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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 30
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DavidAkin
on Thu 30 Mar 2006 04:12 PM EST
When Michael Ignatieff spoke last year at the Liberal policy convention, I was impressed enough with the delivery and content that I posted the speech here at this blog.
Ignatieff spoke today at the University of Ottawa and while I wasn't there, several sources in Ottawqa have messagesd me here ... more »
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DavidAkin
on Thu 30 Mar 2006 09:58 AM EST
CANCUN, Mexico - Was at work this morning at 0430 local time here doing hits on the hour with CTV Newsnet and Canada AM. It´s now just 10 am local time and stinking hot. I´m not complaining ...
Prime Minister Harper is in a helicopter heading for Chichen Itza where ... more » Wednesday, March 29
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DavidAkin
on Wed 29 Mar 2006 09:56 PM EST
ON BOARD CFC01 - We have just touched down in Cancun with Prime Minister
Stephen Harper. Harper travelled here from Ottawa this evening.
And while Harper's wife Laureen stayed home, the Prime Minister enjoyed the
company of the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Wilson and the
American Ambassador to ... more »
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DavidAkin
on Wed 29 Mar 2006 01:30 PM EST
Harper ... more » Sunday, March 26
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DavidAkin
on Sun 26 Mar 2006 04:51 PM EST
A couple of weeks ago, I’d asked Department of National Defence officials what were the rules so far as enemy combatants captured by Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Here’s the response I received last week from a DND media affairs officer.
Saturday, March 25
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DavidAkin
on Sat 25 Mar 2006 03:20 PM EST
I realize that the politics of Internet governance can be a real tough slog for most people but, as a reporter who spent years covering the in and outs of these issues, let me assure you that this is huge news: The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has essentially said ... more » Friday, March 24
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Mar 2006 07:32 PM EST
A paper released this week by a trio of Statistics Canada researchers suggests that levels of foreign ownership in Canada of non-financial industries is at its highest level since the 1960s.
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Mar 2006 07:05 PM EST
Mike Gifford, who once represented Canada in international agricultural trade negotiations, argues that Canada’s poultry and dairy producers could be in for some disruptive shocks as the next round of international trade talks concludes.
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Mar 2006 06:48 PM EST
Some notes from Michael Hart and Bill Dymond, “The Cul-de-Sac of Softwood Lumber” in Policy Options, November 2005.
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Mar 2006 11:41 AM EST
The mega-bucks musical adaptation of The Lord of the Rings opened last night in Toronto and the critcs weren’t very kind. The New York Times’ critic Ben Brantley went north to discover that “the musical numbers are often solemn, incantatory affairs, suggesting Enya at an ashram” and labels the ... more » |
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I’m travelling this afternoon to Cancun, Mexico as part of the media group accompanying the 