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How "Ordinary Canadians" can spend $50,000 at Harbour 60
Impolitical —
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Apropos of the Toronto Star report on the Toronto Port Authority today and certain expenses incurred there that are now getting some media attention, let us show you the dessert menu at Harbour 60, which might help us in figuring out just how a $50,000 tab can be racked up. Might we suggest copious rounds of the ...4 days ago -
This Could Get Ugly
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The Stars Linda Diebal is beginning a series of investigative articles today on Torontos beleaguered Port Authority. Todays piece includes some pretty specific accusations by former TPA board chairs against former TPA president Lisa Raitt. Raitt accused of expense abuse Federal cabinet minister Lisa Raitt ...4 days ago -
Lisa Raitt steps in it again?
Impolitical —
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Boy thats a common blog post title around here these days: "Raitt accused of expense abuse." Well thats a whole new ball of ethical wax, isnt it? Federal cabinet minister Lisa Raitt signed off on her own expenses on at least one occasion – more than $3,000 spent on a trip to London, England – when she was ...4 days ago -
AECL’s cloudy future
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What if they held a sale and nobody came? One of the arguments for having the government build nuclear reactors in Canada, via a ‘crown corporation,’ is that the private sector won’t have to take the risks given the enormous amounts of capital needed to pay for them. That principle is being called into ...1 week ago -
Friday Raitt update
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Well theres always something to talk about...take this for example: (click to enlarge) The letter penned by Raitt above formed part of the ethics complaint filed this week by Liberals about the partisan swath of economic action plan advertising. Its just one example of the misuse of official government ...1 week ago -
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Impolitical —
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Looks like another investigation of the Harper Conservatives to add to the now very long list: "Lobbying czar probes firm with ties to Tories." Heck, when were up in the 60s , whats one more? The Prime Ministers Office is cutting off communications with officials affiliated with Navigator Ltd. while the federal ...1 week ago -
Clean energy opportunities
Impolitical —
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Ignatieff is on the right track with the clean energy push : "We’ve got to bet the competitive store on energy efficiency and renewables. And we’ve got to understand that the paradox of Canadian strength is that our energy resources are simultaneously a vulnerablility. They make us lazy… energy efficiency is ...2 weeks ago -
National media picks up on Lisa Raitt ethics order
Impolitical —
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"Just a Small Detail." We started discussing this development in the blogosphere on the 18th . So, not bad.2 weeks ago -
Canada & the Environment
Wednesday-Night —
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See related posts under Environment & Energy ; Arctic ; Biofuels ; Oil ; Canada & the Climate Change Conference (Bali) ; Liquid Asset The Canadian dean of the discipline, the University of Alberta’s David Schindler, wrote in 2006 that Alberta, along with Saskatchewan and Manitoba, will soon ...2 weeks ago -
Raitt ethics investigation update
Impolitical —
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Further to Runesmiths post on this little article in the Milton press, "Raitt to refrain from contact with lobbyist," its worth a look at a few of the items reported there. The lobbyist in question is alleged to have been instrumental in holding a fundraiser for Minister Lisa Raitt , organized out of the federal ...2 weeks ago -
Taking their eye off the ball
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A letter to the editor that reminds us of the costs of the excessive partisan focus of the Harper government, playing itself out now across the board: What do two cups of coffee and your life have in common? Thats the cost per Canadian for the physical repair of the Chalk River medical isotope facility, according ...2 weeks ago -
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62 complaints, in total, launched against the Conservatives over the past two weeks. Thats got to be some kind of record theyre setting? No? Lets take a moment to review... 55 Conservatives are the subject of ethics complaints for their improper use of partisan cheques . 3 more complaints were initiated over the ...2 weeks ago -
Timing
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Item yesterday from CP on a Conservative Senators employment with a Montreal firm that received a federal stimulus contract: A Montreal firm landed a federal stimulus contract while a top Tory organizer and senator was on the payroll, The Canadian Press has learned. Senator Leo Housakoss employer, BPR Inc., was part ...3 weeks ago -
Ethics to Lisa Raitt: "As long as you promise to never, ever do it again!"
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Big H/T to Impolitical for embarrassing me on Twitter (in an entirely friendly way) over my recent lack of Raitt-related blogging , and for pointing me towards this fascinating little document, signed on October 9th by Lisa Raitt: Conflict of Interest Act AGREED COMPLIANCE MEASURE I, Lisa Raitt, ...3 weeks ago -
Raitt and Del Mastro get in on the logo action
Impolitical —
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Updated (5:55 p.m.) below. What...did you think this was finished? There will be lots more to tell before this tale ends. Cant resist, its Friday after alll...two of my blogging faves , for all the material they provide , sport their party colours, inappropriately, at government announcements in ...3 weeks ago -
Time to rethink the AECL privatization?
Impolitical —
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The diligent CanPolitico has dug up a very interesting poll that Lisa Raitt commissioned (pdf) early this year on the issue of Atomic Energy Canada Limiteds privatization. Recall that the privatization was sprung on us this past spring (pardon the pun) as the Chalk River isotope reactor shutdowns impact was just ...3 weeks ago -
Ha ha! I just got a call from Lisa Raitt!
Runesmith's Canadian Content —
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Actually it was a robo-call from Lisa Raitt (my ear is still ringing), talking about that nasty Michael Ignatieff and his "coalition partners" wanting to "defeat your government" and bring about an "unnecessary election" when we should be focusing on the economy and jobs. There was even a poll at the end: "Do you ...7 weeks ago
