After Applebaum: A cheat sheet for Montreal politics | Jun 19 2013 | Ethan Cox | On Monday, the mayor of Montreal was arrested. The second mayor to fall to corruption allegations in six months. What's wrong with Montreal? And more importantly, how do we fix it?

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Is Quebec more corrupt than the rest of Canada? | Jun 19 2013 | Simon Tremblay-Pepin | Is Quebec more corrupt than other provinces? One could argue that it mostly has stricter laws regarding political party funding, which raise red flags that allow to uncover corruption.
Video: John Levi and Amy Sock call for solidarity against fracking in New Brunswick | Jun 19 2013 | rabbleTV | In a video message, Warrior Chief John Levi and Amy Sock of the Elsipogtog First Nation share a call for solidarity against fracking in New Brunswick.
C-377: A chance for the Senate to prove its worth | Jun 19 2013 | Jim Stanford | Members of the Senate now have a chance to change the conversation from expense accounts, to careful policy debate. Let's see if they can do the right thing and send this bill packing.
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Poverty or prosperity? Indigenous children in Canada
Jun 19 2013 | Indigenous children in Canada are over two and a half times more likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous children.
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Joe Oliver: Another bid for credibility falls short
Jun 19 2013 | The federal government made another attempt to appear environmentally responsible by "raising" (read: capping) the liability limit on offshore oil operations in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
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Stand up for public health care!
Jun 19 2013 | The government is threatening to back away from upholding national health care standards, improving drug coverage and home/community care, and ensuring stable and adequate funding for health care.
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Pedagogy in an age of disorder | Jun 19 2013 | Thomas Ponniah | There are, I propose, three types of students. A student is predominantly fragile, resilient or self-transcending in relation to the turmoil amplified by the current form of globalization.
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C-377: A chance for the Senate to prove its worth | Jun 19 2013 | Jim Stanford | Members of the Senate now have a chance to change the conversation from expense accounts, to careful policy debate. Let's see if they can do the right thing and send this bill packing.
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Will CETA help the Harper Conservatives or hurt them? | Jun 18 2013 | Jim Stanford | With Harper making the diplomatic rounds in Europe, media interest has heightened this week regarding the potential free trade agreement which his government is trying to negotiate with the EU.
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Redford Government, Alberta Health Services Division, drops two political hot potatoes | Jun 19 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | It would be easer to believe the government and AHS were taking action to improve care if they hadn't been taking equally vigorous action to muck it up just weeks ago.
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Is Quebec more corrupt than the rest of Canada? | Jun 19 2013 | Simon Tremblay-Pepin | Is Quebec more corrupt than other provinces? One could argue that it mostly has stricter laws regarding political party funding, which raise red flags that allow to uncover corruption.
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Harper's mortal sins hidden by all the attention to the venial kind | Jun 19 2013 | Karl Nerenberg | The list of the Harper government's mortal sins is long, and it includes sins against democracy itself.
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Can Harper withstand the current scandals and stay in power?

This week, a Conservative MP resigned over transparency and accountability, and new details emerged about the Nigel Wright - Mike Duffy payoff. Traditional supporters and sympathetic voices in the media are scathing about Harper's conduct and handling of the current crisis. All this comes in advance of a Conservative Party convention in Calgary at the end of June. Can he survive as the prime minister and as the leader of the Conservative Party? 

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