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15 Votes
Chilling Afghan claims
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Did Canadian troops use Afghanistan’s notorious security services as “subcontractors for abuse and torture?” That’s what the Commons committee on Afghanistan heard this week from Ahmadshah Malgarai, an Afghan-Canadian who worked as an interpreter in Kandahar.
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16 Votes
Smitherman’s busy man
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Bruce Davis is a busy man. He is chair of the Toronto Public School Board, the biggest in the province. He is running for reelection as a trustee. He operates a bed & breakfast 270 kilometers away in Gananoque. And as of this week, he is manager of George Smitherman’s front-running campaign for the Toronto mayoralty.
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6 Votes
More queries about Guergis
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A week ago today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper fired Helena Guergis, his minister responsible for the status of women, banished her from the Conservative caucus, and called in the Mounties to investigate her—all as a result of “serious allegations.”
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15 Votes
Jean Charest must clear air
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Tale of improper financing, influence peddling and judicial meddling in Quebec cries out for a full public inquiry.
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20 Votes
Conservatives fail openness exam
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The federal Conservatives came to office four years ago promising a more accountable and open government than was delivered by the previous Liberal administration. They have failed abysmally on both counts.
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13 Votes
Duceppe's hard slog
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Once upon a time, a cross-Canada tour by a Quebec separatist could be counted on to attract frisky crowds and snarky media coverage. But 20 years after the death of the Meech Lake accord, it's harder to get a rise out of the ROC (as the Rest of Canada is called).
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8 Votes
Transit and tolls
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Once considered political quicksand – too dangerous for even a single step into it – the idea of tolling existing roadways is developing considerable traction. Two high-profile mayors, Toronto's David Miller and Mississauga's Hazel McCallion, have both recently said road tolls will have to be discussed as a means of paying for essential transit expansion. And tolls have emerged as an
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19 Votes
Locking down `loose' nukes
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South Africa's Pelindaba nuclear reactor holds enough highly enriched uranium for a dozen atomic bombs and it is tightly guarded. But in 2007 gunmen staged a brazen midnight attack on it.
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