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16 Votes
Clear air in Jaffer case
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Few would quarrel with Justice Douglas Maund's observation that Rahim Jaffer caught "a break" when Crown prosecutors withdrew impaired driving and drug charges against him this week.
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9 Votes
Water works don't work
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What started out as a creative plan to encourage students to switch from plastic water bottles to reusable ones has morphed into a bizarre scheme to sell tap water for 50 cents a shot.
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9 Votes
Surplus serves Miller's interests
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Keen to wring maximum political advantage from a $100 million budget windfall, Toronto Mayor David Miller is cannily easing up on tax hikes – burnishing his own legacy as outgoing mayor, while boosting re-election prospects for left-wing councillors.
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11 Votes
GTA's visible majority
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If current demographic trends hold, the term "visible minority" may need to be revamped for the Toronto area. According to Statistics Canada, the population of the country's largest city will be 63 per cent non-white by 2031, not counting aboriginals – a decided majority. And that transformation poses both opportunities and challenges.
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7 Votes
Bolster Haiti's hopes
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Governor-General Michaëlle Jean did what she could to keep the world's fickle attention focused on Haiti this week, where people are still digging out from the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed 200,000 people and left 1.3 million homeless.
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14 Votes
Don't let mines pre-empt natives
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Premier Dalton McGuinty will have a difficult time developing a rich northern ore deposit – as this week's throne speech makes clear he intends to do – while respecting his previous commitments to protect the environment and respect native rights.
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18 Votes
Airing the Afghan files
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Try as he may, Prime Minister Stephen Harper can no longer stonewall the Afghan detainee controversy. That was clear in Parliament yesterday, where Harper came under renewed fire just days after he called in former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci to help arbitrate (and defuse) the crisis.
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7 Votes
Prudent strategy for tough times
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At a time of severe economic upheaval and widespread personal hardship, one thing that can safely be said about Monday's throne speech is this: the provincial government gets it.
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