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		<title>Ontario: No Political Hat Trick</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/ontario-no-political-hat-trick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bill Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Mulroney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalton McGuinty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernie Eves]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Harris]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ontario Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Trudeau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressive Conservative Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Harper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Hudak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the middle of the summer, when politics and elections were the furthest things from most people’s minds, Toronto mayor Rob Ford hosted a barbecue for 800 of his closest friends. It was a special event honoring federal finance minister Jim Flaherty for his work helping Toronto-area candidates make historic breakthroughs during the federal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=523&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And Bugs Begat Spongebob&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/and-bugs-begat-spongebob/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Academy of Pediatrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bugs Bunny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caillou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartoon Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cartoons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daffy Duck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elmer Fudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Mouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road Runner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SpongeBob Squarepants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walt Disney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warner Brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wile E. Coyote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yosemite Sam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I used to watch cartoons. Lots and lots of cartoons. You too? Small world. As in many of life’s domains, when it came to cartoon watching, there were choices to be made and rules to be followed. Just as you can’t be a fan of both the Red Sox and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=520&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Final Judgment is Always History&#8217;s to Make</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/final-judgement-is-always-historys-to-make/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Day-Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gangs of New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Layton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Scorcese]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://echenblog.wordpress.com/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most memorable moment of Martin Scorcese’s 2002 film “Gangs of New York” – generally not one of the acclaimed director’s most memorable films &#8211; comes in the final minute before the closing credits. The film – starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis – mostly takes place in the now-gone Five Points slum of Lower [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=518&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(Re-)Living History on Grosse Ile</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/re-living-history-on-grosse-ile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish Potato Famine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parks Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quarantine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we got off of the boat at Grosse Ile, attendants quickly led us into the disinfection building right by the docks on the western end of the island. Soon enough, we were undergoing physical inspections &#8211; of our tongues, our fingernails, our skin. Looming over us and dominating the room was the giant steam-powered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=514&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wills, Kate, and Moi</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/wills-kate-and-moi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ottawa Lynx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Queen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duke of Cambridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duchess of Cambridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will and Kate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stanley Cup riot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Monarchy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For her first Canada Day appearance on Parliament Hill earlier this month, Kate &#8211; the Duchess of Cambridge &#8211; did not disappoint either Royal watchers or patriotic Canadians. She emerged from her ride decked out in red and white, including a stunning cream dress by the British Reiss label, a red fascinator hat with a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=512&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Shuffle</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/senate-shuffle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate of Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoko Ono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the Senate of Canada, no news is indeed good news. If the Upper House is in the headlines, or leading broadcast newscasts, or the subject of spirited online discussions, chances are good that it is for reasons that don’t reflect well on the institution. After Prime Minister Stephen Harper swore in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=509&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Blue Wave</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/the-blue-wave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 18:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloc Québecois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethnic Vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thornhill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month’s federal election results seemed to herald many dramatic changes in Canadian politics. Some of the obvious ones: Canadians elected a majority Conservative government for the first time in a generation; The NDP became the Official Opposition for the first time ever; The Bloc Quebecois was reduced to four seats; and voters handed the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=507&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Election Matters&#8230; Elections Matter</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/election-matters-elections-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloc Québecois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth May]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gilles Duceppe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Layton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Duffy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Ignatieff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quebec Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Harper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember, just before the recent federal election, when I predicted &#8211; on this very blog &#8211; the following scenarios?: * I predicted that Prime Minister Stephen Harper would run a plodding, repetitive, bubble-like campaign, highlighted by an almost daily parade of negative news headlines and mini-scandals, in which he would answer almost every [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=493&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Programming Note: Election Specials</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/programming-note-election-specials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPAC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[War Rooms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPAC sent me on the road for a few days during the current election campaign to produce a couple of election specials hosted by Catherine Clark. Here is what we came up with: War Rooms The Other Voice: Women and Canadian Politics<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=504&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Political Barricades to Political Welcome Mats</title>
		<link>http://echenblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/political-barricades-to-political-welcome-mats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Echenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Semitism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill of Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian History]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Croll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desmond Morton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethnic Vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herb Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holly Doan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Diefenbaker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louis St-Laurent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Trudeau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Credit Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solon Low]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve recently written in this corner that the outcome of the upcoming federal election could come down to the choices of voters in a couple of dozen ridings with large ethnic minority populations. The political parties have devoted a disproportionate amount of their leaders’ time &#8211; and of their campaigns’ resources – to wooing the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=echenblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1610757&amp;post=491&amp;subd=echenblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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