Equal Voice , a group which seeks to increase the political presence of women and women elected to all levels of political office in Canada, released a survey today which concludes that both Conservatives and Liberals, despite commitments to do otherwise, still do not have enough women set to run in the next general election:
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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 |
Wednesday, September 30
Conservatives and Liberals still don't have enough women running, says Equal Voice
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DavidAkin
on Wed 30 Sep 2009 12:57 PM EDT
Thursday, September 24
Libya's Gadhafi comes to Canada (!)
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DavidAkin
on Thu 24 Sep 2009 01:48 PM EDT
Prime Minister Harper has asked Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon to go to St John's and meet the Libyan leader. Minister Cannon will voice Canada's strong disapproval over the hero’s welcome organised for Abdelbasset Al Maghrahi, the man responsible for the Lockerbie terrorist bombing. It constituted an insult to all the victims who died including Canadians more »
Liberals charge Tories with "pork-barrel" politics; Tories call it a "shameful" attack
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DavidAkin
on Thu 24 Sep 2009 01:03 PM EDT
Some fairly heated political duelling this morning between Liberals, led by their leader Michael Ignatieff and MP Gerard Kennedy, and Infrastructure Minister John Baird. The Liberals threw the first punch. Ignatieff, in Burlington, Ont. with Kennedy at his side, said Kennedy's research proves that Tory ministers are targetting federal economic stimulus spending at Tory-held ridings. more » Wednesday, September 23
Getting out the vote: Government moves to add advance polls
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DavidAkin
on Wed 23 Sep 2009 11:39 AM EDT
One of the ways the federal government is trying to reverse that trend is by adding advance polling days ahead of the general election and by adding the number of polls open on one of those days. more »Thursday, September 17
Wednesday, September 16
Harper's White House greeting an "unbelievable insult and snub": Beltway insider
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DavidAkin
on Wed 16 Sep 2009 02:24 PM EDT
"But this president, in many ways, although he's a classy guy, I think is not either advised or doesn't have the instinct to sometimes show some deference and Canada, on the world stage, to him is not that significant. I don't think it's deliberate. I don't think it's willful. Maybe it's worse much he's just indifferent." [UPDATED - WITH PMO REACTION] more »Sunday, September 13
Harper's Tories to table 'report card' as early as Friday setting stage for confidence vote
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DavidAkin
on Sun 13 Sep 2009 01:02 PM EDT
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government will table its third "report card" on the federal budget and the economy as early as Friday as the Tories try to weaken the resolve of the Opposition Liberals to take the country to the polls to this fall. The release of the report card will be tied to government legislation to implement the popular home-renovation tax credit. Both the report card and the home-renovation tax credit legislation are triggers for a confidence vote. If Harper's minority government fails to win the support of at least one opposition party, the country will be headed to its 41st general election - the fourth vote in five years - this fall. more »Saturday, September 12
Layton retreats from "stand up" challenge to Liberals
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DavidAkin
on Sat 12 Sep 2009 10:37 AM EDT
Does Jack Layton want an election? Last spring, it certainly seemed that way. As his caucus voted against the minority government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in one confidence vote after another, Mr. Layton and the NDP taunted Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals for propping up the Tories. They even ... more » Thursday, September 10
Stephen Harper vows to teach opponents a lesson, "make sure their little coalition never happens"
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DavidAkin
on Thu 10 Sep 2009 12:48 AM EDT
"I guarantee you if we do not win a majority, this country will have a Liberal government propped up by the socialists and the separatists. That government may not last very long but every day it’s in office it will do long-term real-damage to this country. This country cannot afford a government like that. If they force us to the polls, we have to teach them a lesson and get back there with a majority and make sure their little coalition never happens."
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