Apparently, the Conservatives are not the only ones with money for TV ads: Green Party releases its first ever television commercials in Quebec MONTREAL – The Green Party of Canada has released the first television election commercials in Quebec during the by-elections in Westmount – Ville-Marie.... "This upcoming election is a historic opportunity for the voters of Westmount - Ville-Marie by electing me as the first Green Member of Parliament in North America."... The three advertisements will air regularly until the day of the election and will be available on the campaign website at www.claudegenest.com <http://www.claudegenest.com/> as well as YouTube.
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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 |
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Wednesday, August 27
Biden Train Travel
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DavidAkin
on Wed 27 Aug 2008 11:27 PM EDT
It's odd what trivia will stick in your mind -- but watching the DNC tonight, I wondered how a guy can commute two hours each day to work for years and years. Well, Democratic VP nominee Joe Biden does it but he does it on a train in a travel corridor where, I assume, high-speed wireless network is available and he can get some work done.... Amtrak will charge you $1,062 a month for unlimited travel between Wilmington and Washington or Biden could buy a 10-trip ticket -- a workweek's worth of back-and-forth rides costs $472 (monthly cost of $1,888 that way). more »
Golfing before the storm: A Ralph and Sam moment
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DavidAkin
on Wed 27 Aug 2008 11:29 AM EDT
Tuesday, August 26
The LOP's Editorial comment?
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DavidAkin
on Tue 26 Aug 2008 12:57 PM EDT
A few minutes of mid-day browsing through the "new books" shelf in the Library of Parliament (LOP) in the Centre Block, I note the following titles on the "Fiction" shelf: Monday, August 25
The Democrats on their first night: Refraining from McCain attacks was a good idea
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DavidAkin
on Mon 25 Aug 2008 11:58 PM EDT
Free the data!
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DavidAkin
on Mon 25 Aug 2008 08:32 PM EDT
By contrast, the United States government, recognizing that the information it collects in projects like its national census can help create wealth, boost productivity, and stimulate research, makes the same kind of data available dirt cheap.... Companies in Canada that collect, sell and market this kind of information say that if you want to get detailed figures on household income,dwelling types, education and other variables on a street-bystreet, across-the-country basis,you could pay Statscan more than $10,000 for the privilege. more »
The Electoral Timetable
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DavidAkin
on Mon 25 Aug 2008 05:49 PM EDT
Here's some of the key dates affecting this potential timetable to an election: Aug. 26 - Prime Minister Stephen Harper holds morning press conference in Ottawa.... Aug. 27 - Harper in the Arctic; Layton in Denver with the Dems Aug. 27 - Commons subcommittee on Oil and Gas and other energy prices scheduled to meet.... Oct. 14 - Tentative release date for Julie Couillard's autobiography, a potential danger zone for Conservatives depending on what new things she has to say about Maxime Bernier and others. more »Thursday, August 21
The KLR VU poll in Guelph: Dirty tricks or business development?
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DavidAkin
on Thu 21 Aug 2008 11:09 PM EDT
 We have a poll which shows the Liberals in good shape in Guelph and yet, Liberals are unhappy that this poll is out there because they believe it to be a Conservative dirty trick intended to put the Liberal vote to sleep. The pollster, it appears, is indeed a Conservative but neither he nor the party he supports say the Conservatives paid for the poll. The pollster said he did the poll for free in order to raise the profile of his firm. If that was the goal, there's not much to show for it so far. Only the Guelph Mercury - near and dear to my heart as it is -- reported the poll. It appears that some of the routine reporting checkpoints spelled out in the Canada Elections Act were missed. Now the big question: Will it make a difference on Sept. 8? more »
In St. John's, everyone was buying a new car; in Vancouver, no one was buying
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DavidAkin
on Thu 21 Aug 2008 07:30 PM EDT
... B.C. has enjoyed strong economic growth in the last year and sales of light vehicles in the most western of provinces is down 10.4 per cent compared to last year at 15,523 units. In Alberta, sales are off nearly 6 per cent last month compared to the same month last year. Auto analysts are as confused as I am: "Ontario which is supposed to be in a recession with the high dollar is up, yes up, 4.2 percent. Go figure. The other provinces are all over the map."
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Wednesday, August 20
Lobbyists meet the ministers
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DavidAkin
on Wed 20 Aug 2008 02:53 PM EDT
A new database which tracks meetings between federal Designated Public Office Holders (DPOHs) and registered lobbyists has been up and running since July 2 but it was only recently that the first big haul of entries to that database appeared. Lobbyists are required to disclose meetings with DPOHs once a month and do that within 15 days of the end of each month. So, from that first's months filings, I've put together a list of which ministers met with which lobbyists. more »
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I grew up watching Merry Melodies cartoons and my favourite bits included the battle between Sam, the sheepdog and Ralph, the coyote (a coyote that looked a lot like Wile E.... They would then proceed to the day's work of Coyote trying to steal the sheep and being caught each time by the sheepdog who would then proceed to beat the heck out of Coyote. At the end of the day, whistle would blow, and the paid would punch out for the day.
The Democrats who organized tonight's program in Denver seemed to understand the same point that Conservatives in Canada understood about their opponents, the Liberals, in late 2005. Democratic Party organizers must, at this point in the election cycle, know that many of their potential voters in America already understand that George Bush's presidency has been a disaster and that John McCain is Bush's heir. Just as Stephen Harper felt he didn't need to tell Canadians about the sins of his opponent, the Democrats don't always need to be bashing McCain. Instead, Democrats, like the Conservatives three years ago, need to build a positive narrative, telling voters, 'Ok: We know why you want to vote against our opponent. Now let us tell you why you should vote for our guy."
