In 1997, then rookie NDP MP Peter Stoffer was a bit surprised that Christmas parties on Parliament Hill were segregated affairs by party. The Liberals held theirs here, the Conservatives held their's there and so on. So Peter went out and bought a $1,000 worth of booze and chips, slipped ... more »
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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, March 4
Attacking the Liberals -- with your tax dollars - with UPDATE
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DavidAkin
on Wed 04 Mar 2009 02:02 PM EST
"While Liberals try and please special interest groups our Conservative government will seriously defend our sealers and we will continue to fight for the rights of hard-working Canadian sealers, on the international stage and here in Canada, so they may provide a livelihood for their families through our lawful, sustainable and humane hunt." That's unusually partisan language for official departmental press releases paid for by all taxpayers. Now with UPDATE more »
Car companies lose their minds
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DavidAkin
on Wed 04 Mar 2009 11:59 AM EST
Auto analyst Dennis Desrosiers is amazed (and not in a good way) at some of the dumb things the auto industry does. He sent around a note yesterday titled "The Automotive World Has Gone Mad" with examples of some of the strange decisions auto execs and policymakers have made and are making. Here's some excerpts. . . more »
22 Minutes misfires ...
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DavidAkin
on Wed 04 Mar 2009 11:05 AM EST
22 Minutes wanted to crash a scrum of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty ostensibly to poke some fun at a new rule McGuinty's press handlers laid down that the premier wants five feet of space around him in a scrum. Not a bad idea but Hall tried to burst into the scrum to have a bit of fun while real reporters were quizzing the premier on a very serious issue: The shutdowns of steel mills in Hamilton and on Lake Erie. McGuinty was in no mood to play along nor should he have been ... more »
Would you eat less in a recession?
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DavidAkin
on Wed 04 Mar 2009 10:06 AM EST
Apparently you would not. And, because of that, The Conference Board of Canada -- an independent economic think tank based in Ottawa - concludes that food manufacturing may in fact be a recession-proof industry. It believes that profits for food manufacturers in 2009 will come close to the record-high levels of profits made in 2008... more » |
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