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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, November 28
Examining Facebook and other online social networks
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DavidAkin
on Wed 28 Nov 2007 05:42 AM EST
This article references those two but takes a closer look at several others and finds: Membership growth: As a rule, the membership of networks will grow at a linear rate.... Relationship dynamics: Users add relationships frequently, and in most of the networks we looked at, the networks grew denser, with relationships growing more quickly than the number of new members. more »Tuesday, November 27
Interest rates will drop, says RBC
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DavidAkin
on Tue 27 Nov 2007 12:04 PM EST
Craig Wright’s team of economists at the Royal Bank of Canada just put out their latest forecast of the behaviour of central bank governors here and in the U.S. Their forecast? Both central banks will be aggressively lowering rates to fight economic uncertainty. In the U.S., RBC had earlier forecasted ... more » Monday, November 26
The numbers on aid
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DavidAkin
on Mon 26 Nov 2007 09:24 AM EST
Sunday, November 25
Off to Tanzania
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DavidAkin
on Sun 25 Nov 2007 10:23 PM EST
In Tanzania, Prime Minister Harper will meet with ... more »
Harper "embarrasses" Canada, say climate change activists
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DavidAkin
on Sun 25 Nov 2007 05:51 AM EST
Shortly after word broke of the Lake Victoria Climate Change Action Plan agreed to here at the Commonwealth Summit, Climate For Change — which has a long history of opposing the Conservative government’s environment plans — issued the following statement:
Saturday, November 24
Mr. Brown meets Mr. Harper
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DavidAkin
on Sat 24 Nov 2007 03:00 PM EST
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was a great admirer of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, not so much for his particularly political philosophy, but for the way Blair, like Harper, managed to bring disparate elements of a political party together and lead it out of the political wilderness and into power. ... more »
India's Prime Minister to visit Canada
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DavidAkin
on Sat 24 Nov 2007 02:47 PM EST
Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a one-on-one meeting today with India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. The big news: Prime Minister Singh accepted an invitation from Harper to come and visit Canada. Reporters were allowed into the meeting only long enough to take a photo of the two men at the beginning so ... more »
New Secretary General for the Commonwealth
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DavidAkin
on Sat 24 Nov 2007 03:52 AM EST
India's Kamalesh Sharma was just named the new Secretary General of the Commonwealth, replacing New Zealand's Don McKinnon. McKinnon is wrapping up and eight-year term.
Sharma becomes the fifth Secretary General of the organization. The first one, incidentally, was Canada's Arnold Smith, who held office from 1965 to 1975.... more » |
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Today in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Prime Minister Harper (left, a little overwhelmed by the fervour and size of the crowd that greeted him) announced that 
The Commonwealth Summit has ended here in Kampala, Uganda and this morning — its around 10 pm eastern on Nov. 25 or 6 am on Nov. 26 Kampala time as I write this — we head to Tanzania for a quick visit. 
