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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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, August 16
The softwood deal and industry responses
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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 » Tuesday, August 15
Sitting Tory MPs gear up to defend their seats
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DavidAkin
on Tue 15 Aug 2006 10:40 AM EDT
The Conservative Party of Canada has a rule, recently ratified by its national council I’m told, which, to some, seems an odd one: Every riding association in the country must hold a nomination meeting prior to the next election — even the riding associations where there is a sitting Conservative MP. ... more » Monday, August 14
Bevilacqua to back Rae
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DavidAkin
on Mon 14 Aug 2006 09:56 AM EDT
Toronto-area Liberal MP Maurizio Bevilacqua and former Ontario NDP premier Bob Rae will hold a press conference in just over an hour to announce that Bevilacqua is withdrawing his candidacy for leadership of the Liberal Party and will support Rae’s candidacy. Mr. Bevilacqua may have some explaining to do about ... more » Sunday, August 13
How much is this evacuation going to cost?
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DavidAkin
on Sun 13 Aug 2006 07:49 PM EDT
No one in Ottawa will go on the record at this point to talk about the cost of the evacuation of Canadians from southern Lebanon, but we reported Friday that, according to our sources, the cost to date is about $70–million to pull more than 14,000 Canadians from Lebanon to Canada.... more » Friday, August 11
NFL veterans told to act like adults
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DavidAkin
on Fri 11 Aug 2006 09:52 PM EDT
And in other news … The new head coach of the Minnesota Vikings tells his team that no hazing of rookies will be allowed. "I'm happy about the situation," one Vikings rooke told an AP reporter. "I can actually go to sleep at night without being afraid about who is ... more »
Chinooks and Globemasters: Boeing wins nearly $4 billion from Ottawa
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DavidAkin
on Fri 11 Aug 2006 09:38 PM EDT
Boeing wins
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DavidAkin
on Fri 11 Aug 2006 07:52 PM EDT
Canada has rejected attempts by AgaustaWestland and by a consortium led by
Airbus to prevent the government from buying billions of dollars worth of
aircraft from Boeing.
More later as I'm driving while posting this from my bberry.
The gov't press release on this came out on a Friday at ... more »
Gates in for $500 million; Canada in for $150,000
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DavidAkin
on Fri 11 Aug 2006 05:53 PM EDT
OK, Ok, that headline slightly distorts things but, on the eve of a major international AIDS conference to be held in Toronto, Canada’s New Government — as they call themselves everywhere but on this press release — announce that the government committed $150,000 to a Canadian Labour Congress initiative to ... more »
Ottawa moves on new polling and advertising contract rules
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DavidAkin
on Fri 11 Aug 2006 04:51 PM EDT
More late-in-the-afternoon-on-a-Friday press releases from “Canada’s New Government”, as they like to call themselves. This time, the Treasury Board is announcing that it’s moving ahead, as promised, with new rules about the way advertising and market research contracts are awarded. From the press release:
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