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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Tuesday, November 7
Liveblogging from the House of Commons - Defence Department debate
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DavidAkin
on Tue 07 Nov 2006 08:28 PM EST
Gordon O’Connor (Minister of Defence): The Liberal government gave the military 45 minutes to commit troops to Afghanistan. Ralph Goodale (Liberal) Wascana: Asking about the training program at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Which NATO countries are at the Nato Flying Training Centre. What are the duration of their contracts? Will any ... more »
Liveblogging from the House of Commons - Defence department debate
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DavidAkin
on Tue 07 Nov 2006 08:03 PM EST
Dawn Black (NDP): New Westminster-Port Coquitlam: Who owns the base at Kandahar? Gordon O’Connor (Minister of Defence): “We pay a ... more »
Liveblogging - Afghanistan debate
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DavidAkin
on Tue 07 Nov 2006 07:46 PM EST
Claude Bachand: (BQ) St. Jean: When you send tanks, it’s not to re-build schools, it’s to seek out and hunt Taliban. The mission is directed too much towards military goals and not enough to reconstruction. Gordon O’Connor: (Minister of Defence) “It is not a military-oriented mission as such but ... more »
Liveblogging - Committee of the Whole - Afghanistan
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DavidAkin
on Tue 07 Nov 2006 07:31 PM EST
Gord Brown, (Conservative) Leeds-Grenville, follows O’Connor’s opening remarks and speaks about Canada’s reserve forces. The Brockville Rifles, in his riding, ... more »
Live blogging - Committee of the Whole - Afghanistan
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DavidAkin
on Tue 07 Nov 2006 07:31 PM EST
I’m in the press gallery in the House of Commons for a Committee of the Whole debate that is focusing ... more »
Coach in the House
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DavidAkin
on Tue 07 Nov 2006 04:10 PM EST
Don Cherry was in the House of Commons today for Question Period and, at the conclusion of QP, Speaker Peter ... more »
Mr. Julian Goes to Ottawa
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DavidAkin
on Tue 07 Nov 2006 09:25 AM EST
You remember that famous filibuster Jimmy Stewart’s character tried to pull off in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington? Well, ... more » |
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