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View Article  Day Two: Itineraries
Here's where your party leaders are for day two of this eight-week campaign. I'm with the Harper campaign and we're waking up in Quebec City, do a quick series of photos with Quebec City-area Conservative candidates and then jet away to Halifax for a dinner-hour event. Then it's back on ...   more »
View Article  Lots of new posts over at that new blog

Another reminder that, for the duration of the current general election in Canada, I’m going to be doing most of my blogging at CTV’s blog site. Today I posted on a Hill and Knowlton “Election Predictor” tool; on Gurmant Grewal’s status within the CPC; on Stephen Harper in an ...   more »

View Article  And they're off
Prime Minister Paul Martin goes to Rideau Hall this morning to ask the Governor General to call a general election. Everyone thinks January 23 is a lock but only Martin knows for sure. Martin holds a campaign event in Ottawa early in the evening and then he heads to Montreal ...   more »
View Article  Boudria on Conservative prospects in a riding that's been Liberal since before I was born

The Hon. Don BoudriaThe riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell -- Ontario's most easternmost riding stretching from Ottawa's east end along the Ottawa River to the St. Lawrence [ profile | 2004 Results ]-- has voted in a Liberal MP since 1962. The current MP, Don Boudria (left), is retiring. Boudria was first elected in 1984....   more »

View Article  Here's how it looks on the order paper

The Liberal government is certain to fall tonight. Here’s what’s on the House of Commons Order Paper:

Opposition Motion — Deferred recorded division  

November 24, 2005 — Deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Harper (Calgary Southwest), seconded by Mr. Layton (Toronto—Danforth), — That this House has lost ...   more »

View Article  What is this election all about?

On Canada AM this morning, Seamus O'Regan asked strategists from the three major English-language parties what this election is all about.

Steve McKinnon, National Director, Liberal Party of Canada: “I think right now we have a virtuous cycle of surplus budgets, lower taxes and investments in social programs. Change what ...   more »

View Article  Moving the blog to a new neighbourhood

CTV is going to soon have some blogs up and running in time for the Canadian general election. I’ll be running one there and there will be a community blog. I may double-post — mirror whatever is posted over there, over here — but I encourage you to head ...   more »

View Article  Polls: Ipsos-Reid gives Liberals narrow lead on eve of election

Ipsos-Reid, in a poll released Saturday, has the Liberals slightly ahead on the eve of a general election:

“According to the latest Ipsos Reid poll conducted for CanWest News Service/Global News, the governing Liberal Party, with 34% of voter support (-2 points from a poll conducted last week), holds ...   more »

View Article  If you win one of these, I guess you ought to brag a bit ...

The other night in Toronto, I won a Gemini award for Best Reportage.

David Akin - Best Reportage

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View Article  Ramping up

OK, we’re back.

Very shortly, though, this blog will be moving to CTV’s site.

I’ll be on the bus with Conservative leader Stephen Harper for the first two weeks of the campaign and then I’ll spend a week with NDP leader Jack Layton. (left) If CTV has plans for ...   more »

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