http://informedvote.ca 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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:07:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://informedvote.ca/2010/03/11/canadians-can-now-stop-the-hand-wringing-and-can-now-celebrate-our-sporting-victories-but-how-large-was-our-2010-vancouver-winter-olympic-victory-really/ http://informedvote.ca/2010/03/11/canadians-can-now-stop-the-hand-wringing-and-can-now-celebrate-our-sporting-victories-but-how-large-was-our-2010-vancouver-winter-olympic-victory-really/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:06:55 +0000 David Tulloch http://informedvote.ca/?p=2666

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