Errata, observations and working notes
from Parliament Hill reporter David Akin
View Article  Shutting down Kampala and setting up love zones

Whether it is Montebello for the Three Amigos summit, Brussels for a NATO heads of state meeting, or, this week, Kampala for the Commonwealth Heads of Government, a large multinational meeting can be a big headache for the local population. Roads and facilities here are shut down for security purposes ...   more »

View Article  Nice to Entebbe to Kampala

PICT0033The Canadian Forces Polaris carrying the Prime Minister, his aides, and reporters to the Commonwealth Summit left Nice, France after refueling just before 7 a.m. local time and we landed at Entebbe, Uganda around 4 pm local time. (left)We’d left the first snowfall of the year 18 hours earlier ...   more »

View Article  Hello from Nice, France
Nice, I'm told, is a wonderful place to visit. Sadly, I won't get to see much of it. It's 5 a.m. here and raining. We are in a holding room at the airport while the Prime Minister's plane gets gassed up for the final 7-hour ride to Uganda and the ...   more »
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