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Global News Chief Political Correspondent. My bio and disclosure statement is at www.davidakin.com. I'm usually in Ottawa 🇨🇦 but I work wherever.

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Very sad to learn of Alex Janvier's passing. Had the great good fortune of interviewing him a few years ago when the National Gallery featured his work. His stuff is breathtaking. In the hour I spent with him, I found him to be a wonderful, curious and kind spirit. www.alexjanvier.com

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Not good. Canada's longest river -- the Mackenzie -- seeing historically low levels globalnews.ca/news/1061037...

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BREAKING: Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault announces his resignation “for personal reasons.” Pedneault never had a seat in Parliament. He was co-leader with MP Elizabeth May who remains in her position. “I am disappointed, to put it mildly,” May said. #cdnpoli

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▶︎ Trudeau travels ▶︎ Furey's choice ▶︎ Russia attacks.
The #cdnpoli Roundup for MON JUL 8
roundup.curated.co/issues/45

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I love this kind of obsession. Cool story. “Jackson Man Spent 25 Years Riding Every Chairlift At Every Resort In North America” cowboystatedaily.com/2024/06/07/j...

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Terror charge ▶︎ Nenshi's numbers ▶︎ France votes.
The #cdnpoli 🇨🇦 📰 Roundup for SUN JUL 7
roundup.curated.co/issues/44

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▶︎ Safe Liberals ▶︎ Carney mirage ▶︎ French elections
The #cdnpoli 🇨🇦📰 Roundup for SAT JUL 6 roundup.curated.co/issues/43

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In groundbreaking move, Poilievre campaigns among evangelical Christians
"But is Poilievre saying one thing to evangelical Christians that he’s not saying elsewhere? [His] office says no ..." #cdnpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1060459...

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In groundbreaking move, Poilievre campaigns among evangelical Christians
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▶︎ Cardigan's pick ▶︎ Fillmore out ▶︎ Murdoch's choice
THe #cdnpoli 🇨🇦 📰 Roundup for THU JUL 4. roundup.curated.co/issues/41

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Thread over on, er, Threads re today's spending announcement by Trudeau in which he announced $33m for 3 projects in his own riding. Super-rare for a PM to hand out cheques in his own riding ... www.threads.net/@davidakin/p...

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▶︎ Maybe moving ▶︎Trudeau's calls ▶︎ UK Conservatives concede
The #cdnpoli Roundup for WED JUL 3. roundup.curated.co/issues/40

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▶︎ WestJet Deal ▶︎ Poilievre's RV ▶︎ France's turn.
The #cdnpoli 🇨🇦 📰Roundup for MON JUL 1 ☀️
roundup.curated.co/issues/38

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Breaking News: Early returns in France suggested that a political gamble by President Emmanuel Macron backfired as the far right led in the first round of snap legislative elections.

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what if biden just went out to the store for milk and didn't come back

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I feel so sorry for Joe Biden. He should never have been put in this position. Democrats should be ashamed that they insisted on his humiliation. They should have found another candidate.

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Here come the UCP attack ads (Part 2) aimed at new Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi and the UCP do what every small-c conservative party is doing these days: Try to tie their opponent to the country's most unpopular politician - Justin Trudeau www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT06... #abpoli

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Here come the UCP attack ads (Part 1) aimed at new Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi and the UCP do what every small-c conservative party is doing these days: Try to tie their opponent to the country's most unpopular politician - Justin Trudeau youtu.be/hkebhvnOeaA?... #abpoli

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Premiers’ Performance: Kinew on top as honeymoon continues; Eby slides as B.C. election approaches. Latest Angus Reid Institute premiers' ranking angusreid.org/premiers-app...

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70% of polls in Tor St Paul's have reported. Can #CPC's Stewart close an 800+ vote gap with what's left? Seems improbable but not impossible. Here's what it looks like at 0138 ET on TUE JUN 25: #cdnpoli

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First results are in at 2133 ET from Toronto St Pauls. LPC Church leads with 75 votes to CPC Stewart with 70 votes. Just 2 of 192 polls reporting. Gonna be a long night #cdnpoli

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On Bird-X, Elections Canada posts: "Results for the Toronto–St. Paul’s by-election may take a bit longer than usual to come in, as the unusual size of the ballot may slow down the counting process. We still expect results to be available tonight."

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"After investigating more than 30,000 complaints, I am reminded every day of the ways in which the Act and the system it supports continue to fail Canadians." Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard
www.oic-ci.gc.ca/en/resources...

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At this week's #G7 in Italy, PM Justin Trudeau announced that the 2025 G7 will be hosted in Canada in Kananaskis, Alberta. cdnpoli

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"Fake News Still Has a Home on Facebook
Christopher Blair, a renowned “liberal troll” who posts falsehoods to Facebook, is having a banner year despite crackdowns by Facebook and growing competition from A.I."
#media
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A new AI tool that accurately measures crowd sizes sheds light on protests roiling Brazil: Former president Bolsonaro claimed 600,000 attended a rally for him, but researchers used the tool to prove it was less than a third of that.
restofworld.org/2024/ai-crow...

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