Posted AT 12:32 AM EST on 22/09/08
Why is no one talking about immigration?
Here we go again. Another Canadian election where, for fear of the bigot label, there'll be no honest debate on immigration.
Talking about the downsides of immigration is something the people - but not the politicians - do. In this campaign, all parties favour higher immigration numbers.
It's not only politically correct but also seen to be politically beneficial. That's a powerful combination.
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Federal Election 2008 
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In depth
- What motivates the NDP
- 'The opposition has rediscovered that it is the majority,' NDP strategist Brian Topp writes in an email interview on the opposition push to install a coalition in place of a Tory minority
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- Why the Liberals are acting now
- Finance critic Scott Brison answers questions on his party's desire to bring down the government and what it would do for the economy
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- B.C. Dispatch
- As the province maintaining a sunny outlook, hope dims for children in poverty, Victoria correspondent Justine Hunter writes
Off beat
- Like that first trip to Baskin Robbins
- Maybe Harper has a point, comedian Rick Mercer writes. Maybe Canadians refuse to give him a majority not because he's obsessed with revenge, but because they have too many choices
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Interactive
- Rideau Hall's choice
- Constitutional expert Bob Beal takes questions on what the Governor-General can do about the crisis Wednesday at noon ET
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