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Tim Hudak looks to import anti-union politics from south of the border | May 22 2013 | Dave Coles | While Hudak claims to be promoting "worker choice,” attacking unions' financial security is designed to weaken a civil society critic and empower big business.
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Activist Communique: Power in the name -- the reclaiming of PKOLS (Mount Douglas) | May 22 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | On May 22 at 5 p.m., a powerful renaming ceremony will take place in British Columbia. Name and Blood both hold important power of identity for First Nations communities.
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Peruvian campaign against TPP: 'Our Rights are Not Negotiable' | May 22 2013 | Stuart Trew | A broad-based coalition of Peruvian civil society launched a campaign and petition against the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a 17th round of TPP negotiations began in the capital city of Lima.
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Pack the Senate with cheats, then call for reform, then take off for Peru? Good plan! | May 22 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | Unfortunately for the PM's "reform" talk, the only way to fix the Senate that will actually work is to abolish it.
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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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