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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 |
Tuesday, February 21
Himmelfarb out, Lynch In
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DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Feb 2006 02:07 PM EST
The Prime Minister’s Office has just announced that Kevin Lynch, a former deputy minister at Finance and at Industry and currently executive director for Canada at the International Monetary Fund, will replace Alex Himmelfarb as Clerk of the Privy Council. More later … more »
Conservative advantage evaporates
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DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Feb 2006 08:48 AM EST
(Here's a release from pollster Nik Nanos)
The recent national survey of Canadians conducted by SES Research found that
the federal Liberals and Conservatives were statistically tied (Liberals
34%, Conservative 33%) on the national ballot. NDP support is at 18%
followed by the Bloc Quebecois at 9% and the Green ... more »
PMO fires and hires top communications aide
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DavidAkin
on Tue 21 Feb 2006 06:10 AM EST
William Stairs, the subject of a nice profile in his hometown paper just yesterday, has departed the Prime Minister's Office as its Director of Communications. He is to be replaced -- immediately -- by Sandra Buckler, who, until yesterday, worked one floor down from CTV's Ottawa bureau at GPC Public ... more »
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