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Leduc No. 1 and Alberta's unluckiest lucky day
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David J. Climenhaga
| February 14, 2017

February 13 is the 70th anniversary of the day Alberta simultaneously won the lottery and started to watch everything go to hell in a handcart. February 13...Alberta's unluckiest lucky day.

In other words, 70 years ago, with memories of the Great Depression and the Second World War still very fresh in the minds of the province's population of about 800,000 souls, Leduc No. 1, a few miles south of Edmonton, struck oil and the whole world changed.

Cars didn't have seat belts back in 1947, so no one thought to say: "Fasten your seat belts!" But by gosh, they should've!

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Did you read the Truth and Reconcilliation report?

Duncan, B.C.-based writer Jennifer Manuel created an online campaign asking Canadians to pledge to read the entire 380-page document. Manuel calls it The TRC Reading Challenge. When she began in April, she hoped to have just 1,000 people sign on, but over 3,000 have already done so.  Read the report and then let's support the TRC's demands for change. 

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Comparing fiscal federalism and revenue distribution in Canada and Australia

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Quebec doesn't need its own NDP
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Nora Loreto
| March 16, 2016

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On Saturday night, the NDP-Quebec (or, NPD-Québec) is holding a rare public event in Quebec City. Hosted by former MP Jonathan Tremblay, the event is a public discussion about the future of a provincial NDP.

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Trudeau's program to revive federalism must include electoral reform
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Karl Nerenberg
| November 2, 2015

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Media stories about the new Trudeau government’s agenda are so numerous they are becoming a genre of their own.

We could call them: Tales of Regime Change.

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True reconciliation requires nothing short of full self-determination of Indigenous people
By
Nora Loreto
| June 10, 2015

For a country that posits itself as a beacon of tolerance and peace in the world, it can be hard for Canadians to accept that our nation was actually built on genocide, starvation, violence, theft and lies.

It can be particularly hard to accept for those Canadians who benefit from the power structures that are threatened by these truths.

Whitewashing Canada's brutal past is fundamental to the maintenance of Canada as it exists today. If we were to collectively face the truths published in the Truth and Reconciliation Committee report, the very foundation on which Canada is built would crumble.

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Hill Dispatches: Crime bill - "Like it or lump it, provinces!"
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Karl Nerenberg
| November 8, 2011

In the great Canadian tradition, the debate over crime and what to do about it has now become a source of federal-provincial discord.

The two largest provinces (that account for well over half the Canadian population), and a number of other provinces, object to the federal government passing legislation that places significant financial burdens on them.

In this case, the legislation is the so-called omnibus crime bill, which would, among other measures, impose some new, mandatory minimum sentences (including one for cultivating a small number of marijuana plants).

These new criminal measures will almost certainly entail a greater burden on the courts and the prison system.

The power to pass laws; the duty to pay the bills

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