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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, September 15
Harper in London: Not quite like 2006
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DavidAkin
on Mon 15 Sep 2008 09:43 PM EDT
The Harper rally in London, Ont. Monday night drew the biggest crowd yet for the Conservatives during this still-young campaign. By my count -- and I do actually count -- there were about 800 people in a downtown conference centre to hear Harper give what has become a pretty standard ... more »
Harper v. Layton
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DavidAkin
on Mon 15 Sep 2008 04:37 PM EDT
On Sunday afternoon, a senior Conservative campaign advisor briefing reporters about the week ahead. Among other things, the advisor said that the focus of the Conservative campaign would shift and would include more attacks on the BQ, the Green Party and the NDP.
The NDP, for its part, spent all ... more »
Harper's revenue neutral plan
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DavidAkin
on Mon 15 Sep 2008 04:34 PM EDT
The Liberal war room put this bug in my ear --
This morning, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced an extension of the employment insurance program so that self-employed workers could opt in and qualify for parental leave benefits. Harper explained that there would be no direct cost to taxpayers as ... more »
Harper's Index
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DavidAkin
on Mon 15 Sep 2008 04:31 PM EDT
Harper and immigrants
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DavidAkin
on Mon 15 Sep 2008 02:22 PM EDT
Ever since Stephen Harper assumed the leadership of the Conservative Party,it's been hismission to weaken what has traditionally been the power base for the Liberals in Canada's biggest cities, namely, immigrant communities. Early on, Harper tapped Jason Kenney to be in charge of outreach to Canada's New Canadians. Today, asked ... more »
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