David Akin
National Post
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Canada, a second-tier player in cybersecurity, looks to top-tier player Israel for advice on digital strategy
Documents obtained by the Post detail a series of meetings between the top members of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate and senior federal government officials → Read More
NDP aided anti-Liberal group in Ottawa by-election
As voters get set to head to the polls Monday in five federal by-elections, new evidence has emerged that the New Democrats have provided strategic help and research to a third party that is endorsing NDP and Green candidates. → Read More
Find out how your MP voted in the House of Commons on M-103, the anti-Islamophobia motion
The vote on M-103 passed the House of Commons Thursday afternoon by a vote of 201-91. Here is the list of how every MP voted on that anti-Islamophobia motion. → Read More
From taxes on alcohol to GST on Uber rides: The top seven ways this budget will help or hit your pocketbook
A two-four of beer will cost a nickel more and budget 2017 also spells the end the public transit tax credit — but it's not all bad news → Read More
From taxes on alcohol to GST on Uber rides: The top seven ways this budget will help or hit your pocketbook
A two-four of beer will cost a nickel more and budget 2017 also spells the end the public transit tax credit — but it's not all bad news → Read More
On cross-country tour, Trudeau hears growing anger and frustration from indigenous Canadians
'The conditions on our reserves our horrible!' an indigenous woman hollered at the prime minister in Winnipeg, the latest to express their disappointment in Trudeau → Read More
NDP seeks to give ethics commissioner more powers in wake of Trudeau’s Aga Khan controversy
Justin Trudeau said holiday helicopter rides with the Aga Khan are ‘not an issue’ but NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice says that they are violations of federal law → Read More
Pot's retail therapy: Marijuana market could be bigger than the market for beer in Canada
TORONTO — It’s a hot, sunny Thursday afternoon on the hard edge of Queen Street West, and the foot traffic at Eden, a pot dispensary, is brisk. Retailers along this strip of trendy clothing stores, bars, restaurants, shoe shops, tattoo parlours, hairstylists, comic stores and coffee joints cater to the urban hip, and Eden is no different. lnside, iceberg-blue lights illuminate jewel-case… → Read More
Pot's retail therapy: Marijuana market could be bigger than the market for beer in Canada
TORONTO — It’s a hot, sunny Thursday afternoon on the hard edge of Queen Street West, and the foot traffic at Eden, a pot dispensary, is brisk. Retailers along this strip of trendy clothing stores, bars, restaurants, shoe shops, tattoo parlours, hairstylists, comic stores and coffee joints cater to the urban hip, and Eden is no different. lnside, iceberg-blue lights illuminate jewel-case… → Read More
In Paris, hungry bureaucrats ate up thousands
A few dozen Environment Canada bureaucrats gobbled up nearly $80,000 worth of fine French food during last fall's climate change summit in Paris while the rest of the Canadian delegation -- 128 people -- had to scrape by with $49,000 worth of food during the two-week confab. → Read More
Feds' $1M Paris bill
The federal Liberals apparently need a lot of green to be green. → Read More
Entitlement is the Liberal kryptonite
Say what you want about Stephen Harper but he ran a penny-pinching shop. → Read More
Postmedia CEO: Newspaper industry 'getting uglier'
Postmedia Network CEO Paul Godfrey warned MPs Thursday that the newspaper industry in Canada is in peril and urgently needs some form of government help. → Read More
The Senate should be on trial
Sometime next year, we will get the verdict from Justice Charles Vaillancourt in the trial of Senator Mike Duffy. → Read More
AKIN: Duffy's pumpkin and political Christmas plans: A week on the Hill
Former Conservative senator Mike Duffy spent eight days on the witness stand dishing dirt and regaling the court with anecdotes from his long career at CBC and CTV. → Read More
Ambrose aims to re-take government in 2019
The Liberal win on Oct. 19 was a formidable one, an impressive one. → Read More
NEWS BLOG: Inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take a major sep toward a new relationship with Aboriginal Peoples on Tuesday. (For the live blog window, scroll to the bottom of this article. → Read More
Trudeau's tax cut to cost more than $1 billion a year
Taxing the rich will not cover the cost of the Justin Trudeau government's middle-class tax cut, Finance Minister Bill Morneau admitted in announcing the measure Monday. → Read More
Memo to Trudeau: We’re not as rich as we think we are
In its first month in office, the Trudeau government handed out nearly $3 billion and not a penny of it will be spent in Canada. → Read More
Trudeau's child care choices: Which nanny today?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's nanny decision could well be the spark that reignites a debate about how the federal government can best help parents with the cost of child care. → Read More