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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 |
Monday, March 26
Liberals hand over 'confidential' Conservative files
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DavidAkin
on Mon 26 Mar 2007 11:42 AM EDT
The parliamentary headquarters for Her Majesty’s Official Opposition is at 180 Wellington Street. Sometimes known as the South Block, it sits across the street from Parliament’s West Block and Confederation Building, and houses a variety of government offices in addition to the Opposition Leader’s Office (OLO). Stephane Dion’s Liberals ... more »
Corn prices set to soar - driven by demand for ethanol
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DavidAkin
on Mon 26 Mar 2007 11:22 AM EDT
In a research note released this morning, analyst John Roy of W.R. Hambrecht and Co., says that U.S. farmers must plant at least 93.2 million acres of corn for the price of a bushel of corn to stay at (U.S.)$4.10. That is still a very high price — the ... more » Saturday, March 24
Postal codes and MPs
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DavidAkin
on Sat 24 Mar 2007 04:09 PM EDT
This is good news. Anti-poverty activist Danieljohn has written some code which lets you match postal codes to federal Members of Parliament. His goal -- and likely the goal of many other activists -- is to harness the power of the databases for political and social justice purposes. Now you'd ... more »
Friday, March 23
Kennedy and Liberal MPs sue National Post
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DavidAkin
on Fri 23 Mar 2007 02:47 PM EDT
Failed Liberal leadership candidate Gerard Kennedy have joined with some Liberal MPs to sue the National Post and one of its columnists Jonathan Kay for libel. Here’s the release from the Liberals:
Desrosiers on Vehicle Efficiency Initiative
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DavidAkin
on Fri 23 Mar 2007 10:59 AM EDT
Dennis Desrosiers of Desrosiers Automotive Consultants says the Vehicle Efficiency Initiative announced this week in the federal budget may be the most expensive program yet in terms of dollar per tonne of reductions of greenhouse gases:
Thursday, March 22
The CTV Poll: Conservatives on the edge of a majority
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DavidAkin
on Thu 22 Mar 2007 10:29 PM EDT
The federal budget tabled Monday has struck a positive chord with many voters, giving the Conservatives a bump in the polls and heightening the possibility of late spring or early summer election. The latest poll, provided to CTV News and The Globe and Mail by The Strategic Counsel, finds Conservative ... more »
Leading off QP today: Ignatieff vs Van Loan
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DavidAkin
on Thu 22 Mar 2007 04:29 PM EDT
Prime Minister Harper and Opposition Leader Stephane Dion were out of Ottawa today — Harper was in Montreal to give a speech and, later today, Dion will be introducing Al Gore when Gore gives a speech in Toronto. That meant that the Liberal deputy leader Michael Ignatieff led off Question ... more »
Biz mag names its Top 10 'green' giants
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DavidAkin
on Thu 22 Mar 2007 04:17 PM EDT
Fortune wrote: “In a survey of ... more »
Joe Comuzzi: Why I'm supporting the budget
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DavidAkin
on Thu 22 Mar 2007 10:41 AM EDT
Joe Comuzzi, who has been representing the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario as a Liberal since 1988, was expelled from his caucus after he said he would vote in favour of the Conservative budget tabled Monday. His leader, Stephane Dion, says budget votes, like Throne Speech votes, are confidence votes ... more » Wednesday, March 21
Liberals aim for O'Connor; Harper aims at Dion
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DavidAkin
on Wed 21 Mar 2007 04:45 PM EDT
The Liberals have now joined the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois in demanding that Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor resign after admitting to misleading the House of Commons on the issue of Canada’s treatment of Afghanistan prisoners. In this exchange, from the just-concluded Question Period , Harper eventually rises to defend ... more » |
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