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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 |
Thursday, March 24
Conservative Policy Convention: Diversity; Aboriginal Affairs; Heritage
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DavidAkin
on Thu 24 Mar 2005 09:44 AM EST
P-17: Bilingualism | P-60: Multiculturalism | P-57: Aboriginal Affairs Principles | P-61: Amateur Sport ... more »
Wednesday, March 23
Ability to distinguish whisky from cognac
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DavidAkin
on Wed 23 Mar 2005 10:23 PM EST
On a train today from Ottawa to Toronto and using the opportunity to clean out the virtual “Inbasket” on my hard drive. Lots of junk but also lots of fun things I’ve run across while on the Web and set aside meaning to read later. Here’s one delight: A scientific ... more »
Conservative Policy Convention: Government Accountability; Role of Government; Foreign Affairs
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DavidAkin
on Wed 23 Mar 2005 10:22 PM EST
P-2: Ministerial Accountability | P-3: Fiscal Imbalance | P-1: Federalism | P-81: Foreign Aid | P-80: Foreign Affairs Principles more »
Tuesday, March 22
Conservative Policies: Democratic Reform
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DavidAkin
on Tue 22 Mar 2005 09:34 PM EST
Conservatives passed these resolutions dealing with what they call Democratic Reform: P-16: Property Rights | P-6: Senate Reform | P-4 Ethics Commissioner | P-5 Supreme Court Judge Appointments | P-90: Free Votes | P-12 Electoral Reform - Recall | P-8 Electoral Reform - Citizens Assembly | P-9 Electoral Reform | P-13 Reform of the Federation | P-11: Electoral Reform - Initiative| more »
Conservative Policies: National Defence
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DavidAkin
on Tue 22 Mar 2005 09:17 PM EST
The Conservative Party of Canada recently held its first ever policy convention in Montreal. At that convention, delegates adopted a series of resolutions on a raft of topics. These are the the resolutions adopted under the broad heading of national defence and security. (The headings were chosen by the party and the resolutions were placed in various groups by ... more »
Rugby Aid raises more then $3.5-million for tsunami victims
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DavidAkin
on Tue 22 Mar 2005 12:42 PM EST
Wow. A single rugby match between a team of all-stars from the southern hemisphere against a team from the northern hemisphere raised about $3.5–million (U.S.) for tsunami relief efforts, the United Nations said a few minutes ago. It’s the single largest donation the UN has ever received from a sporting ... more » Monday, March 21
Background: Conservative Party policy development process
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DavidAkin
on Mon 21 Mar 2005 05:10 PM EST
The Conservative Party of Canada adopted nearly 100 policy resolutions over the weekend at its first-ever policy convention. I hope to post some of those soon. In the meantime, here’s an explanation of the process the party used to develop the resolutions that were voted on at last weekend’s convention.... more »
Killing the Conservative bogeyman
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DavidAkin
on Mon 21 Mar 2005 11:47 AM EST
After a weekend of parties, a strong endorsement of their leader, and a newly minted policy platform which pushes them towards the political centre, Conservatives say their Liberal opponents can no longer paint them as the scary bogeyman of Canadian politics. Liberals did that, of course, during the last federal ... more » |
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