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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 |
Wednesday, January 9
Chinese steel barred from Canada but Russia and South Africa now OK
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DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jan 2008 06:04 PM EST
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 »
Boeing's in-flight Internet service makes regulator nervous
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DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jan 2008 05:16 PM EST
 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 »
The toughest jobs in the world
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DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jan 2008 04:47 PM EST
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 »
Dear Prime Minister: Please send help!
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DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jan 2008 04:07 PM EST
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 »
Where is AECL's audit?
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DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jan 2008 02:40 PM EST
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 »
NDP to Johnston: Let an inquiry "follow the money"
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DavidAkin
on Wed 09 Jan 2008 11:28 AM EST
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:
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