Errata, observations and working notes
from Parliament Hill reporter David Akin
View Article  Chinese steel barred from Canada but Russia and South Africa now OK

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today said that it will continue to try to prevent Chinese-made steel from coming into the Canadian market. The CITT believes impose anti-dumping duties on steel made in China are still required to protect Canadian industry.

Canadian steelmakers will, however, now have to compete ...   more »

View Article  Boeing's in-flight Internet service makes regulator nervous
The Federal Aviation Administration has asked The Boeing Co. to provide it with some proof that evil hackers on board a new giant 787 won’t be able to somehow take over the plane’s electronics...   more »
View Article  The toughest jobs in the world

If you really wanted to give yourself a challenge you could a) solve global warming b) bring peace to the Middle East c) figure out how to beat the New England Patriots or d) try to rebuild the federal Liberal Party in Quebec.  So let’s applaud Louis-Philippe Angers, who has ...   more »

View Article  Dear Prime Minister: Please send help!

On Friday, Prime Minister Harper will host the provincial premiers and territorial first ministers at 24 Sussex Drive. The economy is right at the top of the agenda. Here’s a letter from Jay Myers, an economist who is also the chief executive of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, a trade ...   more »

View Article  Where is AECL's audit?

Last December, Liberal MP Omar Alghabra, his party’s Natural Resources Critic, wrote to Auditor General Sheila Fraser to ask her to do a special examination of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL), a Crown corporation. Fraser wrote back to tell Alghabra that, under federal law, crown corporations are subject to ...   more »

View Article  NDP to Johnston: Let an inquiry "follow the money"

NDP MPs Pat Martin and Joe Comartin sent the following letter to David Johnston who is expected to report this Friday to the government about the Mulroney-Schreiber inquiry:

Friday, December 21, 2007

Dear Dr. Johnston,

Thank you for taking on the task of recommending the mandate for the public inquiry ...   more »

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