David Akin  Verified account

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Chief Political Correspondent. Global News. Normally from Ottawa, Canada.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Joined January 2008
Born 10 May

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  1. Join the fun! Our Enquiries team is hiring. Help resolve important election questions during our busiest times. More info:

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  2. Here's noticing something amiss in all this clever highbrow counsel to the effect that it would be better to quietly obstruct justice and subvert a solemn treaty obligation than to inconvenience one of Beijing's untouchable aristocrats.

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  3. 16 hours ago

    Catch hosting this week. We look-ahead to all the political stories to watch in 2019. , , and break it down regionally, provincially, and federally.

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  4. in Calgary: Immigration Min speaks about support for visible minority newcomer women.

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  5. NEW from me: Head of Canadian delegation says he doesn’t intend to bring up issue of detainees with Chinese officials. It's not on the agenda, but Sen. Joseph Day is prepared to talk about it if China brings it up -

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  6. tells supporters in e-mail that it had its best single-month of fundraising from online sources ever in December: exceeding previous single-month record of $1.3-million.

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  8. But in Alberta -- look out! -- "Employment in Alberta fell by 17,000 in December, as losses in full-time work outweighed gains in part-time work." Unemployment rate in AB is 6.4% says

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  9. Latest Canada job numbers are out from : For December 2018 -- no change. Number of jobs held steady, unemployment rate stays at 5.6%

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  10. We have our first federal funding announcement for 2019: MP has a cheque Monday for a snowmobile club in Saint-Honoré, QC:

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  11. Jan 4

    3.5 years in to this Gov mandate and is spite of lofty promises we have seen a very light legislative agenda. Big press conference in December to announce some day we will table legislation that we promised years ago .

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  13. Ottawa’s unpublished internal polls on federal carbon tax give edge to Trudeau

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  14. Rare. An Omar Khadr broadcast interview. The discussion is in English FYI .

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  15. When the concept of "free press" doesn't quite register...

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  16. Jan 3

    Good story. PCO should be more transparent with its polling. It’s ridiculous this had to go through ATI and that rolling poll results publish so late.

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  17. The Trans-Canada Highway remains closed between Revelstoke & Golden due to extreme winter weather. Ministry of Transportation crews conducting avalanche control work. estimates highway re-opening at 8pm.

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  18. Jan 3
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  20. Jan 3

    It took two years, and Nancy Pelosi getting a lot of attention, to get Trump into the White House briefing room.

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