Errata, observations and working notes
from Parliament Hill reporter David Akin
View Article  Praying for Parliament

Last fall, I met Rob and Fran Parker, the founders and chief organizers of the National House of Prayer. The Parkers, a pleasant couple who don’t look much older than I am, are evangelical Christians from Vernon, B.C. who set up shop in an old convent near Ottawa’s Market area a ...   more »

View Article  Here come the young Libs ...

The Conservative Party of Canada has no youth — the party grassroots rejected the idea of a youth wing at their last policy convention in the spring of 2005 — but the Liberal Party of Canada, on the other hand, has an occasionally active youth wing which plans to ...   more »

View Article  Chretien, Manning top lists of Canada Day Honorees

Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Reform Party founder Preston Manning will receive Canada’s highest civilian honour — The Companion of the Order of Canada — at a special Canada Day ceremony to be presided over by Governor General Michaëlle Jean.

Also of some note, Canadian golfer Mike Weir ...   more »

View Article  The Black Jury -- Two notes

The Conrad Black jury had its first full day of deliberations today. And — with thirty minutes left to their day — we have heard from them twice.

Here’s the rules in Chicago if the jury wants to communicate with the judge. The jury writes down what they want to ...   more »

View Article  Foreign Policy: Why Nuclear Energy Isn’t the Great Green Hope

Charles Ferguson and Sharon Squassoni writing at Foreign Policy’s Web site, argue:

As the planet warms, leaders from Washington to Beijing are pushing nuclear power as a clean alternative to coal. But this new strategy for fighting climate change has a fatal flaw: It can’t possibly work.

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View Article  Judge's jury charge could be bad news for Black

I’m down in Chicago covering the final stages of the Conrad Black trial. Tomorrow morning, Judge Amy St. Eve will read her instructions to the jury and then they will get down to their business of sifting through three months and then some of testimony. The instructions, though,  are not ...   more »

View Article  Comuzzi invites other Liberals to defect

Attention former Reform Party members: If “grassroots Liberals” take up Joe Comuzzi’s invitation —see below— your Conservative Party is about to change :)

Here’s today’s press release from the Prime Minister’s Office.

Thunder Bay-Superior North MP latest in a long line of former Liberals joining the Government Caucus

Prime Minister ...   more »

View Article  Harper on Afghanistan

Here are the remarks Prime Minister Stephen Harper made in response to some questions from reporters who asked about Afghanistan and Canada’s role in the NATO mission in that country:

Beatrice Politi, CHUM: The NATO Secretary General was here yesterday and made his position clear in terms of whether ...   more »

View Article  Harper on the last Parliamentary session

Here’s what Prime Minister Stephen Harper had to say on Friday at the close of the spring session of this Parliament:

…  good afternoon everybody. On January 4th, at my residence, I laid out the priorities of Canada's new government for the spring sitting of Parliament. We promised a budget ...   more »

View Article  We're number one!

The Radio, Television and News Directors Association of Canada voted our newscast -- CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson -- as the best newscast in the country. The award was handed out on Saturday night in Vancouver.

Not only did we win top newscast, CTV won the award for best ...   more »

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