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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 8
Ablonczy's take on Holland's comments
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DavidAkin
on Thu 08 Feb 2007 07:03 PM EST
Mark Holland and the oil sands
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DavidAkin
on Thu 08 Feb 2007 07:14 AM EST
The right wing of the blogosphere has been positively bursting with indignation since Liberal MP Mark Holland appeared on a talk radio show and said something about Alberta’s oil sands. Bloggers are indignant because a) The Liberals are Proposing To Nationalize the Oil Sands and b) the Mainstream Media are ... more »
Whoops!
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DavidAkin
on Thu 08 Feb 2007 06:33 AM EST
The following, from the Canada West Foundation, popped into my inbox yesterday afternoon:
CALGARY, Feb. 7, 2007 -- The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister ... more »
Inside the national caucuses
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DavidAkin
on Thu 08 Feb 2007 06:08 AM EST
Every Wednesday morning when the House of Commons is sitting, the MPs from each political party huddle up in their own room on Parliament Hill. This is called a meeting of the national caucus. As they have the two biggest caucus memberships, the Conservatives and the Liberals meet in the two biggest rooms, ... more » |
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Here’s Diane Ablonczy (left), the Conservative MP for a Calgary area riding in the House of Commons today:
