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	<title>Political News and blogs on Stephen Harper, Canadian Politics and Voting on Informed Vote &#124; InformedVote.ca &#187; Jessi Murray-Tuba</title>
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	<description>Informed Vote (informedvote.ca) will keep Canadian voters informed on Canadian Politics such as Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Green, as well as foreign issues like the Israel palestine conflict and local issues like the CUPE strike</description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Conservative Ideology and Contemporary Issues</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/02/04/thoughts-on-conservative-ideology-and-contemporary-issues/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=thoughts-on-conservative-ideology-and-contemporary-issues</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Murray-Tuba</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Baird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to use John Baird as an example for this, since he is &#8220;openly&#8221; (debatable) gay, but also a member of a party that we associate being ideologically opposed to homosexuality. Ideologies are kind of like really old philosophical theories: They are based on a few central ideas, and then the ideas are [...]


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		<title>Immigration Minister Jason Kenney: No Apology for Abuse of Home Children</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/17/immigration-minister-jason-kenney-no-apology-for-abuse-of-home-children/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=immigration-minister-jason-kenney-no-apology-for-abuse-of-home-children</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Murray-Tuba</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Our Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Kenney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has made a statement that Canada will not be apologizing to child migrants for our participation in the programs that shipped children from Britain. They were also known as &#8220;home children&#8221; and were forced to emigrate to British colonies, and although the programs were well-intentioned, many of the children were [...]


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		<title>Canada and the World Economic Forum&#8217;s Global Gender Gap Rankings</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/07/canada-and-the-world-economic-forums-global-gender-gap-rankings/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=canada-and-the-world-economic-forums-global-gender-gap-rankings</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Murray-Tuba</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Our Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ranking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Economic Forum released their annual report on the gender gap, with Iceland coming in first place and Canada ranking 25th overall. The study ranks countries on particular issues, and then uses these to create an overall ranking. Consider: Canada came in 10th for female economic participation with only 22 percent (up one percent [...]


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		<title>NDP Press Release Criticizes Conservative Immigration Numbers</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/07/ndp-press-release-criticizes-conservative-immigration-numbers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ndp-press-release-criticizes-conservative-immigration-numbers</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Murray-Tuba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NDP sent out a press release criticizing the Conservative Party and immigration minister Jason Kenney for reducing the number of immigrants who will be accepted into the country in the upcoming year. The document claims that the 2010 numbers are being reduced to over half of the numbers from 2009, leaving out approximately 17,000 [...]


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		<title>A New Perspective on the Abortion Debate</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/04/a-new-perspective-on-the-abortion-debate/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-new-perspective-on-the-abortion-debate</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/04/a-new-perspective-on-the-abortion-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Murray-Tuba</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[unborn victims of crime act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across an interesting study in regards to abortion. It was commissioned by the UN, so I would say it is a reliable study from a credible international organization. It says that regardless of whether abortion is legal or not, abortion rates are essentially the exact same all across the board. I will repeat, [...]


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		<title>Ever Heard of Lubicon? How About Systematic Exploitation?</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/29/ever-heard-of-lubicon-how-about-systematic-exploitation/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ever-heard-of-lubicon-how-about-systematic-exploitation</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Murray-Tuba</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lubicon cree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an oil rich area in Alberta, and apparently a cause for concern. Oil development in the region has had a huge impact for the people who live there &#8211; the Lubicon Cree. To make a long story short: it&#8217;s disputed land, and statistically, the Lubicon Cree&#8217;s quality of life has decreased since the oil [...]


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		<title>The Case for Decriminalization of Prostitution in Canada</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/13/the-case-for-decriminalization-of-prostitution/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-case-for-decriminalization-of-prostitution</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Murray-Tuba</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prostitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex workers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday, three sex workers in Toronto filed a federal lawsuit calling for the decriminalization of prostitution. Why? To protect sex workers. And they need it. The Toronto Police Sexual Crimes Unit estimates that an average of four or five sex workers are assaulted every night, and maybe 2% of the cases come to their [...]


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