Penashue Panned.. Anti-Abortion MP Heckled.. Trouble For Marois?

March 15, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Will Penashue Make It To Byelection? Yvonne Jones, a former leader of Newfoundland and Labrador's Liberal Party, said Friday she will seek the party's nomination to fight former Tory cabinet minister Peter Penashue in a byelection.  Continue reading... Anti-Abortion MP Heckled By Protester Dressed As Vagina Trouble Ahead For Pauline? Keystone In 'National Interest' Tory Cabinet Minister Steps Down Trudeau Gets His Wish: Voter Registration Extended Election? He's OUT Tory Cabinet Minister Steps Down $828 Million Gas Plant Headache? LOOK: Rare Louis Riel Photos Turn Up In Australia AARON H. EMERY Why Didn't Marc Garneau Take His Own Advice? It was Marc Garneau who was recently saying, "we cannot wait until after the leadership race is over to find out what we signed up for." These comments were, of course, pointed squarely at Garneau's leading opponent in the Grit's leadership race, Justin Trudeau. But what do we do when our father-figure departs from his own wisdom? Continue reading... DAVID LANGTRY Why Are There So Many Aboriginal People in Prison? I find it shocking that close to one in four inmates in the federal correctional system is an Aboriginal person. Yet Aboriginal people make up only four percent of our population. They are ten times more likely than anyone else to end up in jail. And that number is climbing. What does this say about our country? I appreciate the complexity of these issues, and the challenges of dealing with them. But denying the facts doesn't make them disappear. This is not the Canada I grew up in. The Canada I know and love. The Canada the world admires. Continue reading... J.J. MCCULLOUGH Media Bites: Garneau Was Always Miss Congeniality to Trudeau's Beauty Queen It took two days and five rounds of voting for the cardinals to elect Pope Francis; it will probably take about 15 minutes for the Grits to install Justin Trudeau. Once Justin's leadership destiny looked sealed, the press collectively agreed that Garneau's role in this particular play would be Miss Congeniality: the loveable runner up, who, while not exactly tiara-and-sash material, could still provoke genuine pity in losing. As a potential prime minister, Garneau was always overrated. Continue reading... CLARE DEMERSE Fact-Checking Canada's Environmental Record With consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal heading into the home stretch, a parade of Canadian politicians have been making the trek to the U.S. to try to convince the Obama Administration of the pipeline's merits.The good news is that the recent visitors -- from Premiers Redford and Wall to federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver -- now acknowledge that Canada's environmental record is crucial to the upcoming U.S. decision.The bad news is that there are some gaping holes in that record. Continue reading... KEITH BEARDSLEY Garneau Stayed in the Race too Long Marc Garneau's decision today to withdraw from the Liberal leadership race was not unexpected. If anything, the only surprise was that Garneau stayed in the race as long as he did. Perhaps he hoped for a last-minute shift in support, or that Liberals would wake up and see what he had to offer? If that was the case he was wasting his time. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.