Stephen Harper just wrapped his first ever press conference as Prime Minister in the National Press Theatre. Other prime ministers, his own cabinet, and many politicians have used the NPT (located, as pictured on the left, on the first floor of the National Press Building on Wellington Street) but, upon ... 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, October 3
The Harper Press Conference
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DavidAkin
on Wed 03 Oct 2007 05:33 PM EDT
PM at the NPT for the first time ...
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DavidAkin
on Wed 03 Oct 2007 02:58 PM EDT
This just crossed our desks. It will be the first time -- so far as I know -- that Stephen Harper will hold a press conference at the National Press Theatre -- that's the facility managed by those 'hated' folks in the Parliamentary Press Gallery -- since he's become Prime ... more »
Hillier's time is up
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DavidAkin
on Wed 03 Oct 2007 01:10 AM EDT
 As my colleague Robert Fife reported last night, General Rick Hillier, the Chief of Canada's Defence Staff will finish his three-year appointment on schedule in February, 2008.Hillier, it is widely believed, would have preferred to have his tenure extended at least through February 2009 when the mission in ... more » |
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