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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 |
Tuesday, February 5
Mulroney insiders fire back at Spector
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DavidAkin
on Tue 05 Feb 2008 05:06 PM EST
"We are surprised and disappointed to see that one of our former colleagues as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, a position in which each of us were privileged to serve, has made a series of allegations during his appearance before the House of Commons Ethics Committee by promising to reveal the sources of cash payments delivered to 24 Sussex Drive... more »
Billion-dollar flip-flop?
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DavidAkin
on Tue 05 Feb 2008 01:42 PM EST
On January 10, at a lumber mill in New Brunswick, Prime Minister Harper announced his government would create a $1–billion “community development trust” which one-industry towns hurt by plant shutdown could tap into for funds to re-train workers, invest in research and development, or attract new industry. But Harper tied ... more »
Hello, Nicolas? This is Stephen ...
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DavidAkin
on Tue 05 Feb 2008 01:04 PM EST
Prime Minister Stephen Harper telephoned French President Nicolas Sarkozy this morning to talk about NATO and Afghanistan. The prime minister’s communications director Sandra Buckler just e-mailed reporters an account of that conversation:
Can America depend on "turbulent Canada"?
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DavidAkin
on Tue 05 Feb 2008 06:48 AM EST
He notes that the U.S. has been driven to seek alternative supplies of stuff you can fill up the car with because the country is so heavily dependent on foreign suppliers like "turbulent Canada and militant Mexico". He doesn't really back up the statement, but it's odd and a little alarming to see that Will, who represents a certain conservative orthodoxy in the Washington, assumes that things north of the border are "turbulent." more » |
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