet minister who lied is going to jail http://bit.ly/Xn70Jk

Washington Post lead story focuses on the huge shift in US energy supply http://wapo.st/YpbCbJ