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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 22

Committee Notes: C-30 Clean Air Act - Boyd

by DavidAkin on Thu 22 Feb 2007 04:32 PM EST

Some selected excerpts from evidence given to the House of Commons Legislative Committee on Bill C-30 (The Clean Air Act). THis is from Meeting No. 4 of this committee held on Feb. 6, 2007:

Mr. David Boyd, Adjunct Professor, Policy, University of British Columbia:

I want to mention the current ... more »

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We love the troops but not the war

by DavidAkin on Thu 22 Feb 2007 03:42 PM EST

Canadians love their men and women in uniform but they’re not so keen on the mission in Afghanistan, pollster Ipsos-Reid finds in a survey it published today.

The pollsters says 86 per cent of those surveyed agreed with the statement that “our armed forces are doing a good job ... more »

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