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<title><![CDATA[Why these tactics? The Conservatives think they work]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The &lsquo;Frat Pack' are just part of the party's attack-machine strategy]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[And the Conservative spin machine spins on …]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This week it turned its attention to diplomat Richard Colvin]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why the dog of a nuclear deal with India didn't bark]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Great photo ops, but substantively, the PM's Indian trip was a bust]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A clean Afghan handover is a long way from reality]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Corruption and incompetence make NATO's exit strategy look more like a pipe dream]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama visits China as a supplicant]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Will the Chinese decide they've lent enough to the U.S. and begin intensifying their diversification strategy?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PM's China, India travels are overdue]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The economic dynamism of India's economy, and the explosive growth of China's, mean their political weight will grow]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sign of the fish: another judicial inquiry]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The latest salmon crisis has local explanations, but it's part of a worldwide crisis of fisheries]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stop tickling Quebec and win. Or tickle it often and lose]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[No one should read much into by-elections. Still, the Conservative win in Quebec is an encouraging result for the party]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Canada talks boldly about free trade but does nothing to achieve it]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Our defensive posture hurts our efforts to negotiate bilateral free-trade deals]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:28 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Why we celebrate the fall of the Wall]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A continent scarred by war and divided by barbed wire has now been unified for two decades]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[There's no political will to impose fiscal restraint]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A minority government is unlikely to have the stomach for hard economic decisions]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:22 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Battle of the book: Rick Hillier and how we got into Afghanistan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Canada's next military role goes missing in action]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's biggest threat is his country's future, not its ranters]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Americans might remember the Father Coughlins of U.S. history]]></description>
<author>Jeffrey Simpson</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No offence, Prince, but our ties to the monarchy should end]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[After Queen Elizabeth &ndash; long may she reign over us! &ndash; it's time to recognize we are Canadian, not British]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:37 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Once again, climate-change promises Ottawa can't keep]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The government must know its policies will fail. But if the Conservatives expect people can be fooled or will tune out because they don't care or the issue's too complicated, why not?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:55 -0400</pubDate>
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