The Toronto Star -- and reporter Linda Diebel, in particular - has done a remarkably thorough job poking around the ins and and outs of the Liberal leadership campaign. Today, the Star publishes the results of some serious gumshoe work that would seem to be a heap of trouble for ... 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 |
Saturday, September 23
Volpe campaign fingered by Star over improper memberships
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DavidAkin
on Sat 23 Sep 2006 07:19 AM EDT
Friday, September 22
In his own words: Layton on Karzai and Afghanistan
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DavidAkin
on Fri 22 Sep 2006 02:41 PM EDT
Karzai in the Commons
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DavidAkin
on Fri 22 Sep 2006 01:26 PM EDT
I was in the House of Commons this morning for the historic address to a joint session of the Commons and the Senate by the first-ever democratically elected leader of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. [CTV has archived video of Karzai’s speech here — look for the video links on the ... more » Wednesday, September 20
The plight of native children
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DavidAkin
on Wed 20 Sep 2006 05:53 AM EDT
The Assembly of First Nations used its time in front of the House of Commons Finance Committee yesterday to ask ... more » Tuesday, September 19
Korea FTA: Things that make you go hmmm
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DavidAkin
on Tue 19 Sep 2006 11:08 PM EDT
A few months ago, the House of Commons International Trade Committee talked to International Trade Minister David Emerson about a free trade agreement with Korea. During his testimony at that time, Emerson referred to some studies his department had commissioned to assess the economic impact in Canada of a free ... more »
Liberals 'frame' their budget discussions
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DavidAkin
on Tue 19 Sep 2006 09:50 PM EDT
You're appointed! New directors for bridges, trains, and coins!
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DavidAkin
on Tue 19 Sep 2006 09:29 PM EDT
Canada’s New Government, as it likes to call itself, was busy today putting people on boards of directors and what-not:
Boats with guns - on our lakes
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DavidAkin
on Tue 19 Sep 2006 03:57 PM EDT
The last time gunboats sailed the Great Lakes with angry sailors intent on shooting something was the War of 1812. ... more »
Liberal leadership predictions
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DavidAkin
on Tue 19 Sep 2006 06:24 AM EDT
Two amateur pundits — and I use amateur in its best sense (think Olympian) — have applied common sense with a little bit of their own gut instinct to come up with some predictions of first-ballot voting results when the Liberals gather in Montreal in December. Each prediction would be ... more » |
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NDP Leader Jack Layton (left), 
