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Wednesday, November 29
The Star lines up for Rae
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DavidAkin
on Wed 29 Nov 2006 12:38 PM EST
The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest paper by circulation, thinks Liberals ought to elect former Ontario premier Bob Rae as their ... more » Monday, November 27
The Hon. Michael Chong: In His Own Words
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 27 Nov 2006 06:58 PM EST
 Michael Chong, (left) the Conservative MP for the Ontario riding of Wellington-Halton Hills quit cabinet today -- he was minister for intergovernmental affairs, for sport, and was president of the Queen's Privy Council -- because he couldn't vote in favour of Harper's motion on Quebec. Chong held ... more »
Sunday, November 26
Myron Thompson's struggle with national unity
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DavidAkin
on Sun 26 Nov 2006 05:44 PM EST
Duceppe: Harper's motion a gift for separatists
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DavidAkin
on Sun 26 Nov 2006 05:18 PM EST
MPs will begin voting on Stephen Harper’s “Quebec motion” shortly after 8 pm Monday night. Today on CTV’s Question Period, Bloc Quebecois Gilles Duceppe explained why his party will vote in favour:
Dion gets it from all over
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DavidAkin
on Sun 26 Nov 2006 02:13 PM EST
Jason Cherniak, who is Liberal leadership candidate Stephane Dion’s point man in the blogosphere, makes a neat observation: ... more » Saturday, November 25
Wednesday, November 22
Canada to compensate WWII chemical warfare test subjects
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DavidAkin
on Wed 22 Nov 2006 04:09 PM EST
A couple of days ago, I received a document through an Access to Information request that was a briefing note written by ... more » Tuesday, November 21
A North American common currency?
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DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Nov 2006 06:07 AM EST
Once a week on our national newscast, we do a segment called “Ask Us”. It is usually the last item that airs on Friday night’s newscast. The idea is pretty simple — viewers send in their questions, on any topic at all, and we assign the question to ... more » Monday, November 20
Canadian Forces recruitment roaring
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DavidAkin
on Mon 20 Nov 2006 09:26 PM EST
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Amid the hurly burly of the House of Commons foyer after Question Period, it’s usually easy to spot the Stetson of ... 
Rick Hillier, the Chief of Defence Staff, (left) gave a speech today in Ottawa to 
