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The (lost?) art of reading fiction
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Do we read books anymore? Travel on airplanes or trains these days and the evidence is mixed. While books are...
Continental security and Canadian secrecy
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In February, President Obama and Prime Minister Harper announced the formation of a bilateral working group to explore ways to...
Obama’s dilemma: Decisive or deliberative?
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As the Obama Presidency begins, there is much speculation as to what kind of leader will emerge: tough and decisive,...
The rising tide of transparency
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One important consequence of climate change is rising ocean levels. The increases are gradual, imperceptible to most and yet potentially...
Democracy, diversity and unity online
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Shortly after the Quebec referendum of October 1995 that brought the country to the brink of a constitutional abyss, I...
Making politics matter
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As this column goes to print (literally or online as the case may be), most readers are hopefully captivated by...
The power and peril of proximity
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One of the peculiarities of the 21st century is the correlation between virtualization and urbanization: more people online on the...
Stimulus spending and online oversight: How the U.S. trumps Canada
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Full disclosure - the Conservative government has serious problems with the Parliamentary Budgetary Officer, Kevin Page, and so do I.
New mechanisms for the e-health quagmire
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When President Barack Obama campaigns during the coming months for re-election, odds are he will not be reviving one of...