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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:25:10 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jonathon Narvey: The propaganda industry and Palestinian self-censorship]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/National-Post/jonathon-narvey-the-propaganda-industry-and-palestinian-self-censorship/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Free speech in Canada is considered undersiege by those who feel that Human Rights Commissions, specialinterests and fifth-columnist Islamist movements are using the wedge ofpolitical correctness to dislodge our well-established civil rights.But the situation for Palestinian media publishers as well as bloggersprovides a bit of perspective on what it really looks like when freespeech can&#3<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL: The provincial scene: more details needed following Throne Speech]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Inside-Toronto/editorial-the-provincial-scene-more-details-needed-following-throne-speech/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Inside-Toronto/editorial-the-provincial-scene-more-details-needed-following-throne-speech/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:25:30 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Much like the federal version last week, Monday&#39;s provincial Throne Speech elicited immediate and varied reactions - both positive and negative. Among a quick sampling: Praise came from Colleges Ontario and the...<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elizabeth E. May: Don't demonize the messenger]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/National-Post/elizabeth-e-may-dont-demonize-the-messenger/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/National-Post/elizabeth-e-may-dont-demonize-the-messenger/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:25:19 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Climate scientists are now in a maelstrom of competing caricatures. In the Post last week, Patrick Keeney ("Trust us, we're experts," March 5) described them as schemers, cooking the books, using PR and spin. Those who wish to believe the climate crisis is not the result of human activity herald as heroes scientists who disagree with the consensus view, while others deride them as corrupt.The tru<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anne Applebaum: Germany is tired of paying Europe's bills]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/National-Post/anne-applebaum-germany-is-tired-of-paying-europes-bills/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/National-Post/anne-applebaum-germany-is-tired-of-paying-europes-bills/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:25:17 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Sell your islands, you bankrupt Greeks. And sell the Acropolis too!"- headline, Bild newspaper, March 4.Sometimes they cut to the essence of the story, those tabloid headline-writers, even when they haven't got the quotation exactly right. What the German politician being quoted in the Bild article cited above actually said was, "A bankrupt party must use everything he has to make money and serv<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Post editorial board: Let Amazon have its warehouse]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/National-Post/national-post-editorial-board-let-amazon-have-its-warehouse/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/National-Post/national-post-editorial-board-let-amazon-have-its-warehouse/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:25:16 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[To federal Heritage Minister James Moore we say: Go ahead. Let American online bookseller Amazon.com build a new warehouse and distribution centre in Canada. It won't jeopardize book sales by Canadian authors. Indeed, given Amazon's low prices and rapid marketing, Canadian writers might even end up selling more, not fewer volumes.There's just one catch, Mr. Moore. In order to be fair, if you perm<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Frank Harvey: A crucial test for the West's Afghan strategy]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/National-Post/frank-harvey-a-crucial-test-for-the-wests-afghan-strategy/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/National-Post/frank-harvey-a-crucial-test-for-the-wests-afghan-strategy/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:25:10 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Canadians concerned about the future of Afghanistan should monitor the military operations and reconstruction efforts underway in Marjah and surrounding villages of the Nad Ali District of Helmand province. The area has been portrayed by NATO officials as a key command centre for insurgency and opium operations in Southern Afghanistan. Describing the Marjah battle as the Taliban's last stand is e<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tasha Kheiriddin: Political life: How tweet it is]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/National-Post/tasha-kheiriddin-political-life-how-tweet-it-is/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/National-Post/tasha-kheiriddin-political-life-how-tweet-it-is/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:25:06 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ It's always nice to see what Conservative cabinet ministers are doing with our tax dollars.&nbsp; Working their ass off for "you people", or in this case, working their fingers to the bone... twittering. The newest fan of the social medium is Labour Minister Lisa Raitt. And apparently she has decided that Canadians really need to keep up on the, er, fashion statements being made by her colleague<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Food industry needs national leadership: A meeting on the red meat sector could remind Ottawa of the pressing problems faced by our food producers.]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/PEI-Guardian/food-industry-needs-national-leadership-a-meeting-on-the-red-meat-sector-could-remind-ottawa-of-the-pressing-problems-faced-by-our-food-producers-/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:25:37 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The provincial opposition is right to call for a meeting on the red meat sector, but it's unlikely such a meeting would produce any easy solutions to the many complex global problems plaguing the industry.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eliminating barriers]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Ottawa-Citizen/eliminating-barriers/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Ottawa-Citizen/eliminating-barriers/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:25:27 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If David Jacobson, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, is trying to endear himself to Ottawans, then he's found an effective way to do it.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lessons in obfuscation]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Ottawa-Citizen/lessons-in-obfuscation/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Ottawa-Citizen/lessons-in-obfuscation/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:25:26 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Toronto grandfather who is also a retired teacher spoke for many when, according to a news report, he looked at his grandson's Grade 4 report card and said: "My God, if I can't understand what this is talking about, what about a parent whose first language isn't English?"<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Post editorial board: What Canada stands for]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/National-Post/national-post-editorial-board-what-canada-stands-for/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/National-Post/national-post-editorial-board-what-canada-stands-for/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:25:16 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Canada has always been a nation of immigrants, and it will become more so in the next 20 years. According to a report released yesterday by Statistics Canada, by 2031, up to 28% of the population could be foreign-born. The number of people following a religion other than Christianity is expected to double to 14%, up from 8% in 2006.Immigrants choose to come to Canada because it offers them advant<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[George F. Will: In the Wilsonian tradition]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/National-Post/george-f-will-in-the-wilsonian-tradition/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/National-Post/george-f-will-in-the-wilsonian-tradition/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:25:11 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[There are legislative miles to go before the government will be emancipated from its health-care myopia, but it is not too soon for a summing up. Whether all or nothing of the legislation becomes law, Barack Obama has refuted critics who call him a radical. He has shown himself to be a timid progressive.His timidity was displayed when he flinched from fighting for the boldness the United States n<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Father Raymond J. de Souza: Saving Iraq's Christians]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/National-Post/father-raymond-j-de-souza-saving-iraqs-christians/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/National-Post/father-raymond-j-de-souza-saving-iraqs-christians/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:25:06 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This new decade has gotten off to a rough start for Christians living in the Islamic world. Just this week, hundreds of Nigerian Christians were killed by Muslims, though the religious dimension of that event is disputed. Just yesterday, in Manshera, Pakistan, suspected Islamists attacked the World Vision office, killing at least five people using bombs, hand grenades and guns. World Vision is th<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keep your Olympic spirit alive with the Paralympic Games]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Vancouver-Sun/keep-your-olympic-spirit-alive-with-the-paralympic-games/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Vancouver-Sun/keep-your-olympic-spirit-alive-with-the-paralympic-games/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:14 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After a major athletic competition such as the Olympic Games,many athletes experience a period of what is known aspost-competition depression.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Water works don't work]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Toronto-Star/water-works-dont-work/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Toronto-Star/water-works-dont-work/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:10 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clear air in Jaffer case]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Toronto-Star/clear-air-in-jaffer-case/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Toronto-Star/clear-air-in-jaffer-case/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:09 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Few would quarrel with Justice Douglas Maund's observation that Rahim Jaffer caught &#34;a break&#34; when Crown prosecutors withdrew impaired driving and drug charges against him this week.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Surplus serves Miller's interests]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Toronto-Star/surplus-serves-millers-interests/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Toronto-Star/surplus-serves-millers-interests/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:05 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Keen to wring maximum political advantage from a $100 million budget windfall, Toronto Mayor David Miller is cannily easing up on tax hikes &ndash; burnishing his own legacy as outgoing mayor, while boosting re-election prospects for left-wing councillors.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A common wrist slap for Jaffer]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Calgary-Herald/a-common-wrist-slap-for-jaffer/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Calgary-Herald/a-common-wrist-slap-for-jaffer/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:25:14 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[T he water-cooler topic of the day Wednesday was theperceived slap on the wrist given former Reform and Conservative MPRahim Jaffer. Charged with impaired driving, possession of cocaineand speeding, he received what even the judge in the case concededwas a "break" -- a $500 fine for a careless driving plea, with themore serious charges dropped. Jaffer, 38, was pulled over forallegedly driving 43 <br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[After a smelly winter, time to freshen up the home]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Metro-Halifax/after-a-smelly-winter-time-to-freshen-up-the-home/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Metro-Halifax/after-a-smelly-winter-time-to-freshen-up-the-home/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:25:10 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[comment/comment<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New U.S. flight rules irk much, accomplish little]]></title>
<link>http://oped.ca/Montreal-Gazette/new-u-s-flight-rules-irk-much-accomplish-little/</link>
<comments>http://oped.ca/Montreal-Gazette/new-u-s-flight-rules-irk-much-accomplish-little/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:15 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What the U.S. government should have learned from theChristmas Day bomber is to react vigorously when it is warned aboutan Islamicist extremist about to fly into the United States. Insteadit is choosing to bury itself deeper in "security" that is intrusivebut also elusive. The latest effort, called Secure Flight, is moreevidence of ill-advised descent into the myth of a Secure State.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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