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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 |
Friday, June 26
Jane's just plain wrong: Lots of influential women in Harper's PMO
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DavidAkin
on Fri 26 Jun 2009 11:15 PM EDT
But other staffers, even those who have come in for a dressing-down by Byrne on those conference calls, says she has to be that tough because the meeting after her daily 7:15 a.m. call with staffers is with the prime minister and it's her job to make sure he is not surprised by anything a reporter or opposition politician might say that day. When Sandra Buckler (another woman) was Harper''s director of communications, I'm told that she and Byrne often tussled over what the message of the day ought to be and then Buckler would decide how that message would be delivered.
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Monday, June 22
Monday, June 1
Tories trying to change the channel? Naaah ...
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 01 Jun 2009 09:44 AM EDT
With a nominally conservative government about to nationalize a car company the week after announcing the largest deficit in Canadian history, I can't say I'm surprised to see members of that government fanning out across the country to have their pictures taken with uniformed police officers and remind their base that while the conservative economic agenda may have temporarily been abandoned, the Conservative law-and-order agenda is back on track! If you're collecting the set, here's what you'll need ... more » |
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