Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (right) was in Calgary Thursday where he gave a speech to the Canada West Foundation. He spent the first part of this speech re-telling the “Conservative story” — all the things his government has done since it took office. He also noted, as many economists ... more »
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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 |
Friday, August 31
Flaherty's pitch for a new securities regulator
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DavidAkin
on Fri 31 Aug 2007 05:03 PM EDT
Conservatives on the Riviera -- maybe not so much
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DavidAkin
on Fri 31 Aug 2007 01:45 PM EDT
Thursday, August 30
Pat Binns to Ireland
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DavidAkin
on Thu 30 Aug 2007 12:25 PM EDT
As the Charlottetown Guardian first reported, the former Conservative Premier of Prince Edward Island, Pat Binns, is Canada’s newest ambassador. Binns has just been named Canada’s Ambassador to Ireland — a job which, in diplomatic circles, is considered quite a plum. Binns, 58, is also a former Conservative MP, ... more » Wednesday, August 29
Please mark one ...
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DavidAkin
on Wed 29 Aug 2007 06:37 PM EDT
Elections Canada today published the official list of candidates for the three by-elections to be held in Quebec on Sept. 17. For the record, in the last general election, the Bloc Quebecois won Roberval and Saint-Hyacinthe and the Liberals won Outremont. The Conservatives think they have a decent shot in all three ... more »
Ottawa backs GO Transit
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DavidAkin
on Wed 29 Aug 2007 02:30 PM EDT
I suspect that the student politicians and student ... more »
Jack goes north
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DavidAkin
on Wed 29 Aug 2007 01:51 PM EDT
While Garth Turner heads west for a series of town hall meetings, the NDP’s Jack Layton is going north:
Take that, Sudan!
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DavidAkin
on Wed 29 Aug 2007 01:44 PM EDT
Just out from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade:
Legalize Afghan poppy crop, says Green Party
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DavidAkin
on Wed 29 Aug 2007 10:06 AM EDT
The Green Party is repeating its call to legalize, license and commercialize Aghanistan’s poppy crop. The call comes on the same day that the independent research group,The Senlis Council, releases recommendations it wants the Canadian government to adopt for a “Poppy for Medicine” program and just days after the latest United ... more »
U.S. lags on network speed, Internet innovation
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DavidAkin
on Wed 29 Aug 2007 08:01 AM EDT
In the U.S. -- and to a degree here in Canada -- there is a growing public policy debate about "network neutrality", the idea that the Internet and data networks generally ought to be open and based on international standards. Open or neutral networks, the thinking goes, allows for ... more »
Friday, August 24
Remembering Christian Duchesne
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Aug 2007 08:23 PM EDT
This just out from the Department of National Defence:
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