With the announcement this afternoon that U.S. President George Bush will host leaders of the G20, including Canada, in Washington on Nov.... PMO types are saying sometime in the next two weeks for this although the buzz around Ottawa is that a new cabinet will, in fact, be sworn in at Rideau Hall on Monday, Oct. 27.
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Wednesday, October 22
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DavidAkin
on Wed 22 Oct 2008 04:12 PM EDT
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DavidAkin
on Wed 22 Oct 2008 09:38 AM EDT
Mr. McCain referenced Mr. Murtha’s comments in his third stop of the day [in Pennsylvania], at Robert Morris University here, when he said, “I think you may have noticed that Senator Obama’s supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about Western Pennsylvania lately.”... “And you know, I couldn’t agree with them more,” he said, to silence, and then wandered around in a verbal thicket before finally managing to say, “I could not disagree with those critics more; this is a great part of America.” more »
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DavidAkin
on Wed 22 Oct 2008 09:08 AM EDT
Here's one that looks interesting -- it's a quick five-week course from Stanford University professor Martin Lewis called "The Geography of U.S. Presidential Elections."... I'm going to check out Donald Kagen's course on early Greek civilization; Ben Polak's introduction to game theory; and John Merriman's history of modern France. more »Sunday, October 19
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DavidAkin
on Sun 19 Oct 2008 09:05 PM EDT
... and they all are men -- white men -- from famed New York investment bank Goldman Sachs who, for no clear reason, seem to end up playing key roles in central banks and finance departments around the world, a phenomenon which gets a fresh look from Julie Cresswell and ... more »
Wednesday, October 15
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DavidAkin
on Wed 15 Oct 2008 10:06 PM EDT
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DavidAkin
on Wed 15 Oct 2008 09:55 AM EDT
Based on the preliminary data up at Elections Canada's Web site this morning: 10 MPs with the highest vote totals and highest vote totals for the Libs, BQ, NDP and Greens.
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Tuesday, October 14
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DavidAkin
on Tue 14 Oct 2008 02:48 PM EDT
Josée Verner is the Conservative Heritage Minister. She is her party's candidate in the Quebec City riding of Louis St. Laurent. But Verner lives in the riding of Portneuf-Jacques Cartier, the only riding in the country where there is no Conservative candidate and that is where, according to the BQ, ... more »
Monday, October 13
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DavidAkin
on Mon 13 Oct 2008 11:03 PM EDT
In the middle of winter in 2006, 14.9 million Canadians braved the cold to vote - a voter turnout of 64.7 per cent.
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on Mon 13 Oct 2008 07:11 PM EDT
Some quick observations on B.C. and the Arctic ridings:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
BURNABY-DOUGLAS
BURNABY-NEW WESTMINSTER
Early in the campaign, Conservatives were boasting about knocking out NDP incumbents Peter Siksay in DOUGLAS and Peter Julian in NEW WESTMINSTER which, frankly, surprised me. I don't think the Tories are boasting any more. There ... more »
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