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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, October 13
Election day weather: It looks soggy
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DavidAkin
on Mon 13 Oct 2008 11:03 PM EDT
Races to watch: British Columbia and the North
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DavidAkin
on Mon 13 Oct 2008 07:11 PM EDT
Some quick observations on B.C. and the Arctic ridings:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
BURNABY-DOUGLAS
BURNABY-NEW WESTMINSTER
Early in the campaign, Conservatives were boasting about knocking out NDP incumbents Peter Siksay in DOUGLAS and Peter Julian in NEW WESTMINSTER which, frankly, surprised me. I don't think the Tories are boasting any more. There ... more »
Races to watch: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
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DavidAkin
on Mon 13 Oct 2008 06:36 PM EDT
Some quick takes on interesting races in MB, SK, and AB:
MANITOBA CHURCHILL Tina Keeper won this for the Liberals in 2006, partly on the strength of a split in the NDP vote. Back then, incumbent MP Bev Desjarlais, who had quit the NDP caucus, was trying to defend her ... more »
Races to watch: Quebec and Atlantic Canada
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DavidAkin
on Mon 13 Oct 2008 05:28 PM EDT
Some quick takes on races to watch in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces:
NFLD - AVALON Incumbent Conservative Fabian Manning defied Danny Williams when Manning was a backbencher in Williams’ govt and earned his ‘rep’ as being one of the only politicians to stand up to Danny and go on ... more »
Races to watch: Ontario
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DavidAkin
on Mon 13 Oct 2008 05:00 PM EDT
Quick takes on Ontario ridings worth watching and why:
BEACHES-EAST YORK
Marilyn Churley, who was in Bob Rae’s cabinet in Ontario, is back for a second crack at Lib incumbent Maria Minna. It’s Minna’s to lose but if there is another Toronto riding the NDP could pick up in addition ... more »
Hotel as Metaphor plus final polling numbers
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DavidAkin
on Mon 13 Oct 2008 03:00 PM EDT
I've just driven from Ottawa to Montreal. I finish this campaign at Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion's election night headquarters in a hotel in his riding of St. Laurent-Cartierville, near Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
On election night I and my colleague Hannah Thibedeau will be reporting from here during ... more » |
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