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The Marois government, identity secularism and 'Quebec values' | Jun 19 2013 | Benoit Renaud | The PQ government will table a bill for a 'Charter of Quebec values' this fall. What does this shift in the government’s rhetoric mean, and how should the left react?
Dear Hamilton Slutwalk Organizers | Jun 19 2013 | Riaz Sayani-Mulji | Women* of Hamilton Against Patriarchy discuss their concerns and critiques of Slutwalk as presented in their open letter, "Dear Hamilton Slutwalk Organizers."
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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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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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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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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