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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, 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 »
Canada Newswire gets social: New ways of pushing the news agenda...
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DavidAkin
on Wed 20 Aug 2008 10:39 AM EDT
CNW is taking the step -- and it's one that bloggers and users of various social software tools, like Facebook, Twitter and the like, may find useful. It just launched a service called "Social Media Release" that builds on a traditional press release by providing audio and visual materials in addition to harnessing various social software tools that let users annotate, share, and build on the information provided by the CNW client... more »
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