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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 |
Thursday, October 11
Pat Carney packs it in
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DavidAkin
on Thu 11 Oct 2007 11:15 PM EDT
Carney, a former journalist who was a Mulroney-era Cabinet minister who helped speed the Free Trade deal along, is retiring from the Senate three years before the legal retirement ... more »
Ottawa braces for record-setting vehicle imports
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DavidAkin
on Thu 11 Oct 2007 10:57 PM EDT
Nick Bontis gets the deal of a lifetime: He buys a brand-new 2007 Lincoln Navigator which has an MSRP of $80,000 CDN for $46,200 US — the equivalent, this week at least, of $45,000.
OTTAWA - The federal government agency responsible for tracking cars and trucks imported into Canada from the U.S. is bracing itself for a record-setting year as tens of thousands of Canadians head south to buy vehicles for thousands of dollars less than they could get them in Canada.... more »
One year to Olympic tickets !!!
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DavidAkin
on Thu 11 Oct 2007 09:41 PM EDT
What is the government doing to address the high price of gasoline?
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DavidAkin
on Thu 11 Oct 2007 12:58 PM EDT
In response to a request made under Canada’s Access to Information law, I received today some of the “House Cards” prepared in April, 2007 for then-Industry Minister Maxime Bernier. “House Cards” are prepared daily by departmental staff to prepare the Minister with a suggested answer and background information for ... more » |
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The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) announced today the ticket pricing scheme for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. CTV, if I haven’t yet mentioned it, is 
