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Previously considered a matter of operational security, the Canadian Forces has now disclosed the number of detainees taken in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2008—as well as how many were transferred and how many were released—and promises to release new numbers, with a 12-month delay, on an annual basis from here on.
As the Canadian Press notes, the percentage of detainees who were released without being transferred steadily increased over the last three years on record.
More kids, more rinks, and now, more popular than basketball
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Pro-democracy protesters talk to ‘Maclean’s’ about the toll of fighting the regime and their fears for the future
Teh Internets have been saying one and the same thing about Vic Toews’ Lawful Access
Ironically, Ontario’s privacy commissioner (a harsh critic of Lawful Access) also has a detested Twitter doppelganger
Since 2006, Canada’s low-wage temporary workforce population has ballooned by 70 per cent
