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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Thursday, February 15

RCMP finger finance official in income trust investigation

by DavidAkin on Thu 15 Feb 2007 04:00 PM EST

The income trust investigation is over, the RCMP says. And the Mounties have nothing to say about any leaks. But they do say that a top Finance Department official — Serge Nadeau — used confidential information for his own personal financial gain. Nadeau, who was suspended without pay today ... more »

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Kyoto bill passes

by DavidAkin on Thu 15 Feb 2007 07:51 AM EST

Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, passed third reading in the House of Commons last night.

The vote was along party lines — with Conservatives voting nay and every other party voting yea. Prime Minister Harper was absent ... more »

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