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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 |
Monday, December 8
Dion resigns
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DavidAkin
on Mon 08 Dec 2008 01:43 PM EST
"There is a sense in the party, and certainly in the caucus, that given these new circumstances the new leader needs to be in place before the House resumes. I agree. I recommend this course to my party and caucus. As always, I want to do what is best for my country and my party, especially when Canadians' jobs and pensions are at risk. So I have decided to step aside as Leader of the Liberal Party effective as soon as my successor is duly chosen . . ." more »Thursday, December 4
And that's that: Parliament prorogues
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DavidAkin
on Thu 04 Dec 2008 02:47 PM EST
Herewith, the last few minutes of the 1st session of the 40th Parliament of Canada] The Speaker: The honourable, the Minister of Justice is rising on a point of order. Hon. Rob Nicholson (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada): Mr. Speaker, it is my duty to inform the House that Her Excellency the Governor General of Canada has just issued the following proclamations under the Great Seal of Canada . . . more »Wednesday, December 3
This ain't the Canadian way
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DavidAkin
on Wed 03 Dec 2008 06:06 PM EST
Fire off angry e-mails, start up as many Facebook groups as you want, or even, as I've heard this evening, join cabinet ministers and ministers at a sit-in at Rideau Hall tomorrow if you want to make your point. But firebombing the signs of someone you don't agree with? We don't do that in this country. more »
PM meets the premiers
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DavidAkin
on Wed 03 Dec 2008 05:15 PM EST
Next January 16, Canada's prime minister, whomever that might be, will host a meeting of the country's premiers and territorial leaders. This is a followup meeting to the one that Prime Minister Stephen Harper held last month in Ottawa. Harper issued the following invitation this afternoon but it remains to be seen if he himself will be able to attend the meeting . . . more »
Look out! It's the Duceppetives!
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DavidAkin
on Wed 03 Dec 2008 11:37 AM EST
Ok -- this is serious, serious stuff that's going on in Ottawa right now but do go have a chuckle courtesy of Brian Williams, the city editor at the Guelph Daily Mercury. In this post, Brian tries to come up with a party name for the Liberal-NDP coalition that is threatening to become the government. Me? I like the "New Niberals" more » |
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