Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – The OECD is the latest independent observer to confirm Thomas Mulcair’s point that dutch disease is a real problem for Canadian manufacturing.…
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ConCalls: CEAP Adscam 2.0?
The annoying Canadian Economic Action Plan acronym CEAP appears in the latest Conservative phone calling scandal because a company Dean Del Mastro hired, got CEAP money to develop GeoVote. It’s…
A bit of Friday Robocon blogging
I usually do this in the morning. It would be neat if the reason I’m behind schedule is because there’s so much news regarding the case of the fraudulent phone…
ConCalls: Del Mastro Sits Down, Shuts Up
Ethical Dean should step down from being the PM’s Parliamentary secretary, and from his Ethics Committee posting. The Conservatives should continue to use Vic “The Violator” Toews, Elections Finance Act…
Parliament in Review – May 8, 2012
Tuesday, May 8 saw another day of debate on the Cons’ omnibus budget legislation – and another day of general non-responsiveness from the Cons as to its actual effects. But…
ConCalls: Dean Del Mastro Investigated
Dean Del Mastro (DDM) has been under Elections Canada investigation during most of the RoboCon scandal hoo-haw since March, and Postmedia uncovered why. It’s in regard to a $21,000 personal…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Among the other possible tests in an impending Etobicoke Centre by-election, here’s one I’ll be curious to watch: will attention to the Robocon…
ConCalls: Spending Money and Time
On the one hand I sympathize with the speed of the investigation into the illegal robocalls (and live calls). Elections Canada are the pros, and will have to testify in…
ConCalls: American Robocall $1Million Fine
WTF Elections Canada? U.S. Fed Judge ruled VOTER SUPPRESSION WITH ROBOCALLS "consultant" must pay 1 million. baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/… #CDNPOLI— Sharpay Point (@truththrust) June 05, 2012 Let’s take a peek south of…
Saturday Afternoon Links
This and that to end your Saturday. – Andrew Jackson comments on how a premature push for austerity has driven the global economy to the brink of more disaster –…
Friday morning Robocon blogging
Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand testified before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday and the media reports on his appearance seem to have created some confusion. Mayrand had originally suggested that…
ConCalls: Robo-Out-of-Con-trol Delay #RoboCon
CEO Marc Mayrand tells MPs, who swept to government on a wave of fraudulent phone calls, to police themselves better. How’s that worked out so far? Well, there are now…
Robocon Scandal — UPDATE 2
So, the IP address Pierre Poutine used also accessed Andrew Prescott’s Racknine account. But, there’s no smoking gun? And now, Elections Canada is talking about regulating — not banning —…
RoboCon: Adversaries and Enemies
Robocalls critics: At least Tories aren't calling us Nazis or chld pornographrs huff.to/KeEbpt via @HuffPostCanada #cdnpoli #elxnfraud— Reclaim Democracy (@Colettestweeter) May 25, 2012 The Conservative Party’s latest salvo in response…
Friday morning Robocon blogging
It’s interesting that in the course of accusing participants in legal proceedings of abuse of process, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is appealing to guilt by association. And it…
Snow Way That’s Cool
My bad. I put away the snow shovel before June. Sorry Regina. I saw snowflakes flying in the street lights as I left the Lawson Thursday night. == As you…
Robocall Suspects Posts Bizarre On-Line Statement
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Robert Cross and Glen McGregor point out how “Pierre Poutine” covered his tracks in the course of sending out fraudulent robocalls to direct…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne tears into the Cons for being interested solely in developing a junk labour market where both work safety and income security…
Friday morning No News Isn’t Necessarily Good News blogging
A few minutes after I posted last Friday’s installment, the CBC posted their own report on what were the latest developments at that point. Most of it was a rehash…