All day long yesterday, word had it that Conservative senators will be recommending changes to the Fair Elections Act as a result of their pre-study, and that Senate Liberals will be recommending even more changes in a minority report. The nine major ones, however, have unanimous support. Pierre Poilievre said he’d “carefully consider” their ideas, which is pretty non-committal. Of course, if the House passes the bill unamended without having considered the Senate recommendations, it could set up for a confrontation between the two Chambers if the Senate decides to make an issue out of it. That of course, remains the danger – that the Conservatives in the Senate will buckle under the pressure of the PMO, as there are still too many operating under its influence. Incidentally, it seems that even if the bill passes and the sections on the robocall registry are unaltered, they may not be implemented in time for the next election.

Conservative Senator Linda Frum wrote an op-ed in the Globe and Mail about what she believes is the “conflict of interest” that Elections Canada finds itself in, which still makes no actual sense. Aaron Wherry takes into account Frum’s objections and some of the testimony at the committee from the UK and the concerns they have in that country about democracy promotion versus administrative concerns.

The CRA said that during a six-hour window of vulnerability, some 900 SINs were stolen by way of the Heartbleed Bug. The Minister, however, won’t talk about it, and is completely evasive. They apparently know about the breach since Friday, but didn’t make any public statements until Monday morning – and yes, the official opposition continues to try to make partisan hay while showing that they don’t quite grasp the problem at hand.

Here is a look at the way the question in the Kitimat plebiscite on the Northern Gateway pipeline was worded, and how it means that it’s not an easy answer to the result, particularly as not everyone felt that the question was easily understood.

It looks like Correctional Services of Canada has been over-prescribing psychiatric drugs to help control the female population in particular.

Stephen Harper held a photo op yesterday with the Ukrainian ambassador, as well as those from the surrounding region, to talk about how Russia was trying to provoke an escalation in the conflict.

Canadian defence and diplomatic officials have been quietly preparing for the potential of military intervention with the civil war in Syria.

The government has inked the revised contract for new Cyclone helicopters for the military, despite Sikorsky being years behind schedule and not at all up to expectation. And I have to wonder – did they finally figure out how to deal with the fact that these birds weren’t properly shielded and would have their electronics knocked out by ship’s radar? Because that’s kind of a big deal for naval helicopters.

Former would-be Liberal nomination candidate in Trinity–Spadina, Christine Innes, has decided to sue Justin Trudeau and Ontario campaign co-chair David MacNaughton for defamation after her nomination was blocked. Innes’ statement of claim can be found here, and it seems like the biggest focus of those derogatory claims were that she was accused of bullying, which is apparently a grave enough sin to be worth $1.5 million. Of course, nothing says burning your bridges with the party you’ve apparently been loyal to for 35 years than suing the leader, so one really has to wonder what Innes’ endgame is at this point.

Pundit’s Guide looks at the nomination races to date, and in a detailed analysis finds that more Conservative incumbents are moving toward safer seats under redistribution, meaning that some of those new ridings will be open contests, possibly to their disadvantage in places where they eked out victories against the Liberals in 2011.

Laura Stone has lunch with new NDP national director Anne McGrath, and it’s a lot of effusive praise for leader Thomas Mulcair, and assurances that their 2011 gains weren’t all about Jack Layton’s personal popularity.

And from the “Oh, Alberta” file, creationist textbooks are available at a homeschooling convention, and a taxpayer funded Christian school says that teachers must refrain from homosexual relations, and warns students of an eternity in a lake of fire. (And people wonder why I left the province…)