Political junkie alert: The Liberal has a very cool real-time delegate selection results ticker. With the first of three days of voting over, Michael Ignatieff is, as advertised, leading the way with 239 delegates who will vote for him on the first ballot of December's leadership convention. That the ... more »
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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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Friday, September 29
Volpe to appeal -- says party was too hasty
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DavidAkin
on Fri 29 Sep 2006 05:12 PM EDT
Joe Volpe, facing a $20,000 fine, from the party he hopes to lead, says the panel that levied the fine didn’t get it right:
Volpe fined but gets to stay in the race
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DavidAkin
on Fri 29 Sep 2006 04:39 PM EDT
Minutes ago, the Liberal Party of Canada announced that it had levied a fine of $20,000 against the Joe Volpe ... more »
The Liberal's Super Weekend approaches
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DavidAkin
on Fri 29 Sep 2006 06:00 AM EDT
It's a big weekend if you're a Liberal -- (a big weekend for us Ottawa journalists, too, for tomorrow is the annual Canadian Press golf tournament and the weather forecast looks promising. But I digress ...) for this is the weekend that, at riding associations across the country, card-carrying members ... more »
Thursday, September 28
Boats with guns -- on our lakes -- Part Two
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DavidAkin
on Thu 28 Sep 2006 04:07 PM EDT
Last week, I noted that the U.S. Coast Guard was set to embark on live fire exercises on the Great Lakes with their new machine guns. Today, the Globe’s Margaret Philp goes deep on this whole subject, noting many objections by Canadians concerned about the optics, about safety, ... more » Wednesday, September 27
32 million and counting
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DavidAkin
on Wed 27 Sep 2006 11:55 AM EDT
Statistics Canada today released the latest poplulation numbers for this great Dominion. As for July 1, there are now 32,623,500 people in this world who call themselves Canadian. That represents an increase of 324,000 compared to the same date last year. Most of that increase in populuation is a result of welcoming ... more » Monday, September 25
[Air India inquiry] Lata Pada - what this inquiry is all about
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DavidAkin
on Mon 25 Sep 2006 03:18 PM EDT
Air India Inquiry gets underway
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DavidAkin
on Mon 25 Sep 2006 08:40 AM EDT
I’ve been tasked with covering the Air India inquiry or, as it’s formally known, the |
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This is a picture of Lata Pada and her family from the early 1980s. The others in this photo, her ... 
