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, October 17
View Article  Guns on our lakes - the political reaction
by DavidAkin on Tue 17 Oct 2006 06:34 AM EDT
The issue of U.S. Coast Guard cutters conducting machine gun fire exercises on the Great Lakes has percolated up to Ottawa. Here's an exchange from Question Period:
Hon. Jack Layton (Toronto—Danforth, NDP): Mr. Speaker, recently Mayor Bradley of Sarnia added his name to the chorus of Canadians who are ...   more »
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View Article  Ottawa's Light Rail dispute: Mayor asks Harper to jump in
by DavidAkin on Tue 17 Oct 2006 06:15 AM EDT

One of the big stories here in Ottawa nowadays is about the city's proposed light rail project. Ottawa city council led by Mayor Bob Chiarelli (right)-- who everyone tells me is a Liberal -- approved the $200-million deal and signed a contract with a consortium led by Siemens. Then Treasury Board President John Baird -- who everyone tells me is a Conservative -- stepped in. Baird is an Ottawa area MP...   more »

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