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	<title>David Akin’s On the Hill</title>
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	<description>Working notes, observations, links and other errata from a parliamentary bureau reporter in Ottawa, Canada.</description>
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		<title>NYT reports: U.S. Tracked Foreigners Leaving for Canada</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/immigration/nyt-reports-u-s-tracked-foreigners-leaving-for-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/immigration/nyt-reports-u-s-tracked-foreigners-leaving-for-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting &#8230; The pilot project with Canada, conducted from September to January, involved about a third of the traffic across the northern American border, tracking the departure of 413,222 foreigners from the United States. Starting this year, according to Congressional officials who have been briefed on the plan, the information collected at the Canadian border [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Harper&#8217;s speech this morning, we still have questions</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/94111/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/94111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen harper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not normally a fan of going about my Parliamentary news gathering in this fashion but there are some days when there doesn&#8217;t seem to be much choice&#8230; (see the raw video posted by CBC News above) Meanwhile, here is the text of what Prime Minister Stephen Harper had to say to his caucus this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NDP MP Brian Masse makes the New York Times</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/environment/ndp-mp-brian-masse-makes-the-new-york-times/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/environment/ndp-mp-brian-masse-makes-the-new-york-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics/NDP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/?p=93951</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ian Austen, who reports for the New York Times about Canada,  only quotes opposition MP, New Democrat Brian Masse, in a piece that takes a look at one of the side effects of Alberta oil. “Here’s a little bit of Alberta,” said Brian Masse, one of Windsor’s Parliament members. “For those that thought they were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Front page faceoff: Rob Ford vs The Senate</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/front-page-faceoff-rob-ford-vs-the-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/front-page-faceoff-rob-ford-vs-the-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newspapers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rob ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/?p=93901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is rare, believe it or not, for news about federal politics to make the front pages of the country&#8217;s newspapers. It is also rare for newspaper editors to give prominent front-page play to stories about another city&#8217;s mayor. Not today. The Senate Scandals and Toronto Mayor Rob Ford can be found on front pages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duffy lobbied for Sun News Network? News to us.</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/duffy-lobbied-for-sun-news-network-news-to-us/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/duffy-lobbied-for-sun-news-network-news-to-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sun News Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crtc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike duffy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/?p=93871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, CTV&#8217;s Parliamentary Bureau Chief Robert Fife reported that Senator Mike Duffy tried to use his influence on a CRTC decision involving Sun News Network. Fife cited unnamed sources for this allegation. The application Sun News Network has before the CRTC is pretty important to me and my colleagues. Here&#8217;s what our network&#8217;s vice-president Kory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement from Senator Duffy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/statement-from-senator-duffy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/statement-from-senator-duffy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just e-mailed to me from Senator Mike Duffy: “It is clear the public controversy surrounding me and the repayment of my Senate expenses has become a significant distraction to my caucus colleagues, and to the government. Given that my presence within the Conservative caucus only contributes to that distraction, I have decided to step outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In hot water for big spending ways, Canada&#8217;s top librarian quits</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/arts-and-culture/in-hot-water-for-big-spending-ways-canadas-top-librarian-quits/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/arts-and-culture/in-hot-water-for-big-spending-ways-canadas-top-librarian-quits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[museums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottawaspends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/?p=93811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot off the presses .. Not only did the French- and English-speaking Caron bill taxpayers more than $4,000 in 2011-12 so he could take one-on-one Spanish lessons, he signed a $10,000 contract last year for another year&#8217;s worth of lessons though a spokesman said no charges were ever actually incurred on that second contract. Still, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just like the advertisement said: The Comeback Kid</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/bc-politics/just-like-the-advertisement-said-the-comeback-kid/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/bc-politics/just-like-the-advertisement-said-the-comeback-kid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BC Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bc politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/?p=93741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Above, the mid-campaign &#8220;wrap-around&#8221; ad in the Vancouver 24 Hours purchased by the BC Liberals. Below, a pre-campaign &#8220;real&#8221; journalism front-page in the Vancouver Province]]></description>
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		<title>Trudeau wins while the Conservatives are sore losers in Labrador</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/trudeau-wins-while-the-conservatives-are-sore-losers-in-labrador/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politics/trudeau-wins-while-the-conservatives-are-sore-losers-in-labrador/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labrador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yvonne jones]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/?p=93681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Conservative Party of Canada has been around in its current form for nearly a decade and, in all that time, its one and only leader, Stephen Harper, has never awoken the morning after a day of elections with fewer seats in the House of Commons than he had the day before. Until today. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday could be a day the Liberals haven&#8217;t seen for a decade</title>
		<link>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politicsliberals/monday-could-be-a-day-the-liberals-havent-seen-for-a-decade/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.canoe.ca/davidakin/politicsliberals/monday-could-be-a-day-the-liberals-havent-seen-for-a-decade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 18:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Akin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics/Liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[by-elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labrador]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, voters in the riding of Labrador will go the polls. According to three polls of voters there, the Liberal candidate, Yvonne Jones appears to be the prohibitive favourite. If she wins, it will be the first time the federal Liberal caucus will have grown as the result of an electoral event* in nearly a [...]]]></description>
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