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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 |
Tuesday, July 29
Byelection spending limits set
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DavidAkin
on Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:18 PM EDT
Elections Canada today announced the "Preliminary Candidate Election Expenses" limit for the three byelections that will take place Sept. 8. This is the first of two spending limits that Elections Canada will establish for the byelections to take place in the ridings of Westmount-Ville-Marie and Saint-Lambert (both in Québec) and in Guelph (Ontario).... It will be the maximum that registered political parties can spend to support the candidates in these elections. more »
Greens postpone policy convention citing byelection conflict
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DavidAkin
on Tue 29 Jul 2008 11:24 AM EDT
The Greens were to meet in New Glasgow, NS from Sept. 5 to Sept. 7 but with the recent announcement that three byelections will be held on Sept. 8, the Greens have decided to move their convention to Sept. 19-21. From the Green Party news release: “When we learned that the by-elections would be the day after our national convention, we feared Greens would be forced to choose between the policy convention and campaigning on the last weekend before the by-elections,” said Green Party leader Elizabeth May. “With Deputy Leader Claude William Genest running in Westmount—Ville-Marie and Environment Critic Mike Nagy running in Guelph, moving the convention after the by-elections made sense. more » |
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