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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, August 29
Father and Son MP teams?
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DavidAkin
on Tue 29 Aug 2006 12:43 PM EDT
OK all you political trivia masters — here’s one: Have a father and his son ever served as an MP at the same time in the House of Commons? We ask after noting that 30–year-old Ryan Warawa is out to seek the Conservative Party nomination in the riding of Burnaby-New ... more »
Jim Flaherty: An Ode to the Corner Store
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DavidAkin
on Tue 29 Aug 2006 10:47 AM EDT
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty recently spoke to the annual meeting of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association. His department has posted his remarks on its Web site and here is an excerpt:
Monday, August 28
Bloc MP killed in car
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DavidAkin
on Mon 28 Aug 2006 03:29 PM EDT
Friday, August 25
Nik's numbers: August 25
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DavidAkin
on Fri 25 Aug 2006 10:35 PM EDT
If an election were held today — the result might be just about the same as it was on January 24. But, as pollster Nik Nanos notes, the Conservatives might not have 10 MPs from Quebec. Maybe they’d pick up one or two more each in Atlantic Canada, in Ontario, ... more »
Toronto's Port Authority gets some Conservative appointees
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DavidAkin
on Fri 25 Aug 2006 09:28 PM EDT
Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon announced some new appointments to the board of directors of the Toronto Port Authority “Mr. Christopher M. Henley and Mr. Douglas Reid for terms of three years; Ms. Krista L. Scaldwell and Mr. Colin D. Watson for terms of two years; and Mr. Cameron J. Turner [with UPDATE... more »
The Dell and Apple battery recall: Airport security changed the calculus?
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DavidAkin
on Fri 25 Aug 2006 08:25 PM EDT
Apple and Dell have recently put out recalls for laptop computer batteries made by Sony Corp. On a discussion list I subscribe to, lister Simon Higgs speculates on the number-crunching that took place at corporate HQ for both companies. (All dollar figures here are in US$):
Tuesday, August 22
The U.S. Trade Deficit: A Canadian perspective
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DavidAkin
on Tue 22 Aug 2006 09:57 PM EDT
The United States buys much, much, much, much more from the world than it sells to the world. Most economists believe that this is an unhealthy trend for the economy of the United States if it persists over the long term. Many economists also believe that, since the U.S. is ... more »
Monday, August 21
For the record: Bill Graham, then Borys Wrzesnewskyj on Hezbollah
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DavidAkin
on Mon 21 Aug 2006 06:55 PM EDT
The Liberal Party press office released this statement late today: ... I wish to reiterate our position with respect to the listing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization and should be treated as such ... more »
Boeing tells suppliers to shut down C-17 lines ...
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DavidAkin
on Mon 21 Aug 2006 06:45 PM EDT
Commenter John Wunderlich picked up on the news that Boeing was planning to cancel production of the C-17. Well, there's a report now that Boeing has in fact told suppliers to cease work on uncommitted aircraft.
The Canadian government is interested in buying four C-17s from Boeing to fill a ... more » Wednesday, August 16
Conservative statement on the nomination issue
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DavidAkin
on Wed 16 Aug 2006 10:04 PM EDT
Garth Turner, Colin Mayes, Mike Lake, Rob Anders, and Deepak Obhrai are all Conservative MPs who, though they were put into their current position in a general election less than seven months ago may all have to face what could be a tough nomination battle to earn the right to ... more » |
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Benoit Sauvageau (left) died today in a car accident. Sauvageau was the MP for the riding of Repentigny. I knew him only because he was an effective member of some of the committees, namely Public Accounts, that I covered. He was, it seemed to me, a highly intelligent man with ... 
