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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, January 12
Scientist bites the hand that wants to feed him
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DavidAkin
on Thu 12 Jan 2006 05:51 PM EST
p>This morning in Markham, Ont., Liberal leader Paul Martin announced $180-million in new support for four advanced research and development initiatives. One of those was the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ont.
Tuesday, January 10
The Liberal attack ads -- and they don't mince words
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DavidAkin
on Tue 10 Jan 2006 09:07 PM EST
The Liberals have unveiled a new suite of television ads. And they're, um, not very nice if you're a Conservative. See them online at the Liberal Web site. (Note: Here's the CTV.ca story. It has video of the ads attached -- including the now-pulled 'military' ad). The text ... more » Sunday, January 8
Best of December
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DavidAkin
on Sun 08 Jan 2006 08:49 PM EST
This blog, of course, was silent for several months but got reactivated with the onset of the Canadian federal election campaign. About 80,000 of you were visiting every month at the point when we suspended things and, if anyone ever needed a lesson that it’s fresh content and plenty of it ... more » Friday, January 6
Harper in London
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DavidAkin
on Fri 06 Jan 2006 06:23 PM EST
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is about to speak at a rally in downtown London. In any event, this appears to be easily the best attended rally of the election. So far, ... more »
[Primary Sources] "Mike Harris" Liberals
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DavidAkin
on Fri 06 Jan 2006 10:32 AM EST
Over the last few days, Paul Martin has tried to paint Conservative Leader Stephen Harper as "scary" by comparing him to former Conservative Ontario Premier Mike Harris. (It took Martin just three paragraphs into his speech this morning to link Harper and Harris.) The NDP War Room turns the spin ... more » Thursday, January 5
Harper responds to Layton's attacks
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DavidAkin
on Thu 05 Jan 2006 01:19 PM EST
My colleague Rosemary Thompson, travelling with the NDP campaign this week, reported last night that Jack Layton stepped up his attacks on Conservative leader Stephen Harper in some unscripted remarks to reporters at the back of the plane. “The Conservatives want to dismantle the Canadian state — so does the ... more » Monday, January 2
Winning votes in Ontario by campaigning in separatist Quebec
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DavidAkin
on Mon 02 Jan 2006 04:56 PM EST
JONQUIERE, Que. – At first blush, you would think that Stephen Harper had ventured into electoral no-man’s land when his plane landed this afternoon at CFB Bagotville, near Jonquiere, in the Saguenay region of the province, northeast of Quebec City. He arrived here to talk about how he would beef up the ... more »
Harper on governing
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DavidAkin
on Mon 02 Jan 2006 10:35 AM EST
Stephen Harper did not announce any new policies this morning at a rally in Ottawa but he did lay out the five most important things his government will do. That led to questions in the press conference after the announcement about the dangers of counting your political chickens before they are ... more » Sunday, January 1
Back to the planes - first with Harper, then with Martin
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DavidAkin
on Sun 01 Jan 2006 09:48 PM EST
It's back on the campaign planes tomorrow for me and my Parliamentary Press Gallery colleagues. The Liberal, Conservative and NDP campaigns will all start the day in Ottawa before jetting away to different parts of the country. I and our national affairs correspondent Lisa Laflamme are jumping on board ... more » |
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