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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, February 27
NY Times: "Canada's Move to Restore Rights"
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DavidAkin
on Tue 27 Feb 2007 08:32 PM EST
The New York Times opines on the recent decision of Canada’s Supreme Court to declare security certificates unconstitutional. :
A look at Ottawa's cultural spending
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DavidAkin
on Tue 27 Feb 2007 03:36 PM EST
Spending on federal government cultural programs is often seen as the litmus test between liberals and conservatives. Conservatives often view such spending with a sceptical eye; liberals, particularly in Canada, tend to place a higher priority on such spending. Or at least that’s the theory.
Federal government spending by sector
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DavidAkin
on Tue 27 Feb 2007 02:14 PM EST
Spending on social programs, including major transfer programs like EI and Old Age Security, will continue to be Ottawa's single biggest program expense, according to the government's Main Estimates for fiscal 2008.
Main Estimates: Where Ottawa's money goes, Part 1
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DavidAkin
on Tue 27 Feb 2007 01:25 PM EST
The federal government tabled 2007-2008 Main Estimates this morning. The Estimates, as they’re known, are pages and pages and pages of tables that detail where Ottawa plans to spend its billions of dollars. The Estimates are produced as support documents for the legislation that will be tabled in the House of Commons that MPs will vote ... more » |
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