Ken Boshcoff, the MP from the Ontario riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River, paid tribute today to Pte. Robert Costall, the Canadian soldier killed in a firefight recently with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. Boshcoff’s remarks, which came during Member’s Statements (the period just before Question Period starts) received a standing ovation ... more »
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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 |
Wednesday, April 5
Strahl and Harper supply management
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DavidAkin
on Wed 05 Apr 2006 12:56 PM EDT
Earlier here, I’d posted a link to an article by Mike Gifford, who once represented Canada in international agricultural trade negotiations, in which he argued that Canada’s poultry and dairy producers could be in for some disruptive shocks as the next round of international trade talks concludes. Today, as ... more »
Ignatieff has "an announcement" Friday
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DavidAkin
on Wed 05 Apr 2006 12:45 PM EDT
The official notice has just been circulated to the Parliamentary Press Gallery that Liberal MP Michael Ignatieff will “make [an] announcement” in his Toronto riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore on Friday morning at 11:45 at the Assembly Hall on Samuel Smith Park Drive. more »
Gerard Kennedy jumps into federal Liberal race
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DavidAkin
on Wed 05 Apr 2006 11:21 AM EDT
Ontario’s Minister of Education, Gerard Kennedy, joined Martha Hill Findlay and John Godfrey as the declared candidates for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. Here’s his release:
The mathematics of this minority Parliament
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DavidAkin
on Wed 05 Apr 2006 10:58 AM EDT
The election of the Speaker this week has some important implications for the calculus of this minority Parliament. In order to win a vote on any particular issue, the Conservatives will need some support from the Opposition parties. But where are the deals likely to be made? The short answer ... more » |
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