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Dangerous addictions: Toronto, right wing hypocrisies and Rob Ford | May 18 2013 | Michael Laxer | Rob Ford has to be seen as having come to symbolize the basic unfairness of our society. There has never been a more obvious personification of the reality that two sets of social rules exist.
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CBC journalist Charles Rusnell: Slaying Alberta's Tory dragon, one scandal at a time … | May 17 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | If CBC Edmonton investigative reporter Charles Rusnell were a police officer, he'd be the kind of cop who'd ticket the chief's car at a funeral.
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Chevron calls for strong investor rights chapter in U.S.-EU trade deal | May 17 2013 | Stuart Trew | U.S. energy giant Chevron is encouraging the U.S. to pursue a strong NAFTA-like investment chapter and investor-state dispute settlement process in the proposed U.S.-EU trade deal.
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Fair Deal campaign launched to stop TPP from changing copyright laws | May 17 2013 | Stuart Trew | The Council of Canadians is part of a new global Fair Deal coalition which wants copyright rules taken out of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
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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.
fiction
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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