More of that "real ‘gotcha’"
So you may have noticed that Fern Hill at Dammit Janet has been on a roll recently in terms of raising questions about Tim Hudak's position on abortion and whether…
Nancy Leblanc
Friday night
Loooove this one, Goodwill & Hook 'n Sling, Take You Higher. It kind of cuts off at the end, that's because it's not officially out until next week.Other tunes for…
Random leadership notes
Alyssa Rosenberg offers a few leadership lessons from the Harry Potter series and one other: Both the Harry Potter series and Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games books are about what happen…
Meet the new Toronto
2011 Federal ElectionIt's a much more colourful place from previous elections. See the 2008 map, by contrast:2008 Federal ElectionThanks to Blunt Objects for posting links last night to the above…
Murdochs in the dock – highlights
Highlights from the Murdoch family's and Rebekah Brooks' testimony today in Britain. Complete with foreboding music which seems quite appropriate and not ginned up, actually.The leaders knew nothing, people let…
Miliband’s moment
It has been fascinating to watch Ed Miliband over the past week or so as he's handled the Murdoch scandal. Miliband seems to be ahead of the curve, leading the…
Late night: Hackgate
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Friday night
An easy pick this week, Kaskade was in Victoria and Vancouver a few months ago, how can you not like that? Big flag and all... Have a good night.
Martin on Trudeau
This is likely to be one of the top reads today, Lawrence Martin's column on Justin Trudeau. The leadership rattlings are probably overdone and are, frankly, annoying to read at…
Just a thought
This excerpt is written on the still unresolved U.S. debt ceiling argument but as a Canadian progressive, I like it: The base-case scenario is, still, that the debt ceiling will…
Green energy and the Ontario election
John Podesta spoke in Toronto last night on what's going to be one of the front and center issues in the Ontario election, green energy: Toronto, ON – This evening,…
The bridge silliness
I think Patrick Lagacé has it right on the comedy of errors we saw play out this week in respect of Montreal's Champlain bridge, its decrepit state and the oh-so-secret…
Cuts versus spending blitzes
Tony Clement commenting on today's Conservative spending blitz which included cash for an airport, a donut manufacturer and a pork plant among many announcements today and in coming days: Treasury…
The reviews for the Hudak platform are in…
That should raise some doubt about Mr. Front Runner who seems to be playing a very, very safe and talking pointed campaign at the moment. Why on earth are all…
Timely question on Harper’s intentions on foreign ownership of Canadian media
Geoff Stevens wonders: "Will Harper open door to foreign-owned media?" Specifically, he wonders whether Rupert Murdoch's empire might make its entree into Canada. The quiet meeting between Harper and Murdoch…
Friday night
Have a good night!
Checking in on the Wheat Board plebiscite
A Wheat Board commissioned poll shows support for the single desk system in advance of the plebiscite:According to the CWB's 2011 producer survey, 59 per cent of prairie farmers support…
The news of the world
The other big story in the world, beyond the debt ceiling biggie in the U.S., is the unfolding U.K. phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's tabloid News of the World. Some…
Column of the week
The tax cutting orthodoxy of the Republicans comes under fire from right wing New York Times columnist David Brooks as the debt ceiling fight looms: The party is not being…