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	<title>Care2 Causes &#187; Amy Boughner</title>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s New Chief Of Defence Staff is Lt-Gen Thomas Lawson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a summer of speculation, the Minister of National Defence finally named Canada&#8217;s next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on August 27. Lt-Gen Thomas Lawson will replace General Walt Natynczyk, though no date has been set for the official ceremony. Lawson is a lifetime soldier, having gotten his education at Kingston&#8217;s Royal Military College. Now Lawson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberal Senator Works Four Months After Being Declared Incompetent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An age old debate carries on about the efficiency and effectiveness of Canada&#8217;s unelected Senate. The current Prime Minister promised to reform Canada&#8217;s house of sober second thought but has failed to do so in the six years he&#8217;s been in government. The Official Opposition NDP wants to see the Senate abolished but has not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s In, Who&#8217;s Out: Counting Down To Liberal Leadership Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been ten years since Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced he was stepping down and the Liberals are about to start the race for someone they hope will finally fill his shoes – after Paul Martin, Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff failed to do it. Chretien led the Liberals to majority governments in 1993, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Torture, Harper Government Wants It Both Ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian government proclaims proudly that it does not condone torture, while simultaneously telling national policing and security agencies that it condones the use of information gleaned via torture. The directive tells investigators that they will be allowed to use information &#8220;that may have been obtained by methods condemned by the Canadian government.&#8221; The two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risks Of Refugee Health Cuts Starting To Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian citizens and doctors have been fighting the Harper government&#8217;s changes to refugee health care every way they know how and now they have proof of the side effect the cuts can cause. The government cut access to health care for all refugees waiting for their applications to go through except in cases of threats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minister&#8217;s Joyride Goes Off The Rails</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister was visiting Canada&#8217;s North for a week in August, making a few announcements and participating in a few photo opportunities. Unfortunately, someone in the planning department didn&#8217;t do their research and one of the photo ops has turned into something much bigger. Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen rode some ATVs in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Asian-Looking&#8217; Woman Causes Re-draft of Canada&#8217;s New $100 Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new polymer version of Canada&#8217;s $100 bill was sent back to the drawing board after focus groups commented on the &#8216;Asian-looking&#8217; woman on the back of the bill. The woman was depicted looking into a microscope, with a small bottle of insulin in front of it. The focus groups apparently thought that depicting an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pipelines, Fossil Fuels Face Huge Regulation Cuts in Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investigation by Postmedia News has revealed that almost 3000 environmental assessments have been cancelled due to the Harper government&#8217;s budget cuts. That number includes 500 in British Columbia alone. Almost 700 were related to fossil fuels and almost 250 are related to pipeline projects. The cuts came into effect on July 6. The assessments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition Tries To Get To Truth Of F-35 Jets&#8217; Costs</title>
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		<comments>http://www.care2.com/causes/opposition-tries-to-get-to-truth-of-f-35-jets-costs.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Official Opposition prepares to hold their own meetings to hear expert witnesses on the proposed purchase of F-35 fighter jets, information is coming out that indicates that the Harper government hasn&#8217;t changed anything despite major issues with the program. The NDP is hearing witnesses in an attempt to gain information that was denied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cases Going Cold: Huge Backlog At Mounties&#8217; Forensics Lab</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Boughner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;tough on crime&#8217; Conservative government has no problem with the fact that there is a huge backlog in evidence processing at the RCMP (Mounties) forensics lab. In response to concerns from police in New Brunswick, currently investigating the murder of Richard Oland, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said that if the provinces want to [...]]]></description>
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