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Economy | Ivany commission reports on Nova Scotia's progressive economic future | May 20 2013 | Ralph Surette | The Ivany commission on the "new economy" has written up what it heard on the road in an interim report. In so doing, it has cleared much underbrush and roughed out a path forward.

Economy | Irish farmers raise volume on opposition to Canadian imports in CETA | May 20 2013 | Stuart Trew | The Irish Farmers Association has released its strongest statement to date opposed to Canadian demands for higher beef and pork quotas in the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

Education | 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.

Elections | Politics in Canada | After stunning NDP loss in B.C., it's time for a new kind of politics | May 20 2013 | Murray Dobbin | The NDP's stunning loss in B.C. is being deconstructed, dissected, analyzed and mourned over not only here but across the country.

Elections | In politics, as in sports, the odds-on favourite usually wins | May 20 2013 | Gerry Caplan | Gerry Caplan offers some observations on last week's calamitous election result for the NDP and its implication across the country.

Environment | 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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Media Matters | Politics in Canada | What does 'means' mean? Harper, the media and a growing scandal's unanswered questions | May 20 2013 | Derrick O'Keefe | Actual media scrutiny is what is required when the highest office in the land is involved in dodgy, unethical and potentially illegal matters.

Politics in Canada | (Prime) ministerial responsibility and all that … surely the wrong man has quit! | May 20 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | Don't hold your breath waiting for the PM to resign. Stephen Harper, his cabinet and his Reform Party caucus hold Parliament and its conventions in contempt.

Politics in Canada | NDP asks RCMP to investigate: 'Mr. Wright has yet to come clean on what the $90,000 bought' | May 20 2013 | rabble staff | Charlie Angus told a press conference Monday afternoon in Ottawa that Nigel Wright has "yet to come clean on the details of what was negotiated to cover up for Senator Duffy's expense claims."

Arts & Culture | Getting private health care wrong | May 19 2013 | Steven Shrybman | Jeffrey Simpson doesn't seem to understand -- or want to understand the pitfalls of private health care delivery. Here's how he gets it wrong, says Steven Shrybman.

Economy | Popular Economics is.... (A Brief Introduction) | May 19 2013 | chris cavanagh | Spelling out some parameters of popular economics: popular education, critical literacy/history, debunking, visioning and organizing.

Environment | Politics in Canada | Stephen Harper needs to answer for Mike Duffy | May 19 2013 | Elizabeth May | Mike Duffy committed several ethical lapses during the 2008 federal election, alleges Elizabeth May. Stephen Harper has some serious explaining to do.

Indigenous Rights | Activist Communique: Idle No More and the Homebuilding Movement | May 19 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | Grassroots women from the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen, in northwestern Ontario, are taking action to protect Mother Earth and improve their lives, by beginning a homebuilding movement.

Indigenous Rights | "Bitumen: Canada's National Disaster" -- Day of Action on Tuesday, May 21 | May 19 2013 | Krystalline Kraus | Idle No More against the Tar Sands and Line 9 Reversal in Sarnia, Ontario

Media Matters | Schadenfreude, evidence and politics: A half-hearted defence of Rob Ford | May 19 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | The Rob Ford genie won't go back in the bottle. It's time to make the video public so we can judge for ourselves.