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World media reports on Harper government's growing Senate expense scandal | May 21 2013 | rabble staff | The resignation of Stephen Harper's Chief-of-Staff Nigel Wright, and the growing Senate expense scandal, has made worldwide headlines this long weekend.
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How to provoke race hatred: On the Roma, Sun TV and the responsibility of broadcasters | May 21 2013 | Karl Nerenberg | might stand in the way of the network’s getting compulsory carriage on cable systems throughout Canada, it saw the light it, and made a tepid apology.
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Participatory budgeting: A laboratory for democratic learning | May 20 2013 | chris cavanagh | Participatory budgeting, democratic deliberation and decision-making by citizens (or residents, though usually of local neighbourhoods), is a fast-growing practice of participatory democracy.
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UNESCO expresses concern about fracking near Gros Morne National Park | May 20 2013 | Brent Patterson | Gros Morne National Park's status as a world heritage site may be in jeopardy due to plans for controversial oil exploration on Newfoundland's west coast.
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May 16 2013
'Wrestling with Democracy' by Dennis Pilon provides a historical and comparative look at electoral reform (or lack thereof) of western industrialized countries over the past century.
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May 9 2013
Night Town by Cathi Bond is a coming-of-age story of a young woman, and a shifting nation, growing up in the rapidly changing social fabric of 1970s Toronto and searching for acceptance and progress.
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May 2 2013
The following is adapted from the new book Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialogue from City Lights Books.

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What's the worst part of the Mike Duffy - Nigel Wright scandal?

Yesterday, Mike Duffy stepped down from the Conservative caucus, but remains a sitting independent Senator. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister's Office has stated that Stephen Harper has "full confidence" in Chief-of-Staff Nigel Wright, who apparently secretly wrote a personal cheque to help Duffy pay back his debts. Clearly, there are still many questions that need to be answered. 

What's the worst part of the Mike Duffy - Nigel Wright scandal? 

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