Global News Chief Political Correspondent. My bio and disclosure statement is at www.davidakin.com. I'm usually in Ottawa 🇨🇦 but I work wherever.
▶️ AI thoughts. ▶️ Fundraising fight. ▶️ School drones. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰Roundup for SAT AUG 1 is up: davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akin...
David Akin's Roundup: AI thoughts. Fundraising fight. School drones.SAT AUG 1davidakin.substack.comGallup: U.S. Election Concerns Run High Ahead of 2026 Midterms news.gallup.com/poll/712955/...
▶️ LNG deal. ▶️ Airport blowback. ▶️ Streamer retreat. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰Roundup for THU JUL 30 davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akin...
Ottawa seeks to ‘eliminate’ streamers’ Cancon base contributions: court doc globalnews.ca/news/1200138... #media #press
Ottawa seeks to ‘eliminate’ streamers’ Cancon base contributions: court doc - National | Globalnews.caThe disclosure was made in a letter to the Federal Court of Appeal this month as part of ongoing litigation over the Online Streaming Act.globalnews.caG&M: Inside the private Muskoka conference that lures Canada’s movers and shakers – including Mark Carney www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d50cc45... (🎁 link)
Inside the private Muskoka conference that lures Canada’s movers and shakers – including Mark CarneySince 2015, the invitation-only gathering has brought together prominent Canadians for candid conversations about the challenges shaping the country’s futurewww.theglobeandmail.com▶️Uncertain manufacturers. Alexander's Toronto. Chinese threats. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰 Roundup for WED JUL 29. Read and subscribe here! davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akin...
Uncertain manufacturers. Alexander's Toronto. Chinese threats.David Akin's Roundup for WED JUL 29davidakin.substack.com▶️ Doctor burnout. ▶️ BQ ahead. ▶️ Ford's travel. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰Roundup for TUE JUL 28 davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akin...
David Akin's Roundup: Doctor burnout. BQ ahead. Ford's travel.TUE JUL 27davidakin.substack.comPM Carney announces 3 by-elections. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news... Why these three? Cuz the LPC is gaming the table to sweep all three. I explained this last Sunday: davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akin... #cdnpoli #elxn45
Prime Minister Carney announces by-electionsToday, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced that by-elections will be held on August 31, 2026, in the following electoral districts:www.pm.gc.ca▶️ Losing business. ▶️ Maine's choice. ▶️ Reinventing NATO The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰Roundup for SUN JUL 26 davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akin...
Losing business. Maine's choice. Reinventing NATODavid Akin's Roundup for SUN JUL 26davidakin.substack.com▶️ Trump options. ▶️ PC divide. ▶️ Math guy. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰 Roundup for FRI JUL 24. davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akin...
David Akin's Roundup: Trump options. PC divide. Math guy.FRI JUL 24davidakin.substack.comAlberta premier says Carney ‘wise’ not to retaliate over U.S. tariff threat globalnews.ca/news/1198663...
Alberta premier says Carney ‘wise’ not to retaliate over U.S. tariff threat | Globalnews.caAlberta Premier Danielle Smith said Carney is treating the tariff threat with the urgency it deserves, noting the countdown to Aug. 19 when the duties are set to take effect.globalnews.ca▶️ Bridge text. ▶️ Health cash. ▶️ Tariff life. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰Roundup for THU JUL 23 davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akin...
David Akin's Roundup: Bridge text. Health cash. Tariff life.THU JUL 23davidakin.substack.comGabe Fleisher: "If Trump was running his own operation intent on destroying the Republican Party, what would he be doing differently right now?" www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-two...
Trump’s Two Wars Could Be Fatal for RepublicansConflicts over trade and Iran are both heating up again after periods of relative peace.www.wakeuptopolitics.comStatement by Prime Minister Carney on the United States administration’s intention to impose new tariffs on Canadian goods www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the United States administration’s intention to impose new tariffs on Canadian goodsThis is the latest in a series of unilateral U.S. trade actions that began with the U.S. imposing a series of tariffs in direct violation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the free...www.pm.gc.caTrump goes after phone records of NYT journos (🎁 link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...
Trump Administration Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives (Gift Article)The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.www.nytimes.com▶️ Fire threats. ▶️ Burnham up. ▶️ Changing chatbots. The 🇨🇦#cdnpoli 📰Roundup for MON JUL 20 davidakin.substack.com/p/david-akin...
David Akin's Roundup: Fire threats. Burnham up. Changing chatbots.MON JUL 20davidakin.substack.comIn Elxn45, #CPC candidate Stephen Curran won 33.5% of the vote in this riding. But #LPC candidate Jonathan Wilkinson won 59.5%. Curran is back for a re-match, this time in a by-elxn vs Carney's former deputy chief of staff Braedan Caley. Based on latest polling: I have this seat as SAFE LIBERAL.
Mark CarneyI am delighted that Braeden Caley will be our Liberal Candidate in North Vancouver—Capilano. Our new government is building big in B.C. and across Canada. Braeden has the experience, expertise, and unrelenting dedication we need to drive this work forward and deliver for British Columbians.
My colleague Mackenzie Gray sits down with the US ambassador: Hoekstra says Trump serious about tariff threat over wildfire smoke globalnews.ca/news/1197064...
Hoekstra says Trump serious about tariff threat over wildfire smoke - National | Globalnews.caThe U.S. ambassador says frustration is growing south of the border over Canadian wildfire smoke.globalnews.ca