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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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Sunday, June 24
Harper on Afghanistan
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DavidAkin
on Sun 24 Jun 2007 10:33 PM EDT
Here are the remarks Prime Minister Stephen Harper made in response to some questions from reporters who asked about Afghanistan and Canada’s role in the NATO mission in that country:
Harper on the last Parliamentary session
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DavidAkin
on Sun 24 Jun 2007 10:07 PM EDT
Here’s what Prime Minister Stephen Harper had to say on Friday at the close of the spring session of this Parliament:
Friday, June 22
Tax breaks for junior hockey teams
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DavidAkin
on Fri 22 Jun 2007 08:06 AM EDT
The federal budget will finally clear the Senate today, along with a few other bills — including Liberal Pablo Rodriguez’s C-288, Kyoto Implementation Act. Now it’s mighty rare that a private member’s bill gets royal assent, as Rodriguez’s bill will today, but how about two private member’s bills ... more » Thursday, June 14
Another Commons committee grinds to a halt
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DavidAkin
on Thu 14 Jun 2007 04:05 PM EDT
Today, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainablee Development was to hear testimony from Mark Jaccard, an environmental economist at Simon Fraser University, who has often found himself at the centre of some policy debates. When Environment Minister John Baird, for example, wanted to trash Liberal ... more » Sunday, June 10
Flaherty has "turned his back on Nova Scotians", says province's premier
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DavidAkin
on Sun 10 Jun 2007 06:44 PM EDT
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Until this afternoon, Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald (left) has been a relatively moderate voice in the debate about the Atlantic Accords and the federal budget. But this afternoon, MacDonald ramped it up after he read 
