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fourth batch of today's tweets Gazette: #NDP on tightrope over protests http://tinyurl.com/cpkgoqr Alain Dubuc: Cherchez l'erreur http://tinyurl.com/7xfnv82 third batch of today's tweets Here’s the link to the Forum poll I posted earlier showing ndp/Mulcair up and Cdns negative re Conrad Black ctznship http://tinyurl.com/7xuznau W Post lead story: U.S. officials among the targets of Iran-linked assassination plots http://tinyurl.com/7fxgskx Mark Milke & Fred McMahon: Some inconvenient facts about equalization http://tinyurl.com/6v8zzne Today’s howler (Gazette print edition hed): Failed Tory candidates bounce back http://tinyurl.com/73mt8op second batch of today's tweets CP: Ottawa to introduce back-to-work legislation after CP Rail-union talks stall http://tinyurl.com/842xolr HT: Tories set to shut Commons inquiry into F-35s http://tinyurl.com/775rfwp Financial Times: Spain’s borrowing costs near crisis levels http://tinyurl.com/7maufoa La Presse: Québec fera une nouvelle offre http://tinyurl.com/6o72843 La Presse: Québec will make a new offer to the students at today’s meeting http://tinyurl.com/6o72843 Globe: As tuition talks reopen, Parizeau compares Quebec unrest to Quiet Revolution http://tinyurl.com/6s3qsed HT: A year under chief of staff Wright, PMO has less a ‘bunker mentality’ http://tinyurl.com/85jk5m7 Tim Harper: B.C.’s David Wilks may be powerless, but rookie MPs do make a difference http://tinyurl.com/7jhdc5d Ibbitson: Why Atlantic Canada need not fear decline http://tinyurl.com/7wr2rtq Michael Warren: Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is tilting the playing field against unions http://tinyurl.com/7tmwvef Star editorial: Stephen Harper’s EI reforms must include a credible right of appeal http://tinyurl.com/792b4ab first batch of today's tweets N Post/Forum poll: If election were held today, NDP wd form minority gov’t (138 seats, CPC 123) N Post/Forum poll: Mulcair approval rating (41) higher than Harper (33, tied w/Rae); Harper’s disapproval highest (net -26) N Post/Forum poll: 61% of Canadians think Conrad Black should not be given back Cdn citizenship NY Times: Iran Says It Won’t Halt Uranium Enrichment http://tinyurl.com/7eypw25 Guardian: Nick Clegg criticises plan to offer Tories free vote on gay marriage http://tinyurl.com/7xtyutm fourth batch of today's tweets Sunday Telegraph: The Queen gets a £44bn valuation for family 'Firm’ http://tinyurl.com/boxa2x7 Mike Smyth: B.C. Liberals courtship of John Cummins hints of desperation http://tinyurl.com/clbnkgf Ross Douthat in NY Times: The Facebook Illusion http://tinyurl.com/ct574hc Andrew Rawnsley in the Observer: The prime minister [Cameron] has put his judgment and integrity on trial http://tinyurl.com/bl778fh third batch of today's tweets Sunday Telegraph: Money laundering probe puts spotlight on the £15 million sale of Prince Andrew’s home http://tinyurl.com/csseha9 In France, 12 yr-U de Mtl philo prof Christian Nadeau explains that he’s still paying $150/month on his student loan! http://tinyurl.com/borl69k Reading @TorontoStar editorial about the Queen, U’d almost forget that her son was in town a few days ago w Camilla! http://tinyurl.com/d5ealk3 second batch of today's tweets Sunday Telegraph (and Sunday Times) line story: Cabinet minister admits breaking cash rules http://tinyurl.com/7fue5a5 NY Times off-lead story: Drug Traffic Remains as U.S. Nears Afghanistan Exit http://tinyurl.com/cx4s64x One awaits @glen_mcgregor’s explanation as to why he’s reporting this stuff about Tom Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/cycnhmv first batch of today's tweets NY Times lead story: U.S. Seeks Russia’s Help in Removing Assad in Syria CP: Student leaders' talk turns to compromise in Quebec tuition-fee battle http://tinyurl.com/c32buuu The inconvenient truth: @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/d7goae2 Liberals struggle with identity: @MarkDunnSun http://tinyurl.com/c2s2fl6 Benoît Aubin : La gauche casserole http://tinyurl.com/74v96q3 EI rips off steady workers: @thejohnrobson http://tinyurl.com/bqqryrx fourth batch of today's tweets Graham Thomson: Premier Redford’s decision to open Ottawa office a slap in the face to Tory MPs http://tinyurl.com/cbhbsep Interesting that #CBC CROP poll re Law78 http://tinyurl.com/87khb7g differs so markedly from La Presse CROP poll http://tinyurl.com/d6npb26 Protesters aren’t Charest’s biggest problem. It's this woman @kick1972 in Globe and Mail http://tinyurl.com/bv737rx third batch of today's tweets Calgary Herald: More than half of political gifts in probe found to be illegal http://tinyurl.com/6ns69xe Financial Times: Iran talks end in harsh lesson for west http://tinyurl.com/br8xhxn On Romney, Gail Collins http://tinyurl.com/cm7ks4p Peggy Noonan http://tinyurl.com/bln2c6b second batch of today's tweets Joe Nocera in the NYT: Facebook’s Brilliant Disaster http://tinyurl.com/74t7rln Rex Murphy: Mulcair is too loud on Alberta, too mute on Quebec http://tinyurl.com/7bbddt2 David Frum: ‘Dutch disease’? We should be so lucky http://tinyurl.com/89rg82g first batch of today's tweets
Wall Street Journal : Spain Pours Billions Into Bank http://tinyurl.com/c4bx5pt CP: Quebec students--first we take the streets, now we take the courtroom http://tinyurl.com/7eudjdm Walkom: EI changes driven by contempt and ideology http://tinyurl.com/7mo3o24 Simpson: The Conservatives tamper with a way of life http://tinyurl.com/74ghkpt Stephen Harper's hidden agenda is the economy: @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/7tlwaf4 Michel David: Loi 78 - L’audace retrouvée http://tinyurl.com/79ebd9n Negotiation is not a solution in itself: @MacphersonGaz http://tinyurl.com/d6ousc5 Regardless of political affiliation, race or ethnicity, every Canadian is under the same code: @ezralevant http://tinyurl.com/7lcqlfg A heavy sigh for the long-winded title guy: @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/6q72qf4 Facts a cure for Mulcair's disease: @montesolberg http://tinyurl.com/89aj37u fourth batch of today's tweets Guardian: Queen very popular; Brits want Throne to pass directly to William http://tinyurl.com/cfxjtgr Don’t expect a pendulum swing if @adriandix becomes Premier @justine_hunter http://tinyurl.com/c2aaory third batch of today's tweets WS Journal: Japanese buyers Line Up for U.S. Shale Gas http://tinyurl.com/6sx7u2d WS Journal line story: New Signs of Global Slowdown http://tinyurl.com/6wyd68k Iran according to the Globe http://tinyurl.com/73rw3nn vs the NY Times http://tinyurl.com/cxw439q Guardian: Scottish independence campaign has stalled, says Alistair Darling http://tinyurl.com/7nuobf8 second batch of today's tweets Iran according to the Globe http://tinyurl.com/73rw3nn vs the NY Times http://tinyurl.com/cxw439q Today’s howler: Green Party's Elizabeth May says she was repeat EI user: ‘When I needed it, I used it’ http://tinyurl.com/84jsxut Paul Godfrey said he is lobbying the federal Heritage department to revisit Canadian ownership restrictions on newspapers http://tinyurl.com/7udrq96 Globester, oops former Globester with the latest on Murdoch’s stinky manoeuvring w/ the Cameron gov’t http://tinyurl.com/6t3xhxv first batch of today's tweets CP: New poll suggests Canadians split over NDP Leader Tom Mulcair's energy views http://tinyurl.com/cdgcrx6
T Star lead story: Conservatives get tough with EI; Globe: EI rules target occasional and frequent users CP: Desire to maintain ties with monarchy grows in English Canada/QC bucks trend: Poll http://tinyurl.com/c7ms368 Globe: Tories say ‘professional agitators’ behind robo-calls legal fight http://tinyurl.com/7ugqxkj Simpson on QC: In a province of sacrifice, a few pursue privilege http://tinyurl.com/88cwlgl EI: @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/7dq87af @susan_p_riley http://tinyurl.com/c8cufav EI: @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/cdh4eec Tim Harper http://tinyurl.com/ctt3wxd fourth batch of today's tweets Happy 71st Birthday Bob Dylan! http://tinyurl.com/66hbolr A generalization re QC: Anglo commentators seem to be taking the hard line today while Francos emphasize compromise/mediation (in NYT) “We never expected Dem pres, let alone one seeking to be ‘transformative’ to open up Arctic Ocean 4 drilling” http://tinyurl.com/cn3dzkt (Ouch!) Andreas Whittam Smith: Authenticity is a great asset in a leader. David Cameron lacks it http://tinyurl.com/7snwjds third batch of today's tweets Hepburn: Conrad Black and his fight to regain his Canadian citizenship http://tinyurl.com/7e9k5dz La Presse urges Charest to reduce tuition increase despite likely rejection of offer by CLASSE http://tinyurl.com/8xvr7rz NYT op-ed: Am’s traveling 2 QC shd know they R entering prov that rides roughshod over citizens’ fundamental freedoms http://tinyurl.com/clcb6ow second batch of today's tweets On QC, it’s @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/73nwtny vs @TorontoStar http://tinyurl.com/6vet9ef L Martin: A hawkish Harper tempers his ways http://tinyurl.com/cvzh4w4 Yaffe: Mulcair risks being branded by negativity http://tinyurl.com/boqu26j Criticism by Conservative MP shows depth of unease over omnibus budget bill @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/cjtmal5 Mulcair’s carbon flaw: Cap-and-trade raises prices, it doesn’t lower emissions @sunlorriehttp://tinyurl.com/85fh8xy Walkom: From CAW and CEP comes a new (old) idea to rebuild unions http://tinyurl.com/c7v4gjt On QC, @TashaKheiriddin http://tinyurl.com/85nbw8v In the Gazette Aubin http://tinyurl.com/d355lta @MacphersonGaz http://tinyurl.com/c75y9kx on QC turmoil first batch of today's tweets CP: 400 arrested as Montreal police kettle demonstrators http://tinyurl.com/cuumwdb T Sun: Tories haven't earned their wings on F-35 program: Survey http://tinyurl.com/7qa6ww5 Globe: Elections Canada gambit in robo-calls probe fails http://tinyurl.com/bmbsfo7 Citizen line story (print edition hed): PS payouts could total $2 billion http://tinyurl.com/cuxsqxmGlobe: Economic unity beats out crime as hot issue, poll finds http://tinyurl.com/c58ojnr HT: Wrzesnewskyj urges PM to call byelection in Etobicoke Centre http://tinyurl.com/bspjdyl Globe: Quebec student struggle poses a challenge for NDP http://tinyurl.com/bqayvpe CP: 13 per cent of Canadians aged 15 to 29 out of school and unemployed: StatsCan http://tinyurl.com/dy724bg third batch of today's tweets J Simpson Dec8/2001: the campaign against Taliban/al-Qaeda has gone better than anyone had dared hope. The war in Afghanistan is almost over Correction : editorial claiming P Martin’s gov’t held most closed-door mtgs followed by JC/SH based on incorrect info. The TSun regrets the error second batch of today's tweets Mulcair won’t comment on legitimacy of #loi78 or on calls for civil disobedience http://tinyurl.com/6wn23jy first batch of today's tweets Canadian Pacific Railway workers on strike http://tinyurl.com/bwwgyag Massive Montreal rally ends with police clashes http://tinyurl.com/d353u6q The national implications of the student protests in Québec: @Colettod http://tinyurl.com/7rmro47 On Canada-Afghanistan, Walkom http://tinyurl.com/cxt7vfo Simpson http://tinyurl.com/d3ov7mz Harper http://tinyurl.com/clpfb6s On Elections Canada, Carolyn Parrish http://tinyurl.com/cb9ut7k @stphnmaher http://tinyurl.com/c9vp3cq On Mulcair, Ian Macdonald http://tinyurl.com/ce4qhwd Philip Cross http://tinyurl.com/cx23jhy On Québec, @PhilipAuthier http://tinyurl.com/bqkkng2 @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/cuadzt6 On EI, @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/brrhcea @curryb http://tinyurl.com/cx4x5u3 Canada-Afghanistan editorials: @TorontoStar http://tinyurl.com/d9ptakc @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/d2pm7zv third batch of today's tweets Karl Rove at work: New Republican Ad Takes a Soft Shot at Obama – NY Times http://tinyurl.com/cvyunc9 La Presse editorial: Retour au calme: un devoir national | @apratte http://tinyurl.com/crefub9 #GGI #loi78 #assnat #cdnpoli Edmonton Journal editorial: Mulcair not wrong to share his views http://tinyurl.com/c3hpa2h second batch of today's tweets On the front page of the Toronto Star, Canada’s two nations! 1 or the other! Black may apply for Canadian citizenship (Toronto Star); Black mulls dropping bid to reclaim citizenship (Ottawa Citizen) Notwithstanding the spin, QCers appear in Le Journal’s print edition to support most of the dispositions of #loi78 first batch of today's tweets Globe lead story (print edition hed): Rank-and-file RCMP fight to preserve dedicated health plan http://tinyurl.com/d9qqc2u NDP attracting star candidates, Mulcair says http://tinyurl.com/78hpoqb Globe front (print edition hed): Harper calls ‘firm and final’ end to presence on Afghan soil http://tinyurl.com/cwernbv L Martin: Time for Harper to bring out the broom? http://tinyurl.com/czmn29x T Sun Abacus poll: #CPC 37 #NDP 35 #LPC 17 http://tinyurl.com/7odn3qm Andrew Cohen: Visions of elections future: a nightmare for the Liberals? http://tinyurl.com/72s8ujo William Watson: Do we have Dutch Disease? At worst a touch http://tinyurl.com/822gmem NDP green plan bad news @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/78cxdgu Le Devoir : « Les jeunes se réveillent, ne les écrasez pas ! », demande Jean-Marc Léger http://tinyurl.com/6pkmb2w
Le Journal : Un vrai sondage (contrairement au sondage du quotidien de l'empire Power Corp)! http://tinyurl.com/6wrm7bd #GGI #loi78 Le Journal: Le gouvernement va trop loin--47% sont en faveur et 47% sont contre #loi78 http://tinyurl.com/6wrm7bd #GGI Le Journal: 61% approuvent l’obligation de dévoiler l’itinéraire #GGI #loi78 PLQ PQ au coude à coude à 32 % Charest a remonté de 4 points depuis le 3 mai, contre 1 pour le PQ http://tinyurl.com/7gztl8j #GGI #loi78 Marcel Boyer : Conflit étudiant - Ou comment oublier les vrais problèmes http://tinyurl.com/7tmd3cx third batch of today's tweets Now playing in QC: Democratic government depends on the consent of the governed. The state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force (!) NDP MP Duncan said she likely would not have raised the issue in terms of Dutch Disease, because she is not an economist http://tinyurl.com/7abb6va Fars News Agency :: Top Commander Reiterates Iran's Commitment to Full Annihilation of Israel http://tinyurl.com/7kxzoxh second batch of today's tweets «Fuck you Quebecor» chanted the vandals as they attempted to break windows at a Videotron outlet http://tinyurl.com/83ovylu
Ed Journ lead story: With Keystone & Gateway in political limbo, pipeline advocates turn to Canada’s East Coast http://tinyurl.com/736fupw The case against Tom Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/7rtfu55 and the defence http://tinyurl.com/7abb6va first batch of today's tweets CP: Quebec's emergency law, high-profile supporters emboldens protest movement http://tinyurl.com/cgqkkj5 Globe & Star front same story on Canada/Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/cucp6ej in NYT http://tinyurl.com/cxkgwbr W Post http://tinyurl.com/btm7pyn Nada Financial Times: EU summit this week to raise pressure on Merkel http://tinyurl.com/87gjeca HT: Lobbying czar should be able to fine lobbyists: House Ethics Committee report http://tinyurl.com/7vj2jmz On W Post front page, first-rate piece on lobbyist access to the White House http://tinyurl.com/co6vkm3 Tim Harper: Tom Mulcair will not move, but Conservatives define oilsands debate http://tinyurl.com/dy8l2ub On the Harper government, @JohnIbbitson http://tinyurl.com/d3uwj8d @montesolberg http://tinyurl.com/cc7dybu In the Globe, Jim Stanford on free trade http://tinyurl.com/cn8datn on EI @barriemckenna http://tinyurl.com/c5x8wr2 Students must occupy voting booth: @WriterWong http://tinyurl.com/77lq9zu second batch of today's tweets In a letter to the Herald, the er responsible Minister disagrees http://tinyurl.com/6wkn26tv w/ Roger Gibbins on the senate http://tinyurl.com/7w9oz9j Nick Cohen in the Observer: Why Charles III will be the republicans' best friend http://tinyurl.com/cbkq8av Hmm.. NYT op-ed: Who Arrived in the Americas First? http://tinyurl.com/72nzulh LA Times: So long, Braves! Oregon bans Native American names as mascots http://tinyurl.com/7wazb62 What the @OttawaCitizen is reporting on the Nato meeting http://tinyurl.com/cbof44g vs the NYT http://tinyurl.com/cllnffb first batch of today's tweets CP: Fire, barricades, and a Rolling Stone: Quebec protests make waves T Star lead story: G8 leaders take tough line on Iran http://tinyurl.com/75zso8s CP: G8 leaders urge Europe to focus on growth rather than austerity at G8 summit http://tinyurl.com/8xgn4r8
Afghanistan as being reported today by @OttawaCitizen http://tinyurl.com/cbof44g @CdnPress http://tinyurl.com/7cqyv9x vs the NYT http://tinyurl.com/7he2a7t T Star editorial: It’s time for Thomas Mulcair and the West to ratchet down oilsands rhetoric http://tinyurl.com/buqsd9y Mulcair talks nonsense: @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/6qg8s2x fifth batch of today's tweets Calgary Herald front page: Redford rejects NDP claim of Dutch disease http://tinyurl.com/7gnlfkg A 2nd poll (buried) in La Presse conducted
before
Vaughn Palmer: No free pass for projects: Cummins http://tinyurl.com/6txkgmp Will be interesting to see whether Tom Mulcair backs
this prominent member of the #NDP caucus in dissing QC’s
In @nationalpost a letter by @RayHeard re @WriterWong
(whose book has yet to be reviewed in fourth batch of today's tweets Kiefl/T Star: (1/4) sales and promotion expenses, increased by 15% overall which seems to have been taken from #CBC radio budgets (2/4) #CBC is listed as the worst-performing public broadcaster on the basis of audience ratings, an element missing from their reports for the CBC. (3/4) radio services took a major financial hit in 2010 and appear to have been singled out, inadvertently or not, to bear the brunt of #CBC cost cutting. (4/4) Both CBC English and French TV services increased their expenses in 2011, meaning that radio has been sacrificed to fund #CBC TV. http://tinyurl.com/87rec7b NYT: Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects http://tinyurl.com/7xod87r third batch of today's tweets W Post: Chicago braces for NATO, and Occupy http://tinyurl.com/bswzhwc One reason I read the NY Times http://tinyurl.com/89wrfj8 is to find out what will be in the Globe the next day! http://tinyurl.com/7ws8ruz W Post front page: Chinese communist leaders denounce U.S. values but send children to U.S. colleges http://tinyurl.com/7r5z6ym second batch of today's tweets T Star report on CROP/La Presse poll : Massive public support for Charest’s emergency law http://tinyurl.com/c6fz2cl CP: Molotov cocktails launched in Montreal protests following legal crackdown http://tinyurl.com/cajecvk Globe: Changes to Old Age Security equal big savings for Ottawa, big costs for seniors http://tinyurl.com/co48c8z Thomas Mulcair: How recklessly un-Canadian – Rex Murphy http://tinyurl.com/7hku2qg On QC’s turmoil, @ChantalHbert http://tinyurl.com/6u3nnej Wente http://tinyurl.com/7h3akn6 La Presse editorial http://tinyurl.com/88vhzs8 Walkom: After Afghanistan failure, NATO should scale back or call it quits http://tinyurl.com/7ht2ezv first batch of today's tweets On Mulcair, Simpson http://tinyurl.com/6svfoth @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/6rxjeg4 Gazette editorial http://tinyurl.com/7g27wh5 Le bâton et le serpent | André Pratte http://tinyurl.com/88vhzs8 Postmedia: Any job was a good job for these politicians http://tinyurl.com/7s8bm55 CP: Harper government funded study arguing Canada suffers from 'Dutch Disease' http://tinyurl.com/6r4tglf Postmedia: NDP policies would make some projects unviable/Mulcair ally comments on environmental position http://tinyurl.com/7b899qg Globe: Residents of Toronto riding receive voter identification calls after judge throws out federal election results http://tinyurl.com/85gk4r6 The Charter guarantees 'peaceful' assembly: @globejunius endorses QC’s Law 78 http://tinyurl.com/7d5zo3g Le ras-le-bol | Yves Boisvert http://tinyurl.com/7rla4sl Le pyromane | Michel David http://tinyurl.com/cmmhx76 Le Globe and Mail appuie la #loi78 (en anglais) http://tinyurl.com/7d5zo3g Sondage: en faveur de la ligne dure | Denis Lessard, La Presse http://tinyurl.com/89bgm3h À la une: SONDAGE CROP- LA PRESSE: LES QUÉBÉCOIS EN FAVEUR DE LA LIGNE DURE (#loi78 66-34) Le Devoir : #loi78 - Abus de pouvoir http://tinyurl.com/c6oynh3 third batch of today's tweets Ex-US amb Neumann/O’Hanlon: Troop and budget cuts could undermine Afghanistan’s security http://tinyurl.com/7p52d5t NYT: U.S. Redefines Afghan Success Ahead of NATO Conference http://tinyurl.com/89wrfj8 the ambitions of the Obama admin — and in fact the agenda for the NATO summit — are narrowly focused on security Gone is the assumption that Kandahar will remain entirely in the control of the central government A ‘great’ Ottawa moment: [PBO] Watchdog would have welcomed firing http://tinyurl.com/7vwe64o (Tim Harper—T Star print edition hed) second batch of today's tweets Vaughn Palmer: Ties to federal party could hinder B.C. New Democrats' shot at leadership http://tinyurl.com/82wkxpv M. Mulcair a tort http://tinyurl.com/89g7kxq @martincoiteux Lascelles in Globe and Mail: Shrugging off Canada’s competitiveness shortfall http://tinyurl.com/75f6tl3 On Obama and SSM @dgardner http://tinyurl.com/7mascjk vs Krauthammer http://tinyurl.com/76dqzhv first batch of today's tweets Globe line story (print edition hed): EI shakeup to target repeat users http://tinyurl.com/7eobrob HT: Conservative MP Hawn estimates CF-18 costs $12,000 less per flying hour than F-35 http://tinyurl.com/7qulb6h Postmedia: Conservatives, Liberals join hands to slap down Mulcair over oilsands attacks http://tinyurl.com/8y3484q Calgary Herald lead story: Alberta admits it likely missed its greenhouse gas reduction targets http://tinyurl.com/82ru6jq Globe front: Charest launches legislation to crack down on student protests http://tinyurl.com/7m2hxdp Postmedia: From debt to defence, Harper has his hands full at G8/NATO summits http://tinyurl.com/8xlp3bz T Star front: Second legislative warrant to be issued for ORNGE founder Chris Mazza http://tinyurl.com/7zz3wau Postmedia: Health care cost for older immigrants pegged at nearly $3 billion http://tinyurl.com/6px3q2o Goar: Budget legislation riddled with unwelcome surprises http://tinyurl.com/7v8pm3m Simpson: ‘Time and punishment’ now Canada’s way http://tinyurl.com/7kr9j4w Harper's Arctic sovereignty legacy starting to cool off: @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/6qw5j4q first batch of today's tweets Fitch warns of mass eurozone downgrades as frontrunner to lead Greece rails at 'barbaric' austerity http://tinyurl.com/88t7cwm To its credit, the @TorontoStar is not blaming Ottawa for Toronto’s G-20 policing mess http://tinyurl.com/6mv7trs In the Star @ChantalHbert tries (again) to pan-Canadianize QC’s turmoil, but it still don’t wash http://tinyurl.com/75mulzf The clarity of the Globe ORNGE report http://tinyurl.com/dx8hwoo perhaps explains why the Star’s was completely incomprehensible The correction on page 2 of the @nationalpost print edition is to this column http://tinyurl.com/7baxsp5 In the 1960s, the baby boomers would never have thought of going on strike against their university! http://tinyurl.com/89dr5ea The correction on page 2 of the @globeandmail is to this column http://tinyurl.com/722m6gv So @globeandmail reported on cabinet doc w/ $25B figure & Hill journos didn’t use # in F-35 reporting Just saying http://tinyurl.com/6qljykp How stupid must a government be to hold the G-20 in a big city! Er, http://tinyurl.com/77kqk6w Ruth Marcus in W Post: Obama’s same-sex marriage position sets up future clash http://tinyurl.com/86ahoyk In today’s best news… http://tinyurl.com/7ppj8ld LA Times: As NATO summit in Chicago nears, members eye the Afghan exits [Canada has “downsized”] http://tinyurl.com/86a27h4 Robyn Allan (2): We all pay the price for 'Petrodollars' http://tinyurl.com/7wepega Stop the presses : Celine Dion is selling her house (it’s yours for only $29.5 M!) http://tinyurl.com/8aau5cb Lysiane Gagnon: Le clivage franco-anglo http://tinyurl.com/78xjnys McParland: Thomas Mulcair's federalism doesn't include The West http://tinyurl.com/7f6tctk Robyn Allan: Keep the oilsands’ wealth at home http://tinyurl.com/7n6jppd Robert Matas/Globe: Politicians and those pesky polls http://tinyurl.com/7qrvlpd Redford fumbles the oil sands file @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/8x63lvh sixth batch of today's tweets Dear #CBC: Charest cannot win without an end-game http://tinyurl.com/78vevrx Let’s hope this @CdnPress article http://tinyurl.com/6tjlwkn ends better than the glorification of Asmaa-el Assad that is no longer on Vogue’s website It’s a well known adage in Canadian politics that as goes PEI, so goes, er Surrey? http://tinyurl.com/cokq59m fifth batch of today's tweets Gordon Gibson: An elected Senate would ruin B.C. http://tinyurl.com/7ubk7rg One good thing about the turmoil in Montreal is that their Black Bloc will be too busy to attend this year’s G8 in Chicago! Washington Post lead story: Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, U.S. coordination http://tinyurl.com/7p5emwd fourth batch of today's tweets Some Cdn soldiers grouse privately about Afghan training deployments being cut short. One of their beefs has been financial. http://tinyurl.com/cxrxjo4 NY Times: As Trained Afghans Turn Enemy, Nato joint-training model Is in Peril http://tinyurl.com/7qck5xg Indeed @JohnIbbitson. As I recall, there was considerable support for PET’s NEP in the parliamentary press gallery http://tinyurl.com/7yaavut "The hissing sound you hear is the air going out of the pro-military balloon at #CPC headquarters. They've had enough." http://tinyurl.com/c3etbls Hmm.. @globeandmail front-page lead paragraphs http://tinyurl.com/ccxh3ll strikingly similar to report in NY Times last week http://tinyurl.com/7ro5u5k third batch of today's tweets Palmer: B.C. political history rife with volatility http://tinyurl.com/7vvt7b2 On Harper and climate change, @dgardner http://tinyurl.com/c2jwdpf meet @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/3rnbr5z On UN food guy in Canada, Postmedia's @SarahSchmidtPN http://tinyurl.com/bu96e88 vs N Post’s M Soupcoff http://tinyurl.com/bqydafa second batch of today's tweets Globe line story hed: Canada ready to open its doors er sub-hed: once new policies boost their fortunes
L Ian Macdonald on John Baird http://tinyurl.com/6pz7qx4 oops! http://tinyurl.com/7gzxrpp first batch of today's tweets Is Canada grappling with Dutch Disease? @barriemckenna http://tinyurl.com/d2sx353 Chinese firm's Canadian contracts raise security fears @GregWeston30 http://tinyurl.com/ctg9l3s On cocky Mulcair, @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/bpecfoh @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/dyjowaj Tim Harper: Stephen Harper eliminates the ‘radical centre’ of environment debate http://tinyurl.com/c83wbxk Postmedia: Canada cutting Afghanistan presence by more than 100 soldiers http://tinyurl.com/cxrxjo4 N Post: Mulcair dismisses Western premiers as Harper’s ‘messengers’ in oil sands debate http://tinyurl.com/6m5qk6y third batch of today's tweets Edmonton Journal editorial: West flares at Mulcair's complaints http://tinyurl.com/6nkfx2k Michael Smyth: Voters cast BC Liberals adrift as they sink in polls http://tinyurl.com/6rtqkvb second batch of today's tweets Wording of @globeandmail page 2 clarification re 2 columns written 4 years ago suggests one or more defamation lawyers was involved NYT : On SSM, most suspect that Obama was motivated by politics, not policy/Romney opens slight poll lead http://tinyurl.com/7z8ycnh NYT editorial: Confronting Keystone Again http://tinyurl.com/7qap5dx first batch of today's tweets Van Sun: Omnibus bill threatens fish: [BC Conservative leader John] Cummins http://tinyurl.com/7azttxp CBC: Old Age Security savings pegged at $10B, Flaherty says http://tinyurl.com/colljrq CP: Veterans board chair charges to attend UK lectures where wife was participant http://tinyurl.com/ccmathg In the T Star @ChantalHbert http://tinyurl.com/89lzkmk @apratte http://tinyurl.com/6ooslb4 on Charest/students The calm before the attack-ad storm @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/7g68fek L Martin http://tinyurl.com/7hu25fa S Dion http://tinyurl.com/cyoy9kj @darrellbricker http://tinyurl.com/7b2lezd on east-west divide NYT: Obama made a point of couching his views on same-sex marriage in religious terms. “We’re both practicing Christians” http://tinyurl.com/896rcvp sixth batch of today's tweets In the Independent, a column on polls and political journalism worth reading http://tinyurl.com/cs48hvz Like his QC counterparts, a UBC music student I know isn't in class today either. Of course, he finished his academic year and has a summer job fifth batch of today's tweets Québec estimates that C-10 will send 1,000 more/day to prison http://tinyurl.com/clpb962 National Post letters page headline: Majority say it’s time for Quebec to go fourth batch of today's tweets (1/2) Christy Clark in N Post: Cummins flaw is thinking you can somehow win an election in BC if you’re not a coalition (2/2) Christy Clark: I ran in the leadership on an early election, and I made a decision not to do it. Because I heard from people third batch of today's tweets Spencer pointed out Postmedia hired Den Tandt/Maher/Coyne and will continue to produce inv/analy/enterprise #journalism http://tinyurl.com/6w6e4xo USA Today/Gallup poll: 51% agree with Obama's gay marriage endorsement second batch of today's tweets WS Journal front page: Resource-Rich Canada Looks to China for Growth http://tinyurl.com/bl9z3j5 W Post editorial: What the Keystone pipeline won’t do http://tinyurl.com/cojfw4c first batch of today's tweets CP: Canadian stimulus money goes to companies, people implicated in Quebec scandals http://tinyurl.com/cwsn2c9 Calgary Herald (print ed hed): Gibbins joins list of Senate reform sceptics http://tinyurl.com/buvm7na CP: More secret committee meetings under Liberals than Harper's Tories http://tinyurl.com/7h9khsk #NDP vs #CPC http://tinyurl.com/74stdu7 @mdentandt; & the #LPC? http://tinyurl.com/7v3o4sl @JohnIbbitson Tim Harper: Alberta Premier Alison Redford holds the key to environmental peace http://tinyurl.com/cmy8oro Ottawa’s true spending, and cuts, shrouded in a fog of bafflegab @barriemckenna http://tinyurl.com/d3of92k third batch of today's tweets Jim Stanford: Look at the other side of the petrodollar coin http://tinyurl.com/86grnf7 second batch of today's tweets Balanced #journalism wd be the @OttawaCitizen posting Jim Stanford’s op-ed backing Mulcair on the oilsands/value of the dollar. Douthat/NYT: Winning the News Cycle, Losing the Race http://tinyurl.com/74vnz9a first batch of today's tweets CTV: MacKay denies DND obscured info on military spending http://tinyurl.com/787vjr3 CP: Montreal subway smoke-bomb suspects charged with terrorism-related prank http://tinyurl.com/7lyoape Postmedia: B.C.'s Clark criticizes Mulcair on resources http://tinyurl.com/87vux3n Plamondon: Harper is the anti-Trudeau http://tinyurl.com/7pph54j Sunday Star editorial: Stephen Harper promised accountable government but hasn’t delivered http://tinyurl.com/87ewwy8 third batch of today's tweets CP: PQ says federal government has a strategy to put Quebec in its place http://tinyurl.com/7yuaf25 BC NDP leader @adriandix says he’d go to QC to keep Canada united if he and the PQ win next elections http://tinyurl.com/7jvrdjz Vaughn Palmer: BC Rail inquiry - Pricey train ride into distant past? http://tinyurl.com/7yvykes Graham Thomson: In promoting oilsands, Alberta must prove it's cleaning up its act http://tinyurl.com/7uusz3z The @nationalpost @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/7slclcy must meet the @OttawaCitizen @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/c6kxgfy ! second batch of today's tweets At its best, post-secondary education is about the hope for a better life, which is all you need to know about QC students boycotting classes Ouch! What were NDP ministers thinking when they took free Winnipeg Jets tickets? http://tinyurl.com/ctfd5tv Chronicle-Herald lead story: Enterprise Cape Breton execs take pricey trip to B.C. http://tinyurl.com/cd7pjec first batch of today's tweets CP: Opposition accuses Tories of stooping to new low to muzzle dissent http://tinyurl.com/7ndlla7 Hébert: Stephen Harper seeks to put the abortion issue to rest http://tinyurl.com/74gstnr Globe: Military defends MacKay as bill for Libya mission more than doubles http://tinyurl.com/6tbw2uo CP: Finance Minister Flaherty says NDP's Mulcair is wrong about oilsands http://tinyurl.com/6srnlo5 Van Sun : Adrian Dix ramps up pipeline battle http://tinyurl.com/7jvrdjz On not capturing carbon, Jeff Simpson http://tinyurl.com/6o6d6tz @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/7slclcy On the politics of the environment, @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/bvghvl7 @susan_p_riley http://tinyurl.com/7kwujl5 Ask and you shall (tax) receipt @ezralevant http://tinyurl.com/73tmqwf Voting becomes a declaration of independents @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/6ngzbws fourth batch of today's tweets Globe: The British High Commission gave the Suzuki Foundation $39,999 http://tinyurl.com/cqeme86 Credit union dances with investment ethics @CraigMcInnes http://tinyurl.com/cmmhdd3 third batch of today's tweets Krauthammer: Echoes of ‘67: Israel unites http://tinyurl.com/d7qw7wh Le Devoir lead story: Lawrence Cannon to Paris (reaction very positive) http://tinyurl.com/cnfudsd http://tinyurl.com/cnfudsd (pay-wall) second batch of today's tweets Calgary Herald lead story (print edition hed): Premier vows to defend oilsands http://tinyurl.com/7wqcca3 Dear @brianlilley: You’d be okay w/ a law that provided for unrestricted abortion up to the 24th week of gestation? http://tinyurl.com/bo79cx7 first batch of today's tweets L Martin: The Dippers on top! Who would have thunk it?! http://tinyurl.com/cpkkhkk Tim Harper: Tom Mulcair and federal New Democrats climb a slippery hill http://tinyurl.com/ckj2amh Yaffe: Harper government on wrong side of environment issue http://tinyurl.com/catydt8 Simpson: You can talk about efficiency, but you can't hide the axe http://tinyurl.com/bvf8fou He's tough, he's pretty — but Justin Trudeau isn't quite ready @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/btdzh95 CP: Opposition parties vowing hundreds of procedural hurdles to block budget bill http://tinyurl.com/c5drpg4 Citizen (print edition hed): Records appear to clear Guelph Tory HQ http://tinyurl.com/d87y2gn Globe: B.C.'s next senator will be elected, Clark vows http://tinyurl.com/bqnabky Star: Globe and Mail to charge online readers, offers temporary layoffs to staff http://tinyurl.com/d6fshad second batch of today's tweets Guardian front page: UK Government forced into U-turn over Royal Navy F-35 fighter jets http://tinyurl.com/7beepbk Van Dongen quest may be case of right action in wrong place @robertmatas - The Globe and Mail http://tinyurl.com/bm5ps92 T Star lead story: Chris Mazza rejected discount on helicopter deal, former ORNGE exec says http://tinyurl.com/7slbqy8 Globe editorial: President Obama took a risk that no political leader in Canada ever took http://tinyurl.com/73juukp NYT ed: We have 1 major pt of disagreement with Obama: support for concept of states deciding SSM issue on their own http://tinyurl.com/7j6aatl Corbella: Society the biggest winner from U of Calgary free speech ruling http://tinyurl.com/c36z8rs Guardian: Whatever happened to carbon capture in the fight against climate change? http://tinyurl.com/dx5xbpg first batch of today's tweets CP: New poll suggests orange NDP wave continues to roll over blue Tory shores http://tinyurl.com/6vfzpcr CP: Companies involved in Quebec construction scandals have deep federal ties http://tinyurl.com/846addg On QC students, @ChantalHbert http://tinyurl.com/746oayz @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/cn6vxge Asking some fair questions of Tides Canada @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/c78k42h Walkom: Northern Gateway pipeline faces ‘unbreakable’ wall http://tinyurl.com/76tz7gj Harper government rhetoric isn’t helping Alberta @egpayne http://tinyurl.com/72sh5fs James Hansen/NYT op-ed: If Canada exploits the oil in its tar sands, civilization will be at risk http://tinyurl.com/6w54gsb Politicians tune out climate change after paying lip service @CraigMcInnes http://tinyurl.com/7xw63f7 first batch of today's tweets La Presse: $ SNC-Lavalin’s Ben-Aissa other execs contributed 2 unwinnable #CPC ridings re-distributed to Paradis campaign Milewski: Election polling station 'errors' raise troubling questions http://tinyurl.com/cv9ufar Goar: PM Harper--A strong but hidebound economic manager http://tinyurl.com/cnrfkt8 CP: Feds will likely fall short on 2020 greenhouse gas targets: auditor http://tinyurl.com/7676y47 Ian Macdonald: Fighting an election on tuitions risky for Charest http://tinyurl.com/7ekql2c Simpson: University quality was forgotten in Quebec’s drama http://tinyurl.com/72rckek Today’s howler: NDP's policy on Quebec student unrest: more federal cash for education http://tinyurl.com/6u76759 Stephen Gordon: Dutch disease? Economic hypochondria http://tinyurl.com/chnjtdl Tim Harper: Mulcair’s call for environmental responsibility hits nerve in the West http://tinyurl.com/bpun5jl Ivison: Conservatives risk backlash over inaction on environment http://tinyurl.com/c7rcvwd Den Tandt: Omnibus bill is good policy, but bad politics http://tinyurl.com/797jsma CP: NDP says government considering splitting up massive budget bill http://tinyurl.com/brmk7fx fourth batch of today's tweets W Post lead story: Europe’s elections offer economic, political risks for Obama http://tinyurl.com/dytesyg Pollster Jean-Marc Léger on Jean Charest heading to an early election http://tinyurl.com/cyrvbtn Dear @kinsellawarren: In fairness, I haven’t seen many journos *predicting* @justinpjtrudeau will be next #LPC leader http://tinyurl.com/d9zbg6t third batch of today's tweets Rob Carrick in G & M: 2012 vs. 1984: Young adults really do have it harder today http://tinyurl.com/c6sk3zf Star: Ottawa works to close foreign tax loophole http://tinyurl.com/buonsjv Vaughn Palmer: Finally, a Basi-Virk quest that’s not costly http://tinyurl.com/cfe6nvy second batch of today's tweets Edmonton Journal: NDP would move to block oilsands pipeline if it wins B.C. vote http://tinyurl.com/7me447c Roger Gibbins: Mulcair’s bad economic prescription http://tinyurl.com/c56t8aw Yaffe: Stephen Harper's Conservative government losing its sheen http://tinyurl.com/7v9yfw7 Today’s howler: From one Frenchman to another: Mulcair congratulates France's president-elect on victory http://tinyurl.com/6mzz7cj first batch of today's tweets L Martin: How long will Stephen Harper stay? http://tinyurl.com/cdr36w9 John Ivison: Liberty lost in stampede to pass Tories’ omnibus budget bill http://tinyurl.com/bpurf3n Hébert: Thin line between social activism and stridency in Quebec http://tinyurl.com/746oayz fourth batch of today's tweets W Post front page: Secret U.S. program releases high-level Afghan insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace http://tinyurl.com/8ywzmun The world needs more Canada? NY Times-man observes Ford @TorontoStar spat http://tinyurl.com/87zd9fx third batch of today's tweets Interesting that there's no by-line on @globeandmail article re Shimon Peres / Tom Mulcair meeting http://tinyurl.com/d7snr5v Robert Samuelson in W Post: ‘Battle of the beards’: Paul Krugman vs. Ben Bernanke http://tinyurl.com/8xge6su Ex- @globeandmail Jan @WriterWong is self-publishing after publisher backed out and no one else would touch her book http://tinyurl.com/cpdz67l second batch of today's tweets Palmer: Waiver of $6-million legal fees in BC Rail case relied on a technicality http://tinyurl.com/cg92bb9 Canadian conservatism is dead: @GerryNic http://tinyurl.com/846xebr Paul Krugman: Those Revolting Europeans http://tinyurl.com/72hnol8 first batch of today's tweets Globe: Ottawa insider seen as candidate for CRTC chair http://tinyurl.com/7luklgj CP: MPs agree parliamentary committee system broken, disagree on who's to blame http://tinyurl.com/6qvefbv HT: Pollsters say they didn’t get Alberta election wrong http://tinyurl.com/ckke4kc Goar: After six years in government, Harper is getting sloppy http://tinyurl.com/carlocs Tories debate how best to keep middle-class voters: @JohnIbbitson http://tinyurl.com/dyzozry Tim Harper: Bob Rae tells Liberals to remain calm, hold the middle ground http://tinyurl.com/c6tkntf Dans @LeDevoir Michel David http://tinyurl.com/cj3h3mq @ChantalHbert http://tinyurl.com/d79ff38 second batch of today's tweets Keller/NYT op-ed: Rupert Murdoch’s Pride Is America’s Poison http://tinyurl.com/7dnd5er The @globeandmail review of this book by a well-known name in #journalism should be interesting http://tinyurl.com/dx34jr4 Downes/NYT op-ed: Back to ‘Graceland’ http://tinyurl.com/866smxw Randall/NYT op-ed: Why Black Women Are Fat http://tinyurl.com/896xemb first batch of today's tweets Toronto Star lead story: Ousted ORNGE chief too sick to testify, lawyer says http://tinyurl.com/cyec9ca Citizen: #NDP leader Thomas Mulcair takes aim at oilsands http://tinyurl.com/c594bvu UK PM Cameron 'backing down on gay marriage law to appease MPs angry over Tories' pasting at the polls' http://tinyurl.com/c672vyb Globe: Quebec raises tuition, but students won’t pay more in tentative deal http://tinyurl.com/83ru6l7 Cohn: Dalton McGuinty, Tim Hudak, Andrea Horwath take turns playing nice http://tinyurl.com/79t73wf fifth batch of today's tweets Edmonton Journal editorial: Vancouver forgets its lifeblood is resources http://tinyurl.com/ca2aseq Don Braid: Lougheed's naming as top premier is vindication for his toughest years http://tinyurl.com/bnoetkd All 3 youths convicted of 1995 murders in QC of parents of UBC Prez Stephen Toope later reoffended as adults http://tinyurl.com/7nzfoc3 fourth batch of today's tweets Corbella: Look in rear-view mirror portends to rosy future for Wildrose http://tinyurl.com/7awtr4p Vaughn Palmer: Former Liberal MLA digs for truth in $6-million BC Rail payout http://tinyurl.com/7cfl8ta Michel David: La fenêtre http://tinyurl.com/7a4a3x4 Jack Mintz: National energy strategy would be highly dangerous http://tinyurl.com/7ey4vyc third batch of today's tweets Macpherson: Political fundraising in Quebec: it's a small world after all http://tinyurl.com/83alkw8 In the Sun @kinsellawarren is onto the #CPC http://tinyurl.com/7ushvc9 @ezralevant is onto the #NDP http://tinyurl.com/8x8md3g Patrick Wintour (Guardian print ed hed): Lib Dems are trapped in a coalition with no way out http://tinyurl.com/7bk4pv4 NY Times: TransCanada Submits New Application for Keystone Project http://tinyurl.com/862n2gd NY Times: Obama Administration to Restart Guantanamo Military Tribunal, Aiming to Show It’s Fair http://tinyurl.com/6o7wz2d Affidavit raised eyebrows around Ottawa when revealed Sona discussed using political dirty tricks and was “warned off” http://tinyurl.com/7a4jtfz second batch of today's tweets Citizen line story: Robocalls IP address same as one used by Cons candidate campaign worker, Elections Canada alleges http://tinyurl.com/7qtmblz Globe: 11 injured, including 4 police officers, as Quebec student protest turns violent http://tinyurl.com/83g5adf John Ivison decodes the letter approving the F-35 http://tinyurl.com/7nyem7s first batch of today's tweets Walkom: Stephen Harper’s stealthy war against wages and the environment http://tinyurl.com/7kfremt Andrew Coyne: Stepher Harper move to defund political charities might be partisan, but it's also right http://tinyurl.com/6qa7znc Hébert: Is Justin Trudeau the Liberals’ salvation? http://tinyurl.com/8yn3p37 first batch of today's tweets Hey, like the N Post, ipolitics.ca has snuffed a column—though this cd be for legal reasons in addition to covering up an embarrassment http://tinyurl.com/7m49gok Guardian: Sea-level rises 'may not be as high as worst-case scenarios have predicted' http://tinyurl.com/bw24rfb Gerald Caplan should thank his lucky stars there weren’t more Canadian and British MPs like JS Woodsworth in 1939 http://tinyurl.com/7ylhkt7 David Brooks in NYT: What happened to the newspaper and magazine business is about to happen to higher education http://tinyurl.com/7lqkh29 Michael Smyth: Premier Clark should commit [to Enbridge], start making demands [of Alberta] http://tinyurl.com/cuuj524 #bcpoli #ableg Vaughn Palmer: BC NDP [oilsands] remedy: A national energy policy http://tinyurl.com/d9hvguz #bcpoli CBA Pres op-ed in Van Sun: Canadian banks didn't need - and didn't get – bailouts http://tinyurl.com/cevvn5z Sponsorship scandal star Jean Brault is holding a garage sale but won’t be selling the ties he wore to the Gomery hearings http://tinyurl.com/7f2r7vd Leger poll: 69% of QCers (including 1/3 Lib voters) think Charest gov’t has badly managed the students boycott http://tinyurl.com/ct4rgwe ! CROP: 68% support gov’t tuition proposal http://tinyurl.com/75h2psz ; Leger: 69% think Charest gov’t has badly managed http://tinyurl.com/ct4rgwe Gil Troy in NP: Mulcair said he was embarrassed, as a graduate of McGill Law School, that Mcgill hosts Israel Apartheid Week. N Cullen says we can develop oilsands http://tinyurl.com/7yfjtt2 Marc Jaccard says any pol who says that is lying to you re climate http://tinyurl.com/74mzx6j How politics and lobbying are married at the hip in the most non-partisan of fashions http://tinyurl.com/738ngtg #cdnpoli #bcpoli Hmm… 2 Cdns among int’l journalists singled out by al-Qaida to receive "special media material" on 9/11 anniversary http://tinyurl.com/72q9nmd Osama’s picks: “In Britain, Atwan and Fisk, in America Russ, Hersh and Van Dyke, in Canada Eric Margolis and Gwynne Dyer.” A ‘great’ moment in Cdn #journalism: Two Canadian journalists on terror group’s info list (Ed Journal) Dear @OttawaCitizen: I cd swear I heard R Fonberg twice testify he’s twice asked PBO 2 identify what info not provided http://tinyurl.com/7gr4j3q Treasury Board Sect’y confirms 20-year guidelines http://tinyurl.com/7psrt8a contrary to @acoyne on F-35s http://tinyurl.com/7mog4bz Although not stating it outright, Mulroney seemed to suggest parallels between Macdonald's legacy and his own controversial political past http://tinyurl.com/7q8t5ed fifth batch of today's tweets Mike Smyth: B.C. Liberals by any other name still . . . http://tinyurl.com/d54kjqf Cohn: McGuinty’s quest for political resurrection http://tinyurl.com/cdvs7bw QC student proposal (CLASSE): Tax the banks to finance free higher education http://tinyurl.com/7yvdv3g fourth batch of today's tweets Braid: Major’s report on MLA pay ignores the politics of his recommendations http://tinyurl.com/6r5ndl7 At Queen’s Park, non-partisanship thrives in the ORNGE scandal! (second part of the article) http://tinyurl.com/7ve3hbj NY Times: U.S. Lags in Global Measure of Premature Births [Canada among world leaders] http://tinyurl.com/7d4h9kx third batch of today's tweets Heenan Blaikie lawyers (30% participation) have donated $329K to Québec Liberal Party from 2003-11http://tinyurl.com/79bym2z QC enviro commish says Charest gov’t will not meet Kyoto targets notwithstanding its pretensions http://tinyurl.com/cwjfqty Harper yr 1? In the Post, @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/7pmnfwa (who voted #LPC) vs William Watson http://tinyurl.com/c53c9hc (who I’d guess voted #CPC) second batch of today's tweets Conrad Black Back? @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/cy67eux vs @TorontoStar Tom Walkom http://tinyurl.com/c8eswmz Graeme Hamilton: Face of Quebec student strike waging broader battle http://tinyurl.com/8xm7byl A conservative ascendancy? @ChantalHbert @TorontoStar http://tinyurl.com/d4bl3wz disses @JohnIbbitson @globeandmail http://tinyurl.com/3sl5pgj first batch of today's tweets CP: Harper's chief of staff keeps out of fighter jet debate due to conflict http://tinyurl.com/89dpcx3 Globe: Budget bill measure gives Conservatives broad power over EI rules http://tinyurl.com/c6apc32 Yaffe: Demonizing the federal NDP a tricky task for Conservatives http://tinyurl.com/7f7znu2 Harper yr 1? @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/cblwvyq L Martin http://tinyurl.com/7al34j6 Conrad? Bob Hepburn http://tinyurl.com/c78l6tj vs Margaret Wente http://tinyurl.com/cayte3y second batch of today's tweets The Mark Carney /David Dodge debate features two worthy opponents http://tinyurl.com/c59tddl Le Journal: Silent MPs http://tinyurl.com/7wkzwz7 Hmm..A Mafioso at a Québec Liberal Party fund-raiser? http://tinyurl.com/87cvrwh Still not reported in English: Mulcair held fund-raisers [in prov Lib days] at Tony Accurso’s restaurant http://tinyurl.com/d5djk7p The Mark Carney/David Dodge debate features two worthy opponents http://tinyurl.com/c59tddl first batch of today's tweets One thing U C in the ORNGE scandal is the non- (ie multi-) partisan background of those who feed off government http://tinyurl.com/84q8knd
Dear Tom Mulcair: This is an idiotic comparison http://tinyurl.com/7av5hq6 In the Post, @IvisonJ is hard on the DM of DND but remember that Kevin Page was his bureaucratic colleague and successor at PCO http://tinyurl.com/buc359x On this issue, Harper had considerable support among pundits/academics, not so much among Canadians http://tinyurl.com/cbpmc6e The @TorontoStar http://tinyurl.com/d6x77lg which endorsed the NDP, and @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/cea789a which endorsed Harper, look at year 1 second batch of today's tweets NY Times: Clouds’ Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters http://tinyurl.com/78dcx6o Palmer: Clark loyalist rides to the election rescue http://tinyurl.com/d9cm3sf Globe: Taseko Mines asks Harper to place limits on first nations input http://tinyurl.com/cmu93xq NY Times: Taser Shot to the Chest Can Kill, a Study Warns http://tinyurl.com/d96cler Ouch! At McGill, only Gender, Sexuality and Women’s studies/Grad Art Hist/Soc Work/ French Lit are on strike http://tinyurl.com/d8aqmnx In light of the F35, not sure Graham Fraser’s criticism of the AG appointment will have much salience in QP http://tinyurl.com/cqeu9ya I see Maurice Strong’s in Canada shilling for the world’s largest carbon emitter http://tinyurl.com/cdjzdah On Jean Chretien’s latest honour (via S Harper no less!), Aislin’s a hoot http://tinyurl.com/6g75wl9 first batch of today's tweets CBC.ca: SNC-Lavalin insiders urge wider probe of operations http://tinyurl.com/76nvljr La Presse: SNC-Lavalin: la tourmente atteint l'Algérie http://tinyurl.com/ckuxy9u Wesley Wark: Don’t cut off the minister’s eyes and ears on CSIS http://tinyurl.com/bosghzk So DFAIT won’t be allowed to soften its budget cuts by selling off the silverware after all! http://tinyurl.com/7rbug29 In the Sun, @ezralevant says Vancouver mayor’s a Manchurian candidate put in place by millionaire Tides backers http://tinyurl.com/dy78teu #bcpoli On abortion, @kinsellawarren says he was wrong and that Harper is being true to his word http://tinyurl.com/czcpdnv Globe: Cuts to hit Statistics Canada and Parks Canada http://tinyurl.com/7nbasg7 Yaffe: Oda's legacy is one of extravagance and entitlement http://tinyurl.com/bsgn5zy HT: Budget bill gives Cabinet veto in pipeline, oil sands projects, say critics http://tinyurl.com/cujv6r9 B it environment legisl http://tinyurl.com/d5le8av or abortion http://tinyurl.com/cdg5xox @acoyne is consistent on the value of parliamentary debate To F-35 or not? Globe line story http://tinyurl.com/7jbmvpj @IvisonJ on N Post front page http://tinyurl.com/d4ckln9 fifth batch of today's tweets David Good in HT: “A confused [PBO] mandate, which I think we’ve had since its creation, only serves to increase partisanship” Grenier on
Will [pollsters and pundits] learn from their mistakes? Probably not. @KarlBelanger in HT The pollsters have been getting things too wrong, too often, in recent years @kinsellawarren in HT Richler, HT: What is striking is the unanimity in the erroneous #abvote predictions. Korski, HT: Pundits and pollsters weren’t merely wrong
on last week’s
fourth batch of today's tweets Chances of Iran Strike Receding, U.S. Officials Say http://tinyurl.com/7mz8gyu A ‘great’ moment in Canadian #journalism (Ottawa Sun hed): QMI tops, Harper not with journalism group [CAJ] In the NY Times, an innovative Canadian start-up is noticed http://tinyurl.com/6n2ltwl Jackson Diehl in the W Post (on Obama/Syria): Indispensable but invisible http://tinyurl.com/7728cld third batch of today's tweets Hmm.. For the first time some public servants are questioning their impartiality and loyalty to the government http://tinyurl.com/ccazxnr Carney’s debt warnings at odds with monetary policy @barriemckenna http://tinyurl.com/bs6qrem Hmm.. Does Peter Worthington believe that Canada and the US are “invaders” in Afghanistan since 9/11? http://tinyurl.com/79ajf46 Last Monday @mdentandt admired Danielle Smith’s “spine” http://tinyurl.com/bo8xofk a week later? http://tinyurl.com/c9asx92 H Mallick http://tinyurl.com/7m8n3mh is impressed by Gordon O’Connor @dgardner http://tinyurl.com/ccv8t73 not so much second batch of today's tweets Grenier : A year in, Harper’s lost more ground in majority than two minorities http://tinyurl.com/6r7a695 On the #LPC predicament, @jengerson http://tinyurl.com/bubaq3b @briantopp http://tinyurl.com/cndl5yr Bruce Anderson http://tinyurl.com/872n98d Ottawa Sun: Unions outside QC help finance student protests http://tinyurl.com/7aytd9y Rogers #CBC Shaw to join forces on Web http://tinyurl.com/6wmjqfe #media There’s no couching our disappointment on #abvote @montesolberg http://tinyurl.com/897n6gy first batch of today's tweets CP: Psst...want a Riopelle? Feds selling off priciest works of art to save cash http://tinyurl.com/7rbug29 Tim Harper: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has given us a year of transformation http://tinyurl.com/7hry6xc HT: Feds set Canada back 50 years on environment regulations: critics http://tinyurl.com/7cv32b4 fifth batch of today's tweets LA Times: Iran skeptical but open to U.S. overture on nuclear program http://tinyurl.com/6wdz5hb In the Observer, the 10 greatest opening lines of novels in English, from Jane Austen to James Joyce http://tinyurl.com/bova5ba NYT: Obama Targets Romney at White House Correspondents’ Dinner http://tinyurl.com/7wxu2yu David Ignatius in The Washington Post: How Osama bin Laden is winning, even in death http://tinyurl.com/dxa8grs On Canada’s combined gov’t fiscal fitness @thejohnrobson Swimming in red ink http://tinyurl.com/89navrq The Toronto Star er stands up for DND supplying free Viagra http://tinyurl.com/ct9wefn Cohn: Why Ontario’s historic minority may be history http://tinyurl.com/cbwdzuz fourth batch of today's tweets T Star ed: “under the Conservatives, boosting economic growth will always eclipse protecting workers’ rights” http://tinyurl.com/749x9ub Noah Richler should thank his lucky stars there weren’t more Canadian& British MPs like JS Woodsworth in 1939 http://tinyurl.com/bv7ngb3 Re Wildrose Changed Political Game Andrew Coyne (er, some editions) N Post http://tinyurl.com/82tcgnc Female candidates’ Alberta election success sweeps aside doctrine that women get nominated only in no-win ridings http://tinyurl.com/cfmfhf6 ! Kevin Page’s “views were er, at least partially echoed by AG Michael Ferguson” http://tinyurl.com/d2rl5s6 third batch of today's tweets NYT op-ed: The Pres who won Nobel Peace Prize one of the most militarily aggressive US leaders in decades http://tinyurl.com/6wgjz83 Siddiqui believes Harper’s licking Obama’s boots in Afghanistan in a losing cause http://tinyurl.com/d2wy55c In the UK, the phone hacking inquiry is beginning to look like PM Cameron’s Gomery Commission http://tinyurl.com/766wedo second batch of today's tweets On debating abortion @thejohnrobson http://tinyurl.com/87rdf5r joins team @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/bo5trlh T Star http://tinyurl.com/d9mlcur T Sun http://tinyurl.com/d5p7edp editorials on Ontario’s fiscal unfitness It would appear that a diminutive female cabinet minister is (finally) getting in the way of the boys at DND http://tinyurl.com/cjlwapf first batch of today's tweets In the T Sun, @ezralevant explains why his team lost #abvote (despite the predictions of pollsters and pundits) http://tinyurl.com/coa6bpe Personally, I think Bob Rae either misunderstands or misleads on the impact of Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/7swrf3m QC students boycotting classes can’t spell and don’t do grammar so good either! http://tinyurl.com/7ykd4ru second batch of today's tweets In the wake of #abvote, this Globe op-ed by pollsters Michael Adams and Tony Coulson is looking very good http://tinyurl.com/d9y7jnu Graham Thomson: Redford promises major changes http://tinyurl.com/ck84p7q #ableg Charest cabinet internally divided (Mtl ministers on one side) over student conflict http://tinyurl.com/8xhmc47 Press/polls/pundits believe Redford is simply going through the motions…but someone forgot to tell Redford this race is over http://tinyurl.com/cwat6tg Droits de scolarité: le caucus libéral divisé http://tinyurl.com/8xhmc47 Fortunately, by AD 1939, God hadn’t created too many Canadian and British MPs like JS Woodwsworth In the Guardian, the world needs more [music from] Canada http://tinyurl.com/c7je495 Hmm.. Wedge issues may boost Obama's prospects http://tinyurl.com/dxgvlrq first batch of today's tweets LA Times lead story: U.S. signals major shift on Iran nuclear program http://tinyurl.com/8xz7lqm Hébert: NDP’s got a bump in the polls, but a long road ahead http://tinyurl.com/86gthag A ‘great’ moment in #cdnpoli : Lying Tories, commie Dippers, bumbling Grits: Poll puts a pox on all http://tinyurl.com/cuvxzzp Calgary Herald : Three days from #abvote, cracks in Wildrose were showing http://tinyurl.com/c4t5jcl B.C.’s Christy Clark, the political chameleon @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/7djeovq #bcpoli On Iggy, @kinsellawarren is quite good http://tinyurl.com/88m6j9u not so good on the Kim C problem IMO Palmer: Dix not making campaign promises as he entertains thoughts of governing http://tinyurl.com/7ozv7rk #bcpoli Personally, I never heard of this columnist’s “implicit bargain” in our immigration policy in Ottawa or in Victoria http://tinyurl.com/75vdrkv T Star opposes sending Canadian special forces to Afstan/more aid instead http://tinyurl.com/7ub88t9 CP: Globe and Mail, Toronto Star take lion's share of National Newspaper Awards http://tinyurl.com/7uoasap #journalism ! Dalai Lama welcomed with open arms in Ottawa http://tinyurl.com/88zkvmr PM slammed for meeting privately with Dalai Lama http://tinyurl.com/7cpfc2t “significant level of cynicism towards all parties…none holds the image high ground” @niknanos http://tinyurl.com/cfex3wq In the Globe, Will Ferguson disses pollsters and pundits after #abvote http://tinyurl.com/6uf94oe In the Star, a very sad story about a woman who was once a very prominent journalist http://tinyurl.com/7w7zhj2 Harper unbound: An analysis of his first year as majority PM @JohnIbbitson http://tinyurl.com/7uhtbx8 Worth reading Globe’s Simpson http://tinyurl.com/83n7kpg @aradwanski http://tinyurl.com/6nxgc3a together One year into majority government, Harper's Conservatives seem to have misplaced their hidden agenda @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/7agatty On abortion, @acoyne writes some very inconvenient truths about the SCC Morgentaler decision http://tinyurl.com/bo5trlh NDP seen as best defender of QC’s interests in Ottawa http://tinyurl.com/7vjg56z Sondage: les politiciens fédéraux méconnus des Québécois http://tinyurl.com/7vjg56z In the T Star, Tim Harper’s #abvote mea culpa is worth reading http://tinyurl.com/85z4o56 third batch of today's tweets NY Times: Ehud Barak Adds to Israel’s Recent Mix of Messages on Iran http://tinyurl.com/8a3od66 Perhaps the T Star will follow up on this US #journalism cover-up http://tinyurl.com/88mgp3k with a report on a Canadian one http://tinyurl.com/7n9em6l NY Times: Study Hints at Greater Threat of Extreme Weather http://tinyurl.com/6spr565 second batch of today's tweets In the Post, Bill Watson’s quite funny on the Harper government subsidizing smutty magazines http://tinyurl.com/8xqvjpp Globe: Harper’s brand hits ‘new low’ amid robo-call, F-35 scandals: poll http://tinyurl.com/6qfa5bt first batch of today's tweets CP: Was Harper government duped - or participant in F-35 fiasco? Opposition asks http://tinyurl.com/bp4pndy A ‘great’ Ottawa moment: Free Viagra and transgender surgery on the chopping block at DND: sources http://tinyurl.com/cb4lsfb Edmonton Journal lead story: TransAlta and partners bail out on carbon capture project http://tinyurl.com/cwh74cz L Martin: Is this still a democracy? You be the judge http://tinyurl.com/cssyqpe Worthington: Oda more trouble than she's worth to PM http://tinyurl.com/7og6pf9 Simpson: Declare victory and get out of Afghanistan, already http://tinyurl.com/6wguds9 Nanos: Tories and NDP statistically tied http://tinyurl.com/7gllak7 Forum: NDP ahead of Conservatives http://tinyurl.com/6seo5qv Nanos: Jobs/economy and healthcare top national issues, education moves up Nanos: Harper and Mulcair tied on trust, one in five undecided Nanos: Harper slips, but ahead of Mulcair on competence Nanos: Harper drops on vision, but ahead of Mulcair fourth batch of today's tweets Calgary Herald front: Albertans guided by strategic voting, last-minute decisions, poll says http://tinyurl.com/7rmodpg Don Braid on #abvote: It doesn't take rocket science to figure out late vote shift http://tinyurl.com/7u48uym Martin Coiteux in La Presse on #abvote and the opportunities for all Cdns including QCers http://tinyurl.com/6w6maj7 Pierre Foglia/La Presse: Ignatieff told it exactly like it is and it’s why I’ve always been for QC independence http://tinyurl.com/79tkt44 Graham Thomson: Timing favoured victorious PC campaign http://tinyurl.com/89mb64a It would appear UK PM Cameron didn’t tell Parliament the whole truth re meetings w/ Rupert Murdoch http://tinyurl.com/7hphbh8 third batch of today's tweets Palmer: Wildrose defeat offers B.C. Tories food for thought http://tinyurl.com/77ma8zu Still can’t understand Y NPost deleted column published
in paper from web when nearly everyone got
NYT (WSJ line story): U.S. to Step Up Drone Strikes Inside Yemen http://tinyurl.com/7fcpkl2 second batch of today's tweets Toronto Star op-ed page hed (!): Racism a tough sell in Canada Robin Sears: Voters give new meaning to ‘peace, order and good government’ http://tinyurl.com/7lkz76n A PQ gov’t wd hold referendum as soon as polls show “Yes” in the majority http://tinyurl.com/6vpa6vp first batch of today's tweets 2 anglos 4 Iggy http://tinyurl.com/777ey9p http://tinyurl.com/7mp6fyq a franco not http://tinyurl.com/757wvvl T Star in Apps article: [ORNGE law firm] Fasken’s Golding a member of #CPC married to Tony Clement http://tinyurl.com/7fhkb2u Michael Harris finds a way to write some possibly explosive stuff about a Harper minister http://tinyurl.com/8497som Dear @sunlorrie: No one forced journos and pundits to report/rely on #abvote polls http://tinyurl.com/83umyzk first batch of today's tweets CP: Ignatieff backpedals on inevitability of Canada's break up with Quebec secession http://tinyurl.com/ctl35d7 Anybody got a good recipe for crow? @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/chqktyh Taking a lesson from Alberta, Clark edges back to the centre http://tinyurl.com/85zg5zk Simpson: Quebec has replaced Alberta at the margins http://tinyurl.com/d799tj4 third batch of today's tweets I believe the T Star has a policy against wiping published articles off web. The National Post/Postmedia should adopt it http://tinyurl.com/6tlmz5l Le Journal lead story: QCers think corruption is widespread among politicians and in construction sector http://tinyurl.com/7q3n5ec Wonder if @globejunius will apologize 4 “Alberta steps into the present” hed as Globe did 2 QCers 4 Jan Wong/Dawson College Vaughn Palmer: 'I don't take anything for granted' Dix sounds more confident than ever http://tinyurl.com/6mmfs5o second batch of today's tweets Craig McInnes worth reading: Stephen Harper's push for pipelines likely to backfire http://tinyurl.com/6n8wjnb Personally I think it’s dishonest of the National Post to scrub print edition lead @acoyne column http://tinyurl.com/bogdso from its website Ibbitson: The Alberta political lesson that Danielle Smith learned the hard way http://tinyurl.com/7647msg
Front page hed/yesterday’s Toronto Star: Alberta dynasty heads to gallows Mason/Globe: the collapse of the Wildrose vote echoed what happened to Harper in 04 w/ many of the same principle (sic!) players McParland in Post: Everyone got it wrong (“We didn’t get is as wrong,” one pollster insisted defensively). #abvote Braid: The national media and most Alberta toilers in the political pits raced to Highwood for the amazing Wildrose victory first batch of today's tweets (tweeted last night as the #abvote results came in) Right now, a lot of people at the National Post must be
losing sleep over the front page of Tuesday's edition
Dewey beats Truman! http://tinyurl.com/7eupc9p Imagine: If Harper had followed the advice of libertarian pundits re bozo eruptions, he too would still be a libertarian pundit! Next pieces of columnists who admired
Let the
Dear pundits: Please spare us any recycling of yr year
of the incumbent silliness in light of
A column that every conservative should read as they forget the stuff others have been writing recently http://tinyurl.com/7dbeovm All you need to know about Cdn
Pundits go wrong when they substitute what they hope happens for analysis. Be it in a boxing match or an election Dear journos: Please stop reporting political campaigns based on polls. That is all. So much for the idea that wacko candidate statements are free speech fifth batch of today's tweets In the NY Times, Why TV news seldom correct errors on-air http://tinyurl.com/7kkxb5r NYT: Climate Change to affect Corn Prices (Cda part of the solution!) http://tinyurl.com/79stfs6 Mulcair: My first act will be to revive Layton’s Kyoto bill, and woe to the senate if it blocks http://tinyurl.com/8a4bw6j fourth batch of today's tweets Hmm.. @mdentandt says @ElectDanielle “has shown that she has a spine” by not unloading on wacko comments in #abvote http://tinyurl.com/6tf9skf If you ignore the hed, @poneilinOttawa dishes some interesting poll results on the Enbridge pipeline http://tinyurl.com/7jn7vw3 Hmm.. Bet you didn’t know that Canada's Constitution gives my province “sovereignty” over interprovincial pipelines! http://tinyurl.com/7xulcxk third batch of today's tweets Globe: Government to wrest control of environmental approval process http://tinyurl.com/7g95r2o Globe: Tories mull privatizing VIA Rail routes http://tinyurl.com/6wdxf3l
T Star line story (print ed hed): Immigration backlog slashed http://tinyurl.com/7nh6v7v second batch of today's tweets
Globe line story (print ed hed): Statscan to chop surveys, staff http://tinyurl.com/7dxkzez
Ottawa Citizen line story: Human rights czar steps down amid controversy http://tinyurl.com/7nay3c2 Globe: Wildrose set 4 sweeping majority, latest poll http://tinyurl.com/7u5xdbo er latest, latest Forum poll! http://tinyurl.com/78j4arf first batch of today's tweets CP: International aid minister [Bev Oda] opts for swanky hotel favoured by royalty http://tinyurl.com/86ol52o T Star front page (print ed hed): Alberta dynasty heds to gallows http://tinyurl.com/7orske2 T Sun: CBSA official suspended over alleged ticket scam http://tinyurl.com/6meu2gw third batch of today's tweets In the NYT, Nick Kristof, who knows China, is worth reading: A Body, a Scandal and China http://tinyurl.com/7uh7ur4 A split at the highest levels of Israel’s government worth watching in the coming days http://tinyurl.com/7jm38fg In the W Post, a fine piece on US (and increasingly Canadian) politics http://tinyurl.com/7h3443k A NYT column the likes of which we should be reading in Canadian newspapers http://tinyurl.com/7fv9rej In the NYT, F Fukuyama via T Friedman disses the US political-governmental system http://tinyurl.com/794s78r second batch of today's tweets What will those crazy radical Maritimers think of next! http://tinyurl.com/7338qya In a totally surprising development, the Calgary Sun endorses Wildrose in #abvote ! http://tinyurl.com/7eakq94 Hey, look! @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/7dbeovm and @ezralevant http://tinyurl.com/76zomdx disagree on #abvote T Star editorial: A Wildrose win in #abvote on Monday will have repercussions far beyond the province http://tinyurl.com/7oomwcy T Star lead story: Tim Harper: Wildrose leader Danielle Smith – scary or shrewd? http://tinyurl.com/78quuxl first batch of today's tweets Allan Blakeney not Charter fan/backed notwithstanding clause, http://tinyurl.com/6pz5fqr points NOT noted by @ThomasMulcair http://tinyurl.com/cyveyzd In the @OttawaCitizen some hard-hitting #cdnpoli #journalism! http://tinyurl.com/7ubkteb Ouch! The kind of publicity you don’t want your finance minister getting after an unpopular budget http://tinyurl.com/cleuhbh fourth batch of today's tweets WSJ editorial: Democrats for Keystone--Obama is losing support for his pipeline obstructionism http://tinyurl.com/7f34xl8 Vaughn Palmer worth reading on all that talk about a BC Liberal-Conservative merger http://tinyurl.com/7d2e5qn #bcpoli Corbella: It’s past time to throw the Tories out http://tinyurl.com/7qpcve7 third batch of today's tweets In the NYT, Joe Nocera reflects on the power newspaper columnists once had http://tinyurl.com/cwkaz6o Danielle Smith = Sarah Palin? @TorontoStar gives back of hand http://tinyurl.com/7rv432g to last Saturday’s @globeandmail front page #abvote The Calgary Herald’s #abvote non-endorsement: A tough decision http://tinyurl.com/76whh47 second batch of today's tweets Simpson in the Globe http://tinyurl.com/dxz5jmd Cattaneo in the Post http://tinyurl.com/7h6tdoq on #abvote Wente: What liberals can learn from conservatives http://tinyurl.com/c7cah6q Walkom: Stephen Harper’s attack on charities doesn’t go far enough http://tinyurl.com/7tovx8n first batch of today's tweets Here are a few big reasons 2011 was the year of the incumbent (as Hill journos dubbed it)! http://tinyurl.com/7terfo6 For the first time in decades, perhaps history, Calgary Herald ed board is split and does not endorse either PC’s or Wildrose in #abvote CP: 9/10 wealthy immigrants accepted into QC's investor immigrant program never come to QC: @kenneyjason http://tinyurl.com/7p2ua4c fourth batch of today's tweets Dear @TorontoStar It’s in national interest that US ask Cda 2 to repatriate Khadr rather than we demand it B4 trial http://tinyurl.com/czud5vd Jack Jedwab: Reopen constitutional talks? It's not what Quebecers want http://tinyurl.com/d8xj7et Les Leyne: Byelection gives B.C. Liberal and Conservative leaders reason to talk http://tinyurl.com/8xyrmq6Complete with a front page colour photo, a ‘great’ British Columbia moment! http://tinyurl.com/6vgxz8b third batch of today's tweets CP: Clark's B.C. Liberals open doors to keep out NDP after byelection defeats http://tinyurl.com/7tk4crn Vaughn Palmer: BC NDP focused on basics of politics – winning http://tinyurl.com/ct5uv5a Janet Bagnall: $7 daycare the Alberta take vs. the truth http://tinyurl.com/ca4pma7 NYT: Cdn official said US formally asked it to take . Khadr back and all that remained to be worked out was the timing http://tinyurl.com/d33d2ox second batch of today's tweets A ‘great’ moment in workers’ compensation! http://tinyurl.com/cm6bc4n Pierre Coulombe (chief Q organizer for #cpc until 2008) caught by Enquête trying to use pol contacts w/ PLQ for personal gain http://tinyurl.com/6r9r5yf The Calgary Herald’s Don Braid worth reading on #abvote http://tinyurl.com/852johf Personally, I doubt defence expert @pmlagasse thinks that $25 B is the cost of the F-35s http://tinyurl.com/dx2rx5b Dear @cselley: I thought the no s 13 free speech deal was that responsible leaders would criticize bigotry http://tinyurl.com/6tlkcdl Personally, I think @ChantalHbert has a better take on QC than this #LPC blogger in the Post http://tinyurl.com/cnvlt24 Calgary Herald: Mayor Nenshi critical of Danielle Smith’s response to Wildrose candidates’ comments http://tinyurl.com/co9wv86 first batch of today's tweets A Toronto Star columnist says “bimbo eruptions” have hit Danielle Smith—which is news to me next door in BC http://tinyurl.com/ck33bkl From Ottawa, Jeff Simpson’s perspective on #abvote is openly and honestly national http://tinyurl.com/ctzrp65 In Toronto, @globejunius http://tinyurl.com/cd6kprj and the Post http://tinyurl.com/cu69gpo know what’s best for Albertans Linda McQuaig: It would help if Andrea Horwath had a billionaire onside http://tinyurl.com/bpzhvz2 Another bullet for MacKay to dodge: @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/ckygxbu second batch of today's tweets NYT lead story: In Wariness on Economy, Poll Finds Opening for Romney http://tinyurl.com/6ssveon W Post front: Hamas fast losing popularity and would not win if elections were held in Gaza today http://tinyurl.com/c2a4sld LA Times: F-35 fighter jet's escalating costs are on Washington's radar http://tinyurl.com/7peo8cx front page image http://tinyurl.com/5nh5ck first batch of today's tweets Globe line story (print edition hed): Khadr return a tale of two spins http://tinyurl.com/7vcjpza Charities and politics? Citizen’s E Payne http://tinyurl.com/c6uhjrb vs @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/cy664l8 Environment? @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/cz47ntt vs @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/brrstez (mostly about gov’t vs Hill journos) http://tinyurl.com/brrstez A ‘great’ moment in #cdnpoli #journalism (T Sun photo caption on Mulcair Stornoway move): No opposition to living in luxury T Star: Andrea Horwath’s tax-the-rich scheme ‘hugely popular,’ poll suggests http://tinyurl.com/cuv4aob T Star lead story: Dalton McGuinty’s political mastermind advised on ORNGE, hearing told http://tinyurl.com/6tx5wuk #onpoli second batch of today's tweets Olive/T Star: SNC is doing its bit to keep the world safe for, rather than from, odious business practices http://tinyurl.com/bpll9t6 Le Devoir ed: @ThomasMulcair is ready for the fight. Happily, because so are we: @Josee_Boileau http://tinyurl.com/7t3s6qn Rex Murphy: @ThomasMulcair’s moment http://tinyurl.com/bw3aupb N Post: The future of Alberta: Pick one—Redford or Smith http://tinyurl.com/cx8sx73 N Post: Faith, hope and politics http://tinyurl.com/cruehe8 first batch of today's tweets Whoa! (Licia Corbella): Even if she wins, Redford's leadership is in jeopardy http://tinyurl.com/84svfzz Imagining a Wildrose-led Alberta getting easier all the time: @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/c9es5mw Edmonton Journal: Health-care battle rages on; Push for competition won't bring two tiers, Smith says http://tinyurl.com/cqwkdyz Edmonton Journal lead story: Wildrose won't halt abortion funding http://tinyurl.com/d4rg8k2 Hume: Pipeline opposition likely to grow in BC as supertanker risk assessed http://tinyurl.com/6wbf3up #bcpoli
fourth batch of today's tweets IMO PM Stephen Harper lost confidence in DND well before March 2011 Dear @CdnPress: @ThomasMulcair ads in French *only* cause unpopular-in-QC Tories about to attack him in that province? http://tinyurl.com/cl8r84a third batch of today's tweets David Ignatius: Obama’s signal to Iran http://tinyurl.com/6wbym7b Krauthammer: Obama v. the Supreme Court http://tinyurl.com/6tjxjuj Hmm.. In his F-35 pt of privilege @bobraeMP neglected 2 mention that one federal Dept (not DND!) did *not* disagree w/ the AG’s findings Today’s howler: In Russia, a Watch Vanishes Up Kirill’s Sleeve http://tinyurl.com/c7xul7d second batch of today's tweets Reading @mdentandt U’d almost think Harper shd have adopted as his own DND’s inaccurate $25B cost estimate 4 the F35s! http://tinyurl.com/d3edho6 In the Globe, the best piece on the state of our politics that I’ve read in some time http://tinyurl.com/6o9ukje first batch of today's tweets Dear @CdnPress: Ferguson in his audit found and said that $25 billion was the “true cost” of the F-35? http://tinyurl.com/d98a7fs third batch of today's tweets Terry Glavin in Citizen: Moving forward, after Rights & Democracy http://tinyurl.com/cydcsh7 Hmm. Citizen version of @acoyne corrects this mistake in Post version: “the people of Cda were stuck w/ planes” Hmm… Doesn’t seem to be much reporting of @bobraeMP admission that he got it wrong on Harper and special Mulroney pension T Star: Changing Old Age Security a ‘bad idea,’ Angus Reid poll http://tinyurl.com/7u5ac4m Premier Clark's attack on TransLink bonus plan rings hollow: @CraigMcInnes http://tinyurl.com/6sclqq3 NYT: This Election, Supreme Court Could Rally Democrats http://tinyurl.com/7jjhktb second batch of today's tweets Globe: B.C. Conservative leader Cummins takes heart from Alberta Wildrose climb http://tinyurl.com/d8cm22v A ‘great’ moment in #bcpoli : Premier missing from her own party's donor list http://tinyurl.com/7dp7vbs iPolitics Correction: @nspector4 vs. @BenMulroney1976: ‘For your reading pleasure’ http://tinyurl.com/78pq42z On @ElectDanielle @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/bvaeqak Thomson http://tinyurl.com/8abqats Braid http://tinyurl.com/bnbcmsf Government-funded #CBC should not be competing with the private sector. Over the air via cable or on the web. That is all http://tinyurl.com/7xxnr9o Worthington (print edition hed): DND cost-fudging par for the course http://tinyurl.com/ccy338j William Watson on N Post front page: If you can't beat China, surrender http://tinyurl.com/7367sgn Calgary Herald: Wildrose steaming past PCs; But poll finds north-south voter split http://tinyurl.com/cnbugcz “the people of Cda were stuck w/ planes” @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/83877st Globe @danlebla “Harper gov’t is starting anew” http://tinyurl.com/brqlxt8 “no [F35] contracts have been placed; no money has been misspent. This is not the sponsorship scandal” @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/7u4oxm3 Wente http://tinyurl.com/cs7sh7n & @cselley http://tinyurl.com/6ma7zrx on @justinpjtrudeau and his journo fans first batch of today's tweets Globe: Sovereigntists say independence only option as Canada evolves without Quebec http://tinyurl.com/7m2m44t Citizen: AG report reveals key players in F-35 program; Bureaucrats will be called to testify http://tinyurl.com/c5o4d7p HT: Joint Cabinet ministers’ statement suggests DND was briefed annually on cost of F-35 jets http://tinyurl.com/cp6m47e La Presse: NDP Mulcair ads to begin today—in QC only http://tinyurl.com/cnpq7zb thansl http://tinyurl.com/bqgz847 Kheiriddin: Stephen Harper--Transformational Prime Minister http://tinyurl.com/7yr8b5v L Martin: The PM needs a cabinet overhaul http://tinyurl.com/bn632kp Walkom: Harper’s air-safety lapses scarier than F-35 cock-up http://tinyurl.com/7bxgwss AG fluent in numbers: @sunlorrie http://tinyurl.com/cfyy93h Ottawa Citizen line story: Hard sales pitch used on Tories' behalf http://tinyurl.com/d3dlysb CP: Mulcair, Rae trade insults as CP poll shows NDP tied with CPC/gaining at Liberal expense http://tinyurl.com/ccxpm3g Yaffe: Harper government drops green pretences with majority budget http://tinyurl.com/8yauuqh N Post editorial: For Obama, lessons in 'ethical oil' http://tinyurl.com/7ym7cqf Toronto Star editorial: Pension perks for MPs continue while others suffer from federal budget cuts http://tinyurl.com/7g4m4qb fifth batch of today's tweets Hmm.. @JohnIbbitson : “the political price of [F-35] bungle could be very high indeed” Or not! http://tinyurl.com/cxwhyyr | I suspect the Harper gov’t will move against this kind of this kind of ‘justice’ before too long http://tinyurl.com/89kzxpq This front page is all you need to know about how aboriginal sentencing plays politically http://tinyurl.com/dewg8b Gazette report re Aveos: Air Canada compliant with letter, if not spirit, of privatization act, says lawyer http://tinyurl.com/6ru7y3x Globe: Wildrose poised for majority in Alberta: poll http://tinyurl.com/cf9vop6 fourth batch of today's tweets Braid: Money isn't everything (or is it?) http://tinyurl.com/8xwou84 Only place you’ll read the full truth about Rights & Democracy is here in the, er, last 2 grafs of this report http://tinyurl.com/79zanhm Van Sun line story: EXCLUSIVE: SFU funds handed to B.C. Liberals http://tinyurl.com/79edqzj Calgary Herald lead story: Alberta Tories losing funding edge over Wildrose http://tinyurl.com/6tay5j4 third batch of today's tweets Waterous: The Keystone XL delay was a gift to Canada http://tinyurl.com/7kqnyuv F-35 editorials: Edmonton Journal http://tinyurl.com/88zbc4d Toronto Star http://tinyurl.com/cwkqglb Reynolds: The radical plan hidden in Flaherty’s sedate budget http://tinyurl.com/739vpgf F-35 editorials: National Post http://tinyurl.com/8767fvx Ottawa Citizen http://tinyurl.com/7p43yr7 second batch of today's tweets Ottawa Citizen front: DND begins civilian layoffs http://tinyurl.com/77pwszl F-35s: T Star line story (T Harper) http://tinyurl.com/bsk4rrl @davidakin http://tinyurl.com/cqo8dxn Ipolitics.ca: PM’s retirement allowance Pearson’s policy, not Mulroney’s http://tinyurl.com/7pegxdv HT: Liberal MPs table motion at Public Accounts Committee to investigate AG's findings that government hid F-35 costs http://tinyurl.com/c2b88na Globe: Feds scramble to save face over fighter jet plan http://tinyurl.com/7435lq8 first batch of today's tweets Jeff Simpson: Canada’s political reversal is complete http://tinyurl.com/cuvd6ew F-35s: @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/6u2lhp5 @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/83af7r4 Walkom: Justin Trudeau reawakens Liberal leadership rumblings http://tinyurl.com/c8bfdpm second batch of today's tweets On Harper’s day in Washington, @CdnPress http://tinyurl.com/btz3bzg and @globeandmail http://tinyurl.com/cbkxb8c worth reading Harper, oops Obama speaks out against judicial activism http://tinyurl.com/ccpgdq2 first batch of today's tweets On Saturday night at the fight, @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/cjjy797 pulls no punches On Trudeau-Brazeau, a Citizen letter http://tinyurl.com/d8hvm96 L Martin http://tinyurl.com/coofaba @cselley http://tinyurl.com/d6ubomw fourth batch of today's tweets Premier Christy Clark: Replete with smiles, not substance: @rodmickleburgh http://tinyurl.com/d9473v7 Dear @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/cc33gcg Judging from this column http://tinyurl.com/82nq6kl not anytime soon In W Post: True foolishness of Obama’s Keystone rejection was 2 encourage Cda 2 look elsewhere to sell surplus oil http://tinyurl.com/cns92q6 third batch of today's tweets Visiting Alberta, @garymasonglobe is shocked, shocked to find politics going on in an election! http://tinyurl.com/c6mswhl Truly honourable members: @jandrewpotter http://tinyurl.com/brjo4un Dear @jandrewpotter: Where does your notion of honour leave female MPs/those thinking of running? In attacking Ontario, Ottawa plays a dangerous game: @JohnIbbitson http://tinyurl.com/cfwj5e9 Dear @JohnIbbitson: Good points, but Flaherty’s Ontario counterpart is not innocent in this spat http://tinyurl.com/c2vdwfy @globejunius concerned re biased refugee decisions http://tinyurl.com/dyfd7yo La Presse blames unilingual Anglo Commissioners http://tinyurl.com/cp943ab Cal/Ed Sun front page (Rick Bell): Wildrose eyes oil boom rebates http://tinyurl.com/bnfaqyk Canada pays steep price for fragmented electricity market: @barriemckenna http://tinyurl.com/6wozlv6 Mitch Potter/T Star front: Stephen Harper faces tricky terrain during ‘Three Amigos’ summit http://tinyurl.com/6m7qrzx USA Today lead story: Swing States Poll: A shift by women puts Obama in lead http://tinyurl.com/8y6gkvo second batch of today's tweets HT: ‘It’s not a number, that’s 19,000 people’ http://tinyurl.com/ccf756h End of feel-good spending feels good: @montesolberg http://tinyurl.com/82nq6kl Tim Harper: Auditor-General Michael Ferguson prepared to hit high-flying Conservatives http://tinyurl.com/85jccjv HT: Restraint budget invests in First Nations, but critics say it’s not enough http://tinyurl.com/c5nrykz first batch of today's tweets Stéphane Dion: The Senate reform bill: A constitutional danger for Canada http://tinyurl.com/cbyn7f5 CP: Fallout from tweet in Alberta election points to perils of social media http://tinyurl.com/blaqg3j HT: Let MPs make changes to spending estimates without triggering confidence vote, says former backbencher http://tinyurl.com/czbjuyf Neil Reynolds: In Ontario, ‘have not’ means ‘have a lot’ http://tinyurl.com/8xkfhlp fifth batch of today's tweets Trudeau fans screamed “kill him” and shouted “no class” at the end of the match. http://tinyurl.com/chx6k2h Today’s idiocy [re @ElectDanielle tweet]: public isn't used to having so many women leading parties ... They'll get used to it. http://tinyurl.com/c26zb3m Kissinger in W Post (print hed): Managing the Arab Spring http://tinyurl.com/c3dy9pb contrary to account of the incident published by another news org on Saturday, @DonMartinCTV did not make an obscene remark http://tinyurl.com/ckcc2ks NY Times lead story Haiti’s Cholera Outraced the Experts and Tainted the U.N. http://tinyurl.com/6umlz36 fourth batch of today's tweets All U need to know about #cdnpoli & #journalism is the constrast between today’s T Sun http://tinyurl.com/c4d9y8 and T Star http://tinyurl.com/djs6j7 Hmm...Looks like someone in Ott bureau of T Star didn’t want his/her name associated w/ report on Don Martin http://tinyurl.com/79rp9o5 In the Calgary Herald, profiles of @Premier_Redford http://tinyurl.com/cv5ckl5 @ElectDanielle http://tinyurl.com/cm4dj5v third batch of today's tweets Trudeau heartily booed by crowd that incuded Aglukkaq, Ambrose, Moore & Poilievre http://tinyurl.com/c7tyn8q [Trudeau’s] win prompted one veteran Liberal to suggest the start of the Liberal leadership race could now begin http://tinyurl.com/chx6k2h Edmonton Journal front: @ElectDanielle discloses infertility battle after Tory tweet http://tinyurl.com/c26zb3m second batch of today's tweets ‘Action Plan’ for inaction/not much to budget or criticism of it (print ed. hed): @thejohnrobson http://tinyurl.com/cnpfz85 Andrew Irvine: There's no democratic quick fix http://tinyurl.com/bqf6jvu CP: Ontario re-ignites CPP debate after feds outline changes to old-age security http://tinyurl.com/c2sry4x Geist: Internet voting carries risk as show by #NDPldr experience http://tinyurl.com/cxd5k6z Toronto Star line story (print edition hed): Trudeau gives Tory a beating http://tinyurl.com/6u4atm5 Ottawa Citizen: Where's @DonMartinCTV? http://tinyurl.com/ckcc2ks first batch of today's tweets Ottawa Citizen: Defence budget is 'solid,' MacKay says http://tinyurl.com/dxnqf2r Cohn: Budget restraint strains McGuinty’s love affair with labour http://tinyurl.com/cb84tjn #onpoli Citizen front page: Stunning triumph for Trudeau http://tinyurl.com/cak9un2 second batch of today's tweets Tom Mulcair (in QC phase of political career) held fund-raisers at Tony Accurso’s restaurant http://tinyurl.com/827nctp Dear @globejunius: Foreign foundations don’t generally invest, create jobs and have a stake in Canada’s success http://tinyurl.com/bmca9y9 Vaughn Palmer: Premier Clark's days on learning curve numbered http://tinyurl.com/cnmuywz Alison Redford: A leader on the brink: @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/7eowjph Danielle Smith’s Wildrose vision is focused much closer to home: @garymasonglobe http://tinyurl.com/8592oec Funniest (as in dumbest) spin on Angelo Persichilli? 4th graf from end of this @OttawaCitizen article http://tinyurl.com/d2e3xoz Say what? In the T Star! On the front page? http://tinyurl.com/djs6j7 Harper, McGuinty aiming at same target New rules in budget ‘create more fear’ among politically active charities http://tinyurl.com/c8d8ru8 In the Globe, @JamesMoore_org -- a friend among the Philistines! http://tinyurl.com/c3sjovl NY Times: U.S. Says Canadian Officer Gave Intelligence to the Russians http://tinyurl.com/cbfyfkw Mulcair's NDP moves to reclaim spotlight from Liberals, hog debate time http://tinyurl.com/cmcobcd Manitoba, feds lock horns over transfer money http://tinyurl.com/c5uo9su W Robson/Laurin: A worthy budget, lacking in vision http://tinyurl.com/coe9oda Don Braid: Campaign a shock to Alberta Tories, who've forgotten how it's done http://tinyurl.com/d5z2c4kfirst batch of today's tweets Globe: Flaherty slams Ontario Liberals’ management of economy http://tinyurl.com/ckh5uly Bill Thorsell: The sheer folly of an elected Senate http://tinyurl.com/c3d4utf The Tories don't fear Thomas Mulcair, but Liberals should: @michaeltaube http://tinyurl.com/cdaf3d8 [In #cdnpoli] A bigger problem than man vs. machine: @SusanDelacourt http://tinyurl.com/ccfeh4w first batch of today's tweets Compare Globe #Robocalls lead: [Mayrand] “accused #CPC of playing a ‘numbers game’ ” w/ @stphnmaher report http://tinyurl.com/cl6gw7c Front page of the Wall Street Journal on not such a great day for RIM http://tinyurl.com/396z8tf Dear CP: #CBC’s $60M top-up has been eliminated http://tinyurl.com/cqnepnf Star: it’s been made a fixture of $ Corp receives A ‘great’ @TorontoStar headline moment: “Tories add years to working lives” A ‘great’ fed-prov moment: Duncan doubts Tories can hit budget target (T Star) Not much reporting of rather raucous committee meeting re Aveos/Air Canada starring @DenisCoderre http://tinyurl.com/clfmsog Calgary Herald editorial--The pro-pipeline federal budget: for Alberta “Flaherty's budget couldn't get much better” http://tinyurl.com/ctrqthu third batch of today's tweets Vaughn Palmer: Cummins changes his tune on floor-crossers http://tinyurl.com/d3r32l5 Can’t imagine Tom Mulcair moving into 24 Sussex in 2015? I can http://tinyurl.com/ctpmeem W Post: Reports link heat waves, deluges to climate change http://tinyurl.com/c2y6w3z second batch of today's tweets Globe: OECD report offers brighter outlook for Canadian, U.S. economies http://tinyurl.com/cd8a2vu CTV: Federal budget cuts expected to focus on bureaucracy http://tinyurl.com/chlgucu Van Sun lead story: B.C. premier’s top ministers question their political future http://tinyurl.com/c9vu8fy #bcpoli Don Braid: [Smith’s] Cheap shot or shrewd move? http://tinyurl.com/c9un4gc Ontario’s budget? Timid, not tough: @jackmintz http://tinyurl.com/bpr9e8c Poll result surprised L'actualité/ expected bilingual anglos to be more sympathetic to French: @Lactu_Lisee http://tinyurl.com/cteon3y CP: U.S., Canada poised to OK Omar Khadr transfer; could be back by end of May http://tinyurl.com/bu796fs CP: Elections watchdog set to answer questions on robocall controversy http://tinyurl.com/brludoc U think SNC-Lavalin has problems? You ain’t seen nothing yet! http://tinyurl.com/c2z69de first batch of today's tweets Charest intergov minister to @kenneyjason: Unilingual anglos commissioners are “unacceptable” http://tinyurl.com/72xb4f3 HT: Mulcair overshadowing Rae on trust, sincerity, best PM-pollster http://tinyurl.com/6oq9wav me on Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/ctpmeem Cohn: The bombshell [Ontario public sector wages] budget freeze that wasn’t http://tinyurl.com/7chbac5 In the T Sun, Harper isn't evil http://tinyurl.com/bqv8zdv Mulcair the right man to lead opposition http://tinyurl.com/cs8bzhc Postmedia: Opposition to oilsands pipeline growing in B.C., poll finds http://tinyurl.com/bnpph4y T Star: New Democrats riding Mulcair wave http://tinyurl.com/cfspvsv me today on Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/ctpmeem Did someone in Ottawa set out to burn @CdnPress http://tinyurl.com/7dceazx on the eve of the budget? http://tinyurl.com/6tf9jo4 Globe line story: Conservative's budget to reset retirement at age 67 http://tinyurl.com/cys4njj first batch of today's tweets In the @OttawaCitizen an op-ed by James Morton worth reading: Judges shouldn't be making social policy http://tinyurl.com/6qu86ge One suspects that lawyers may have been involved in this prominent apology in the @OttawaCitizen http://tinyurl.com/6q9t65p Gary Mason on Premier Christy Clark
http://t.co/jXKIoidB Vaughn Palmer on Opposition Leader Adrian Dix
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All you really need to know about the state of Ontario's finances http://tinyurl.com/bvm3rdv In Quebec, openly two-tier medicine, and even that sucks? http://t.co/i9MAPOMn The only way to understand Ontario's budget is that it is an election budget—whenever Thinking after Ontario budget about BC's wage restraint
legislation in 1982--which limited negotiated increases to between 8-14%!
third batch of today's tweets Les Leyne: Van Dongen's exit a stampede of one http://tinyurl.com/czo5ol2 From Alberta, we bring you a ‘great’ moment in senate-reform http://tinyurl.com/dx39x3e In the Edmonton Journal, a great correction http://tinyurl.com/bmwgm9q Personally, I’m satisfied with how @adriandix has dealt with this embarrassing situation http://tinyurl.com/c8myblv Times Colonist front: Retired B.C. bureaucrat paid $730,000 on top of pension http://tinyurl.com/bn9k3rd Puzzling that #LPC #NDP haven’t asked in QP about ambassador’s spouse working for Gadhafi (and SNC) linked company. No? Lichfield/Independent: L'Oréal heiress 'gave Sarkozy €800,000' (cash) http://tinyurl.com/d9c24u4 Mike Smyth: Mud-splattered Liberals face byelection war http://tinyurl.com/c6kxqcu Benoît Aubin sur Mulcair: Une toute nouvelle bibitte politique... http://tinyurl.com/brtk8cv Increasingly looking like another Karlheinz Schreiber scandal, with a major Québec company playing the role of Airbus http://tinyurl.com/clmvlt2 Might the “blue-chip board” partly explain the silence of MPs in QP on this smelly affair? http://tinyurl.com/coofg96 Citizen (last graf!) Nobody's said they were prevented from voting by fraudulent/ misdirecting calls during #elexn41 http://tinyurl.com/clfxgax second batch of today's tweets Calgary Herald: Redford’s team takes swipe at Smith over newspaper column on prostitution http://tinyurl.com/bltcpw8 Vaughn Palmer: Van Dongen serves notice he is ready to battle old colleagues with defection http://tinyurl.com/d69mccw CTV : Paradis in more hot water over 2009 hunting trip http://tinyurl.com/dycuxpp Graham Thomson: Redford redefines PC label http://tinyurl.com/c8cur6b Today’s howler: Caught on open mike, Obama tells Medvedev he needs ‘space’ on missile defense http://tinyurl.com/d89sacq Flaherty Budget: Linguistic minorities to be spared http://tinyurl.com/ckd99ay translation http://tinyurl.com/c69qqah W Post front: U.S., Australia announce deeper military ties amid Pentagon pivot to SE Asia http://tinyurl.com/bwh969m Michel David sur Mulcair: Un vieil ennemi http://tinyurl.com/c774w48 NYT: Nearly 70% of Americans think it’s going badly and the US should not be at war in Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/cbcfxbd Braid: Wildrose threat surprises everyone http://tinyurl.com/d7kf4wf first batch of today's tweets L Martin: No room for sacred cows in this [federal] budget http://tinyurl.com/cwd7qgw Globe: Ontario budget’s austerity measures to include tough changes to pensions http://tinyurl.com/blf4kr8 Star: Sex worker advocates clash over landmark ruling http://tinyurl.com/d7zppxz Globe: Mulcair attacks Tories for ‘killing’ manufacturing sector http://tinyurl.com/c64gtmh Yaffe: Mulcair not much of a
threat to PM
http://tinyurl.com/cew3nh5 CP: Appetite for independence endures in Quebec, suggests poll on Constitution - Winnipeg Free Press http://tinyurl.com/bvjffpm Globe: Budget will tout Tory plan to ease environmental reviews http://tinyurl.com/c928au3 CBC: F-35s don't meet military's requirements, documents show http://tinyurl.com/cdvtuda Gazette editorial: Clarity Act stand may come back to haunt Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/d2bogau HT: Harper approved 'opportunist,' 'divisive,' 'blind ambition' attack against Mulcair, says NDP MP http://tinyurl.com/bqspwlr Edmonton Journal lead story: Redford fires first volley http://tinyurl.com/c3h6pnk Van Sun line story: Van Dongen joins Conservatives, takes shots at Clark on his way out http://tinyurl.com/c3uvshh Van Sun: Pricey pensions under fire
http://tinyurl.com/cy3anz7 Citizen: Group [Council of Canadians] in bid to overturn federal election results http://tinyurl.com/clfxgax On Mulcair, @dgardner http://tinyurl.com/cogn57j Hebert http://tinyurl.com/cajp4t7 Mulcair Harper with whiskers: @kinsellawarren http://tinyurl.com/bqp6ppk fourth batch of today's tweets La Presse editorial: Had Mulcair not won leadership, #NDP wd have kept 3 seats in QC, now w/ luck they will win 12! http://tinyurl.com/cco6urr La Presse editorial: The #NDP absolutely needs QC, but QC doesn’t necessarily need the #NDP http://tinyurl.com/cco6urr SNC-Lavalin? I am shocked, shocked, to find ‘unauthorized payments’ going on in this establishment! http://tinyurl.com/89zc7nt Globe editorial: From now on, everyone should pay close attention to [Mulcair’s] every word and idea http://tinyurl.com/6rhdbze The Globe’s front page photo of #NDPldr Tom Mulcair is not exactly what you would call flattering! http://tinyurl.com/awkptx Dear @mpearson78: It’s not that he’s not “fluently bilingual.” To francophone ears, Paul Dewar’s French is a disaster http://tinyurl.com/6nu26ta third batch of today's tweets Mulcair said he backs removing the phrase “democratic socialism” from the preamble of the #NDP constitution http://tinyurl.com/6uz6y94 The photo of #NDPldr Tom Mulcair on the Globe’s front page is a sight to behold! http://tinyurl.com/awkptx In the TStar, Raymond Guardia’s fate is “unclear.” http://tinyurl.com/7w3jnyl In La Presse, he says Mulcair told him he’s toast http://tinyurl.com/72uv3fz Brad Lavigne’s resignation wd be more understandable if everyone were reporting this #NDPldr campaign contribution http://tinyurl.com/7gdzutp W Post front: Captivity could help polar bears survive global warming assault, some zoos say http://tinyurl.com/6m3nxrp People who make large donations to the Conservatives should expect to get access to the PM, UK Minister says http://tinyurl.com/7rjjnpz Radio-Canada: SNC-Lavalin head resigns http://tinyurl.com/6qdbu7d Guardian: Afghan kills two British soldiers at Nato base http://tinyurl.com/7mv66cm second batch of today's tweets On Mulcair: Globe http://tinyurl.com/6rhdbze T Star http://tinyurl.com/7e8xx58 editorials #ndpldr Winnipeg Free Press front (print edition hed): Steven Fletcher’s close call http://tinyurl.com/6ud5s9f On Mulcair: @IvisonJ http://tinyurl.com/7swbrgh T Harper http://tinyurl.com/89gjqk8 L Martin http://tinyurl.com/6twwubu #ndpldr HT: Feds to roll out budget, Cabinet ministers to sell ‘austerity’ measures http://tinyurl.com/72xlvdw On Mulcair: N Post http://tinyurl.com/7bpyzzq Winnipeg Free Press http://tinyurl.com/78bxoh7 editorials #ndpldr On Mulcair: @stphnmaher http://tinyurl.com/7ptf94h Robin Sears http://tinyurl.com/6mxnbhr #ndpldr first batch of today's tweets Citizen: Provinces given access to emergency drug cache http://tinyurl.com/7syqbwy Weston: Mulcair, Harper allies in plotting Liberals' demise http://tinyurl.com/75bbsmm #ndpldr T Star lead story (print ed hed): McGuinty defends plan to scale back aid programs http://tinyurl.com/7lhbjxv #onpoli On Mulcair: @acoyne http://tinyurl.com/7rk8w57 @vmarissal http://tinyurl.com/72uv3fz @JohnIbbitson http://tinyurl.com/755molm #ndpldr fourth batch of today's tweets On the W Post front page, a portrait of the CIA guy targeting the drone assassinations http://tinyurl.com/88b57bo Hey, maybe #NDPldr Mulcair was right about higher grade pot! http://tinyurl.com/6uvtd3q (LA Times front page) Chivers/NYT: NATO’s Secrecy Stance [re civilian casualties in the Libya mission] http://tinyurl.com/878yvvk Jean-Jacques Samson: L’underdog http://tinyurl.com/7dl5gtf Charlie Angus: “[Cullen] went with Green Party colours; how far he is going to go in NDP remains to be seen” http://tinyurl.com/77xa5nm third batch of today's tweets Cullen’s #NDPldr campaign, which had its base in BC, was hurt by the cyber-attacks, said Heath. http://tinyurl.com/88gllam Ever wonder why no Canadian newspaper (including the Star and the Globe) has a truly independent public editor? http://tinyurl.com/835wmkg Raymond Giroux: Thomas Mulcair à la tête du #NPD http://tinyurl.com/7bg2rml Amidst controversy that the attempt hack violated the integrity of Saturday’s vote, the NDP pledged an investigation. http://tinyurl.com/76mup79 A ‘great’ Alberta moment: Neo-Nazis skip Calgary anti-discrimination event; Supremacists move protest to Edmonton http://tinyurl.com/6mdyjsh PM Cameron’s fund-raiser resigns after cash-for-access scheme exposed by Sunday Times http://tinyurl.com/7yj93gj second batch of today's tweets CP: NDP chooses mercurial Mulcair as spear carrier of official Opposition http://tinyurl.com/7xxtxbr Macpherson: Mulcair's win is bad news for sovereignists http://tinyurl.com/6r485f9 T Star: Wilson and his wife, Sandra, tried all day to vote unsuccessfully online from their home http://tinyurl.com/76mup79 Susan Riley: Desperate times, desperate measures http://tinyurl.com/8a52bqc Robson: Flaherty as socialist candyman http://tinyurl.com/6o65bqs Tim Harper (T Star front page): New Democrats take the safe road with Thomas Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/73j2lf7 CBC: #NDPldr vote marred by online attacks, low turnout http://tinyurl.com/74fjy3p CP: Canada and Japan have agreed to enter negotiations on a free trade deal http://tinyurl.com/7u5gcfl Cohn: Premier Dad should help Ontario kick its salary porn habit http://tinyurl.com/748p43n Rob Russo: Elbows up! Mulcair says he's ready to go into the political corners with Harper http://tinyurl.com/7x8yofj Den Tandt: A rebuke to the party establishment http://tinyurl.com/7474nxt first batch of today's tweets Wiseman: Mulcair's NDP will be different - how different, no one knows http://tinyurl.com/7lnmwyw Globe: Mulcair victorious on fourth ballot http://tinyurl.com/7r7d7hs Leblanc/Globe: A ‘grizzly’ becomes Leader of the Opposition http://tinyurl.com/8axecge Ibbitson: NDP opts for a power broker over a protest leader http://tinyurl.com/6s4we7f Akin: Mulcair will have to bring his team together http://tinyurl.com/7x3823j CBC: New #ndpldr Mulcair vows no merger [or pre-election cooperation] with Liberals http://tinyurl.com/89rlm3g T Star editorial: NDP makes the right bet by making Thomas Mulcair its leader http://tinyurl.com/7e8xx58 Hébert: The allure of power proved irresistible http://tinyurl.com/84b54dt Walkom: Will Mulcair’s NDP back Air Canada strikers? It should http://tinyurl.com/6npovwt third batch of today's tweets BC Premier Christy Clark panned http://tinyurl.com/6ne5w9h and panned http://tinyurl.com/7rdwy8z Star: #CBC faces uncertain future as federal budget looms http://tinyurl.com/6sno9yf L Martin: Nash gained from speech http://tinyurl.com/88hymsm @acoyne (!) Alas, we will never hear it. http://tinyurl.com/7noebah Marissal/La Presse-- #NDPldr sources say 5 ballots; Hill Times Naumetz—4 ballots CP: Liberal voters would be most likely to support a joint candidate http://tinyurl.com/7axj75q Among NDP supporters more than two-thirds liking the party co-operation ideas http://tinyurl.com/6veu6zy The Quebec issue is the best weapon “the other parties have to hammer the NDP,” Lyle said. http://tinyurl.com/6veu6zy Mulcair camp spin: “His greatest strength is really his second-choice support, not his first choice” http://tinyurl.com/7pu7hh3 Cullen- passionate address http://tinyurl.com/7pwyx63 or (!), speech so low-key only belatedly realized he was talking http://tinyurl.com/7ft3vun Cross: Political parties set the rules and change history http://tinyurl.com/75jrwfy Mulcair strikes out; Cullen hits a homer: @mdentandt http://tinyurl.com/7ybw53f Globe editorial: NDP still not a credible alternative http://tinyurl.com/6pf7kdk second batch of today's tweets Chronicle Herald front: Indian Brook smoke shop missing $525,954 http://tinyurl.com/74mzjlf Crowley: Seeking a cure for pipeline madness http://tinyurl.com/6oq5gsy Winnipeg Free Press: Mrs Steve Ashton being investigated after airport run-in http://tinyurl.com/78t6wf9 Ed Journal: NDP should avoid stereotypical party ‘jargon’ on economic issues to attract supporters: pollster http://tinyurl.com/6veu6zy Citizen editorial re Paradis conflict: Another ethical breach http://tinyurl.com/7566ph8 Mulcair could win #NDPldr on one ballot - or not: @stphnmaher http://tinyurl.com/88m8cgx DON MACPHERSON on #NDPldr : Mulcair the key to Quebec seats http://tinyurl.com/7vnuz7m CP: Mulcair the choice of QCers 4 #NDPldr; in ROC, not so much http://tinyurl.com/7axj75q Walkom: NDP steadies itself for possible win by Thomas Mulcair http://tinyurl.com/7lln75m first batch of today's tweets Ottawa Citizen line story: 'Poutine' also recorded pro-Liberal call http://tinyurl.com/7brsvfj Globe: Elections Canada unearths ‘Poutine’s’ aborted robo-call posing as Liberals http://tinyurl.com/6qwnd24 On the Toulouse killings, @DougSaunders http://tinyurl.com/6u5lfsy vs David Warren http://tinyurl.com/7nlk98z ----------------------------------------------- v Comments |
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