Juxtaposing
Lawrence Martin's question today on Tony Clement's status: What sort of punishment should be handed out to a cabinet minister who, judging by an auditor-general’s report, was found in clear…
Tony Clement
Deep thought
The Conservatives might stand a better chance being taken seriously in talking about health-care accountability if they hadn't been the ones to end it.
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Just as in this year's federal election, the NDP will need to look to move voting intentions once the campaign is underway. But…
Pop quiz
Yes, the Cons' spinners are doing their damndest to try to save Tony Clement's political hide. But since they don't seem to have noticed that their explanation raises more questions…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - The NDP follows up on the Tony Clement G8 scandal by pointing out the connection between his pork-barrelling and the 2008 federal election…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Naomi Klein points out in the wake of London's riots that there's one kind of socially destructive looting that's been rewarded rather…
The journalism continues
Tim Naumetz is at it again: The administrator for a township in Treasury Board President Tony Clement’s constituency that received $455,350 for projects under the controversial $50-million G8 legacy fund…
This is what you expect when money is ilegally misappropriated
Members of project selection committee Clement chaired received 83 per cent of $50-million G8 fundDiscuss.
So *that’s* what journalism looks like
While far too many media outlets have gone out of their way to give Tony Clement and the Cons a pass on this week's thoroughly damning revelations about their G8…
Not very good, eh
That comment, taken from below, seems about right for this news: "Members of project selection committee Clement chaired received 83 per cent of $50-million G8 fund." A select committee of…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that to end your Tuesday. - The Ottawa Citizen tears a strip off the Cons' G8 patronage and cover-up: The more details emerge about the way the government…
Today in the bizarro world of Canadian politics
Two choice items from the Globe today: "Harper makes ‘remarkable’ gains in best-prime-minister ranking" and "Cinephile Stephen Harper drops in on Crazy, Stupid Love." "He loves movies," we're told. Meanwhile,…
On official distortions
Charlie Angus is right to note that one of the more serious aspects of Tony Clement's G8 pork-barrel coverup may be the prospect that senior bureaucrats gave false information to…
The Case of Tony Clement and the Muskoka Millions
Golly Sherlock. I see the strange case of Tony Clement and the Muskoka Millions has taken another sensational and porky turn.Inspector Angus may finally have solved the baffling mystery of…
Out of scope
Following up on this morning's post, there's actually another notable bit of misdirection involved in Tony Clement's G8 pork-barrelling which helps to explain why the Auditor General was led astray…
Tip of the iceberg
Needless to say, we'll figure to hear plenty more about the revelation that Tony Clement administered G8 Muskoka pork-barrelling out of his constituency office to avoid the accountability that comes…
What’s this I hear about Tony Clement? Surely it can’t be true?
"Funneling requests for taxpayer-funded projects in his riding directly through his political office in Huntsville"? Can't be. Must be that commie Toronto Star doing the digging and reporting facts again.…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Erin alerts us to the possibility that one of the most appalling aspects of the TILMA might soon be law across Canada with virtually…
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…
Parliament In Review: June 21, 2011
Issue of the DayMuch of the day's debate was taken up with the final debate on the Cons' budget legislation, with the NDP particularly highlighting provisions to subsidize private mortgage…