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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 |
Friday, December 31
Update: Corporate Canada gives to disaster relief
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DavidAkin
on Fri 31 Dec 2004 08:14 PM EST
Following up from yesterday's post which contained the names and details of companies headquartered or active in Canada who are helping with disaster relief in South Asia, here's today's tally. Notably, long-suffering Nortel Networks of Brampton makes a $700,000 (U.S.) donation (half of the money will come from Nortel employees) making it the most generous Canadian company so far for South Asia disaster relief. (Mind you, nickel-producer . . . more »
Mailing list established for tsunami survivors
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DavidAkin
on Fri 31 Dec 2004 02:21 PM EST
L-Soft International which hosts a lot of e-mail lists on a variety of topics said it has established a list where the discussion is intended to be for survivors and those looking for survivors. Here's the blurb from L-Soft:
"In response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami tragedy, L-Soft has created ... more »
More on Corporate Canada and the Asia disaster -- giving without seeming like you're trying to benefit
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DavidAkin
on Fri 31 Dec 2004 09:17 AM EST
My colleague Paul Waldie takes a look in today's Globe and Mail at one of the challenges for businesses that wish to donate: How to give without seeming like you're trying to make a buck on the giving yourself: "When executives at Best Buy Canada Ltd. considered how to help ... more »
[What they said] The blogging two-step
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DavidAkin
on Fri 31 Dec 2004 08:57 AM EST
Henry Farrell, writing on the Crooked Timber blog, puts forth a position on the relationship between mainstream media and bloggers which is very close to mine, namely, that both are important and both are an important source of information. Farrell, though, has a message for those bloggers who think ... more »
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