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		<title>Mitchel Raphael picks the winners in a House of Commons brawl</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting MPs include a cage fighter, a Karate sensei and a Canadian Forces nurse]]></description>
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	Sitting MPs include a cage fighter, a Karate sensei and a Canadian Forces nurse
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		<title>Bev Oda on three mementoes from her life as MP</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/10/mitchel-raphael-on-mementoes-from-bev-odas-political-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada’s longest serving CIDA minister tells Maclean's what she saved as she cleaned out her office]]></description>
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	Canada’s longest serving CIDA minister tells Maclean's what she saved as she cleaned out her office
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		<title>Mitchel Raphael on power hiking in Banff and an Olympic fanatic</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/04/mitchel-raphael-on-power-hiking-in-banff-and-an-olympic-fanatic/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/04/mitchel-raphael-on-power-hiking-in-banff-and-an-olympic-fanatic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth May]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirsty Duncan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laureen harper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Cate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>The Hill’s hikers...</strong>
For several years, Laureen Harper has been doing an annual summer]]></description>
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	<strong>The Hill’s hikers...</strong>
For several years, Laureen Harper has been doing an annual summer
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		<title>NDP or Dutch?</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/18/capital-diary-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 05:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>‘Judge, referee and kindergarten teacher’</strong>
Former Speaker <strong>Peter Milliken...</strong> had his official portrait unveiled]]></description>
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	<strong>‘Judge, referee and kindergarten teacher’</strong>
Former Speaker <strong>Peter Milliken...</strong> had his official portrait unveiled
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		<title>Ignatieff’s freedom of speech and Munk’s gold</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/mitchel-raphael-on-ignatieffs-freedom-of-speech-and-munks-gold/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/mitchel-raphael-on-ignatieffs-freedom-of-speech-and-munks-gold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Hyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth May]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janice Gross Stein]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[laureen harper]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Niki Ashton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Gwyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Nicholson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Woodworth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Of duelling ribbons</strong>
Columnist <strong>Richard Gwyn...</strong> took home the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for]]></description>
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	<strong>Of duelling ribbons</strong>
Columnist <strong>Richard Gwyn...</strong> took home the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for
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		<title>Why some MPs are swimming together</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/mitchel-raphael-on-why-some-mps-are-swimming-together-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/27/mitchel-raphael-on-why-some-mps-are-swimming-together-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christine Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Weston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan Leslie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Brison]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And why others are sitting in the back row of the House]]></description>
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	And why others are sitting in the back row of the House
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		<title>On spousal privileges on the Hill</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/mitchel-raphael-on-spousal-privileges-on-the-hill/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/mitchel-raphael-on-spousal-privileges-on-the-hill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[MP pins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[White and yellow gold pins, awarded for life, get MPs and their partners special access]]></description>
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	White and yellow gold pins, awarded for life, get MPs and their partners special access
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		<title>Parliamentarian of the Year awards: Baird is the best, Bob is the best orator</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/parliamentarian-of-the-year-awards-baird-is-the-best-bob-is-the-best-orator/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/parliamentarian-of-the-year-awards-baird-is-the-best-bob-is-the-best-orator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital Diary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentarian of the Year]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Text and photos by Mitchel Raphael]]></description>
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	Text and photos by Mitchel Raphael
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		<title>Capital Diary: Week starting January 21</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/21/capital-diary-week-starting-january-21/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/21/capital-diary-week-starting-january-21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitchel Raphael on who’s bringing high heels to the mountain and prorogation cuts]]></description>
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	Mitchel Raphael on who’s bringing high heels to the mountain and prorogation cuts
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		<title>Mitchel Raphael on a Rahim Jaffer joke</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/29/mitchel-raphael-on-a-rahim-jaffer-joke/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/29/mitchel-raphael-on-a-rahim-jaffer-joke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Going Rogue: An American Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rick Mercer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And why Nova Scotian Bill Casey is so popular]]></description>
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	And why Nova Scotian Bill Casey is so popular
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		<title>On why the NDP hates all the applause</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/24/mitchel-raphael-on-why-the-ndp-hates-all-the-applause/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/24/mitchel-raphael-on-why-the-ndp-hates-all-the-applause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitchel Raphael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And a political wife's new hair]]></description>
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	And a political wife's new hair
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