Saturday night
Missed out on posting music on Friday, so this is to make up for that oversight. Plus it was a good day so I just feel like posting some music.…
Nancy Leblanc
New troubling allegations on Del Mastro 2008 campaign
“Employees linked to cousin’s company each gave $1,000 to Dean Del Mastro campaign.” Bravo to Postmedia for pursuit of this story. But three donors to Del Mastro’s campaign or riding…
The morning after
Interesting report last night on CBC’s The National for those still looking for some more news on the big story of yesterday. Notably, a certain MP who has been keeping…
Two good steps on income inequality
From Scott Brison, whose motion on the issue passed in the House of Commons today with multi-partisan support: The motion I introduced simply asks that the house of commons direct…
Rae not running
Not much time to write anything so just a few quick thoughts… Rae has said all along that he had not made a decision about running, despite the presumptions being…
A thought on the leadership hullabaloo
Tomorrow the National Board is deciding on a motion or set of procedures pertaining to the Liberal leadership race and the conditions under which candidates, including Bob Rae, would be…
Liberal pollapalooza
Are you enjoying the headlines of the past few days? An Ipsos-Reid online poll of 1,000 respondents taken from June 5-7 seems to be generating a fair bit of content…
C-38 Speaker’s ruling reaction
Key point on Scheer’s ruling and the ongoing discussion over C-38, the government’s monstrous omnibus bill that jams unrelated and consequential bills into the budget process: “It’s something that clearly…
Friday night
Have a good night!
Statesman at work
Well this seems to have gone well, what with the takeaway platitudes of agreement between Hollande and Harper about the need for growth and for there to be stability in…
Del Mastro under investigation
Terry Milewski has a good overview of the deets on yesterday’s big news of allegations of Dean Del Mastro having overspent in the 2008 federal election. The report came from…
You’re doing it wrong, Larry Miller
“Tory MP wants Baird to consider yanking Canada out of UN.” Such a piker. If you really want to get your Tea Party on, you need to go big. You…
The Harper interview
A few thoughts on the big interview last night between Harper and Peter Mansbridge on the National… This interview seemed to have two parts to it. The primary focus was…
Mansbridge and Harper tonight
Why is Harper smiling so much during discussion of a topic that is dead serious? Is Peter Mansbridge getting under his skin? Nice preview of a rare Harper interview on…
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Toronto event this week: Roots Revival – featuring Justin Trudeau and The Rizdales
Click to enlarge. Get your tickets online here. It’s going to be big and much fun, so please come! All are welcome.
A winning essay on national media coverage of the 2011 federal election
This is a brilliant piece of writing by Mark Brister: “National media coverage of the 2011 federal election was a failure.” Not sure if it’s getting much coverage but there’s…
Today in secret deliberations
Something to watch for today as the Conservatives keep digging their democratic deficit, the Commons public accounts committee meets to decide the future of the F-35 hearings. Not in public,…
On keeping elections out of court
Now that Conservative Ted Opitz has launched his appeal of the nullification of the Etobicoke-Centre election result, it looks like a bit of a public relations effort has started by…
Paul Godfrey’s big public push on newspaper ownership
Today, the Globe gets a copy of this: “Paul Godfrey memo to staff.” Long story short, Postmedia newspapers are having great difficulty financially. Precious advertising dollars are going to online…