Dean Del Mastro, MP for Peterborough, announces the launch of a new loans program worth $20M for Southern Ontario businesses at the offices of the Eastern Ontario Community Futures Development Corp. in Peterborough, Ont., on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.Peter Redman/The Canadian Press
The community team rounds up the most-commented articles from the Globe and Mail's website and features the most popular postings. (Note: Some comments have been condensed and edited. Scores are accurate at the time of publishing.)
A report about an Elections Canada investigation into allegations of campaign spending irregularities by Dean Del Mastro, Conservative MP for Peterborough, Ont., received the most comments of any story on our website last week.
Of the 1,060 comments received, the highest-rated with a score of 270 (280 thumbs up, 11 down) was by Andy850, who wrote:
"Where is Elections Canada? Better yet, bring in the RCMP."
These are top 10 most-commented articles for the week of July 2, 2012:
1.Liberals propose Commons committee to discuss Del Mastro affair Comments: 1,060
2.Take the romance out of farming and ditch locavorism Comments: 913
3.Nobel laureate joins Toronto rabbi group in condemning refugee health cuts Comments: 598
4.Liberals woo voters in enemy territory during Calgary Stampede Comments: 586
5.Record-setting heat wave leaves 30 dead in U.S. Comments: 519
6.Newfoundland NDP surges to first place in polls in historic shift Comments: 451
7.Canada's vanishing tech sector Comments: 425
8.The TomKat split: Is Hollywood getting a divorce from Scientology? Comments: 389
9.Playing at a theatre near you: Ottawa's patriotic film on War of 1812 Comments: 367
10. How do you fix a problem like the Leafs? Comments: 342