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David Akin 🇨🇦

davidakin@mstdn.ca

<p>Ottawa Bureau Chief | Global News | Normally working from Ottawa.</p>

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    🆕 #cdnpoli poll: ABACUS Decided+leaning QUEBEC ONLY: #LPC 48% | #BQ 30% | #CPC 14% | #NDP 3% | GPC 3% | Sep 4-9 n=292

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    ▶️ Spending notes. ▶️ Eby behind. ▶️ Media ban. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰 Roundup for FRI SEP 25 https://davidakin.substack.com/p/spending-notes-eby-behind-media-ban

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    Financial Times via Ars Technica: &quot;Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI&quot; https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/researchers-used-claude-to-hack-openai/

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    Issued this day in 1924. Sc 130 pa King George V “Admiral” Coil Stamps. #MyStamps #canadaStamps

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    Liberals crush it on Monday: Easy sweep of all three byelections, including a steal of a CPC riding in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord. #cdnpoli #elxn45

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    Issued this day in 1967. Sc 473 Canadian Press. Design: William McLauchlan. Issued to mark the 50th anniversary of CP, which first started out as a co-op and collective in which its members would share copy for use by others in addition to providing copy written by its own employees. It is now a news agency a la Reuters or Bloomberg where subscribing news organizations pay to use CP text, photos and video. #MyStamps #canadaStamps

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    RE: https://flipboard.com/@globalnews/global-news-cu8h0oq4z/-/a-pRWLFSyRQ4K6yzz3es4_DQ%3Aa%3A749442239-%2F0 Premier Eby has declared a province-wide state of emergency. Thinking of all my BC friends and colleagues tonight.

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    Issued this day in 1989. Sc 1248a se-tenant block of 4. Mushrooms. Design: Ernst Roch. #MyStamps #canadaStamps

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    ▶️ Election strategy. ▶️ B.C. burning. ▶️ China&#39;s spies.
The 🇨🇦 #cdnpol 📰 Roundup for MON AUG https://davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akins-roundup-election-strategy

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    🆕 from me: With four vacant ridings, why did Carney call just three byelections? #cdnpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/12006327/analysis-four-vacant-ridings-why-only-three-byelections/

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    Gabe Fleisher: &amp;quot;If Trump was running his own operation intent on destroying the Republican Party, what would he be doing differently right now?&amp;quot; https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-two-wars-could-be-fatal-for

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    Alberta premier says Carney ‘wise’ not to retaliate over U.S. tariff threat https://globalnews.ca/news/11986634/carney-trump-tariff-strategy-danielle-smith/

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    ▶️ Trump options. ▶️ PC divide. ▶️ Math guy. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰 Roundup for FRI JUL 24. https://davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akins-roundup-trump-options

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    ▶️ Losing business. ▶️ Maine&amp;#39;s choice. ▶️ Reinventing NATO The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰Roundup for SUN JUL 26 https://davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akins-roundup-losing-business

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    PM Carney announces 3 by-elections. https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/07/26/prime-minister-carney-announces-elections Why these three? Cuz the LPC is gaming the table to sweep all three. I explained this last Sunday: https://davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akins-roundup-by-election-breakdown #cdnpoli #elxn45

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    🆕 #cdnpoli poll ANGUS REID INSTITUTE Decided+Leaning | #LPC 40% | #CPC 36% | #NDP 13% | #GPC 3% | n=1567 JUL 25-27 online

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    Issued this day in 1964. Sc 431 Charlottetown Conference. Design: Harvey Prosser. #MyStamps #canadaStamps

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    Ottawa seeks to ‘eliminate’ streamers’ Cancon base contributions: court doc https://globalnews.ca/news/12001385/crtc-cancon-online-streaming-act-eliminate-court/ #media #press

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    G&amp;M: Inside the private Muskoka conference that lures Canada’s movers and shakers – including Mark Carney https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-davos-on-the-dock/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d50cc45ee281800a5f5aa57448fe11e2f747f37aac518ce5eded073593c92397/OV4PNUCU3BGFRKZYKMGXOGN4HQ/ (🎁 link)

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    ▶️Uncertain manufacturers. Alexander&#39;s Toronto. Chinese threats. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰 Roundup for WED JUL 29. Read and subscribe here! https://davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akins-roundup-uncertain-manufacturers

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    🆕 #cdnpoli poll ANGUS REID INSTITUTE Decided+Leaning QUEBEC ONLY | #LPC 41% | #BQ 27% | #CPC 18% | #NDP 9% | #GPC 3% | n=389 JUL 25-27 online

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    ▶️ Doctor burnout. ▶️ BQ ahead. ▶️ Ford&#39;s travel. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰Roundup for TUE JUL 28 https://davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akins-roundup-doctor-burnout

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    ▶️ Bridge text. ▶️ Health cash. ▶️ Tariff life. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰Roundup for THU JUL 23 https://davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akins-roundup-bridge-text-health

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    Issued this day in 2021. Sc 3296. Stan Rogers. Design: Steven Slipp. “Born in Hamilton ON on Nov 29, 1949, Rogers spent many summers in Nova Scotia, visiting his mother’s hometown of Canso. It was there that he found his passion in traditional Maritime music. A skilful storyteller, Rogers sang about subjects that were both deeply personal and universally relatable. He took tales from the past and made them moving and meaningful in the present – from the raucous sea shanty “Barrett’s Privateers,”...

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    Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the United States administration’s intention to impose new tariffs on Canadian goods https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/07/20/statement-prime-minister-carney-united-states-administrations-intention

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    Trump goes after phone records of NYT journos (🎁 link) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-phone-records.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zFA.8QSP.dGsPvNHmiEhV&amp;smid=bs-share #press #media

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    ▶️ Fire threats. ▶️ Burnham up. ▶️ Changing chatbots. The 🇨🇦#cdnpoli 📰Roundup for MON JUL 20 https://davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akins-roundup-fire-threats

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    … in 2004. Sc 2023. Tourist Attractions: Canadian National Exhibition. Design: Bradbury Branding and Design.

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    My colleague Mackenzie Gray sits down with the US ambassador: Hoekstra says Trump serious about tariff threat over wildfire smoke https://globalnews.ca/news/11970645/hoekstra-trump-tariffs-wildfire-smoke/

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    My Queen&#39;s Park colleagues Colin D&#39;Mello and Isaac Callan have been top notch accountability journalism and this is the result of their work: &quot;Ontario tourism minister Stan Cho resigns over hotel expenses scandal&quot; https://globalnews.ca/news/11969860/stan-cho-resigns/