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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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Wednesday, August 16

Conservative statement on the nomination issue

by 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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Boeing and tactical airlift - not gonna happen

by DavidAkin on Wed 16 Aug 2006 03:48 PM EDT

So a month or so ago, a very senior Canadian Air Force officer and I were chatting about Canada’s purchase of new military aircraft. One of the things Canada is buying will be some tactical airlift capacity — machines that will replace the aging fleet of CC-130s made by ... more »

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The softwood deal and industry responses

by DavidAkin on Wed 16 Aug 2006 02:08 PM EDT

Well, with a week to go until the deadline for the Canadian industry to get on board and sign the U.S-Canada softwood lumber deal, the deal’s fate is very much up in the air.

News today from the Globe’s Bert Marotte that the layoffs in the forestry sector ... more »

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