Errata, observations and working notes
from Parliament Hill reporter David Akin
View Article  Will the budget have tax cuts? Goodale says "wait and see"

>Finance Minister Ralph GoodaleOn Thursday, outside the House of Commons, Federal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale took questions from journalists on the federal budget. Here is an edited transcript of his discussions.

Question:   How much has the rise in the Canadian dollar changed your planning for the budget that you plan to do on [Feb] 23rd? ...   more »

View Article  Solberg on the federal budget
On Thursday, after Question Period in the House of Commons, Conservative Finance Critic was asked about his party’s positions going into the federal budget planning process. The budget is to be tabled by the Liberal government on Feb. 23. Here’s an edited transcript of his exchange outside the Commons. The ...   more »
View Article  Growing the blogoshere: Tory finance critic Solberg is in

Monte Solberg, the Conservative MP for Medicine Hat, Alberta and his party’s finance critic, jumped into the blogosphere yesterday. He’s got a Blogger-powered blog where he promises to do a little real-time politicking.

The blog is an exciting technology that will enable me to keep in touch with people ...   more »
View Article  A really, really, really bad idea: Licensing journalists

The National Union of Journalists, a trade union for journalists in Britain and Ireland and which as 35,000 members, is apparently calling for state regulation of journalists as a means to improve pay, working conditions and the general esteem with which the public holds journalist.

If you think a ...   more »

David Akin's Facebook profile
National Post

Top Stories

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. Blogware users typically pay a monthly fee for using this platform but I do not as Tucows has kindly provided me with this platform. I may report on Tucows, its associated operations and executives, and on industry issues that may affect Tucows. I am grateful for Tucows' assistance but that's it. No favours were promised for their generosity nor do Tucows executives expect any. I hold no direct equity or stock in any company, Tucows included.
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