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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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Best of July 2006

by DavidAkin on Tue 01 Aug 2006 10:39 AM EDT

Here’s the monthly review of what was going on in here at “On the Hill”. The Blogware server counters tell me that just over 51,000 different people (or software robots) visited this site at least once during the month of July and took a look at 136,734 page views. ... more »

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For the record: Media pays its own way for travel with PM

by DavidAkin on Tue 01 Aug 2006 08:52 AM EDT

Recently, I got a message from a CTV viewer in Calgary who asked:

Media reports of the Prime Minister's recent diversion of his aircraft to Cyprus mentioned that all journalists were offloaded. When members of the media travel with the Prime Minister do they receive this service gratis or are ... more »

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Committee Notes: International Trade - The Death of the Softwood Deal?

by DavidAkin on Tue 01 Aug 2006 07:43 AM EDT

The House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade met yesterday — a rare summer sitting — to hear evidence on the softwood lumber deal agreed to between Canada and the U.S. on July 1. While the two countries have agreed on the final wording of the deal, it is ... more »

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