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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Thursday, November 5
Tory MP gets what I'm pretty sure is the wrong answer from constitutents
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DavidAkin
on Thu 05 Nov 2009 01:07 PM EST
James Bezan, the Conservative MP for the Manitoba riding of Selkirk Interlake, put up an online poll at his Web site. He wanted his Web site visitors to sound off on the record of his government, asking them: "Do you think Stephen Harper and the Conservative Government should be commended for doing a great job at managing our economy through the current fiscal crisis?" more »
Feds insist on a separate sign - that cities must pay for - promoting its stimulus plan
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DavidAkin
on Thu 05 Nov 2009 08:16 AM EST
Municipalities are being told if they want federal infrastructure cash, they have to pay for and install additional signs at each project promoting the federal government's economic action plan. more »Wednesday, October 28
Integrity of lobbying watchdog threatened by PMO: Opposition
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DavidAkin
on Wed 28 Oct 2009 07:32 AM EDT
Opposition politicians accused officials in the Prime Minister's Office of threatening the integrity of the independent Commissioner of Lobbying, in the wake of revelations that the watchdog was investigating a lobbyist firm with close connections to senior Ottawa Conservatives. more »Saturday, October 17
Coming soon? Five bucks just ain't what it used to be...
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DavidAkin
on Sat 17 Oct 2009 08:48 AM EDT
Yer editorial cartoon in this morning's Regina Leader-Post Thursday, October 15
Conservatives and their cheques: "the potential to do tremendous damage" to their standing
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DavidAkin
on Thu 15 Oct 2009 06:57 AM EDT
Ivison: "This has the potential to do tremendous damage to the Conservatives. All the polling shows that their Achilles' Heel is the perception that they have a tendency to put their party's interests ahead of the country's." more » Thursday, September 10
Stephen Harper vows to teach opponents a lesson, "make sure their little coalition never happens"
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DavidAkin
on Thu 10 Sep 2009 12:48 AM EDT
"I guarantee you if we do not win a majority, this country will have a Liberal government propped up by the socialists and the separatists. That government may not last very long but every day it’s in office it will do long-term real-damage to this country. This country cannot afford a government like that. If they force us to the polls, we have to teach them a lesson and get back there with a majority and make sure their little coalition never happens."
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Tuesday, September 1
Conservatives claims $70 billion in spending commitments pumping up economy
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DavidAkin
on Tue 01 Sep 2009 07:11 AM EDT
The federal Conservatives have been rolling out spending announcements at a furious clip, a new analysis by Canwest News Service shows, putting their names on more than 1,590 news releases since their re-election last October detailing spending commitments worth nearly $70 billion. Just since Parliament's summer recess began on June 22 — a span of 70 days — there have been, by midday Monday, 550 spending announcements for projects totalling more than $10 billion. The pace of federal spending has been a hot topic in political circles. The Conservatives' political opponents argue that the government has been too slow to get stimulus money into the economy — spending announcement or not. more »Sunday, August 30
Since they won in October, Tories have issued 1,582 funding announcements, totalling $69 billion
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DavidAkin
on Sun 30 Aug 2009 08:07 PM EDT
Whether it's Human Resources Minister Diane Finley announcing the rollout of the $8.3 billion Canada Skills and Transition Strategy or Treasury Board President Vic Toews trying to score a couple of political points with a $1,000 grant for a veterans project in Winnipeg, the federal Conservative government has been more active than ever spending money in its first year in office, rolling out more than 1,580 spending announcements since it was elected in October, 2008. more »
Missouri Republican Williams wants Ignatieff "guarding our northern flank"
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DavidAkin
on Sun 30 Aug 2009 05:37 PM EDT
Meet your first Republican for Ignatieff: Yancy Williams of Jefferson City, Mo. Williams wants the Liberal leader, not the Conservative one, to lead Canada. He loves Iggy's anti-terrorism credentials - " I want that guy guarding American’s northern flank"- and says Iggy gets it on energy security - "Drill, Iggy, Drill!" more »Wednesday, August 26
Finley, Plett & Stewart-Olsen to be named senators
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DavidAkin
on Wed 26 Aug 2009 07:21 PM EDT
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is preparing to reward some of his longest-serving and most loyal political operatives with Senate appointments that could come as early as this week, Canwest News Service has learned ... more » |
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