Weekly round up: June 6 - 12

Articles

Memo to Brigette: There are no shortcuts in politics. It takes long, dull, dreary work from David Akin's On the Hill

Politeness breaks out in the Commons from National Post

Only way to fix grow-op mess from The Star

Alberta's health-care reality crumbling from National Post

Why Canada doesn't grow more food from Ottawa Citizen

Wronged homeowners repossess bank from CBC

Simple request for the mayor from The Star

Sponsors of 'rogue' immigrants must repay welfare, Supreme Court rules from The Globe and Mail

Out with the new in with the old from The Star

Canada could learn a few things about fresh water from The Chronicle Herald

Tweets

Apparently Flaherty, Finance Minister since 2006, said it's shocking that a thorough spending review hasn't been done in 15 yrs. #really?

— Leslie Stojsic (@LeslieCBC) June 6, 2011

Layton blames ideology. Curse you, ideology! Why must you pollute our minds and poison our debate? Thank goodness the NDP is immune. #hw

— kady o'malley (@kady) June 7, 2011

I want iTunes Match for snacks. Like, if I have some crackers in the cupboard at home, they should appear in my desk drawer at the office.

— Matt Frost (@mattfrost) June 8, 2011

Gov't will make it worse! Let free market handle it. MT @dgardner The government should do smething RT @cselley: weather today is unaccptble

— Emmett Macfarlane (@EmmMacfarlane) June 8, 2011

Hilarious video a guy in NYC made after getting a ticket for not riding his bike in a bike lane: https://t.co/A1M3WCA

— Dan Parish (@danparish) June 11, 2011

What sort of ethical framework would lead a politician to advocate expensive milk and cheap gasoline?

— Stephen Gordon (@stephenfgordon) June 12, 2011