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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, May 31
Sea Kings to troop carriers
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DavidAkin
on Wed 31 May 2006 10:59 PM EDT
 The Department of National Defence plans to turn five Sea King helicopters (that's one on the left) -- which have a history of reliability problems -- into troop carriers. The Sea King troop carrier version could end up in Afghanistan, according to some military sources I spoke to. In Afghanistan, ... more »
The Bomber hates the high dollar
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DavidAkin
on Wed 31 May 2006 03:07 PM EDT
Laurent Beaudoin, the CEO of Bombardier Inc., complained yesterday that Canada’s dollar is now too expensive relative to the U.S. dollar and that it is hurting Canadian industry. Mr. Beaudoin called on the federal government, through the Bank of Canada, to do something. He did not call for a devaluation ... more » |
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