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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Tuesday, September 30
Well, that's that then, right?
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 30 Sep 2008 03:41 PM EDT
Just in from the Tory press office:
OTTAWA – Statement by Owen Lippert:
"I was overzealous in copying segments of another world leader’s speech... more »
Sunday, September 28
Small-c conservatives look back, sometimes with anger ..
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DavidAkin
on Sun 28 Sep 2008 03:29 PM EDT
"...there are [those] who cut their political teeth with Harper who say he's abandoned "principled conservatism", that his government has let spending run out of control and broke his word on fixed election dates - just like the Liberal governments before him.... These are the philosophical small-c conservatives who wanted a government in Ottawa that would address judicial activism, turn the Senate upside down, introduce free-market principles for health care delivery, but most of all, lower income taxes by slashing government spending. more »Sunday, September 14
First MP of the 40th Parliament elected!
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DavidAkin
on Sun 14 Sep 2008 08:29 AM EDT
The Calgary Herald reports that LaVar Payne has won the nomination to carry the Conservative flag in Monte Solberg's southern Alberta riding so, with that fight complete, I'd say we could pretty much swear him in as an MP in the 40th Parliament right now. Friday, September 12
22 Minutes' Geri Hall gets handcuffed for having a crush on Harper!
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DavidAkin
on Fri 12 Sep 2008 01:20 PM EDT
 Is it the sweater vests, the carefully coiffed dome of hair? Or is it just the power that comes with being prime minister? Apparently single women voters can’t contain themselves around Stephen Harper . . . more »
Thursday, September 11
Nunvaut's health minister takes Tory nomination
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DavidAkin
on Thu 11 Sep 2008 09:35 PM EDT
CBC North is reporting that Leona Aglukkaq, Nunavut's health minister, will quit that post to become the Conservative candidate in Nunavut, a riding currently held by retiring Liberal MP Nancy Karetak-Lindell. more »
Saturday, September 6
Loyola says that's it
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DavidAkin
on Sat 06 Sep 2008 11:14 PM EDT
I reproduce, below, Hearn's farewell statement and you very much get the sense that he'd dearly love to have a crack at Danny Billions: After two decades of elected service to Newfoundland and Labrador and my country, I will not run in the next federal election. I want to thank everyone who has supported me over the years, and who gave me the honour of serving as their elected member at both the provincial and federal levels.... While it is admittedly tempting to throw my hat in the ring one more time to fight the misinformation campaign underway in our province, I told my family after the 2006 election that it would be my last as a candidate. more » |
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