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		<title>Will there be an investigation into Harper&#8217;s muzzling of federal scientists?</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/will-there-be-an-investigation-into-harpers-muzzling-of-federal-scientists/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/will-there-be-an-investigation-into-harpers-muzzling-of-federal-scientists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8211; The federal information commissioner is being asked to investigate the suppression of...]]></description>
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	OTTAWA &#8211; The federal information commissioner is being asked to investigate the suppression of...
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		<title>Canada is a &#8216;petro state,&#8217; thanks to heavy oil and gas lobbying: Polaris study</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/canada-is-a-petro-state-thanks-to-heavy-oil-and-gas-lobbying-polaris-study/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/04/canada-is-a-petro-state-thanks-to-heavy-oil-and-gas-lobbying-polaris-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8211; A new study reveals heavy lobbying by the oil and gas industry...]]></description>
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	OTTAWA &#8211; A new study reveals heavy lobbying by the oil and gas industry...
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		<title>Lessons learned from the F-35 acquisition debacle</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/03/lessons-learned-from-the-f-35-acquisition-debacle/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/03/lessons-learned-from-the-f-35-acquisition-debacle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Newland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auditor general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CF-18]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense expert Philippe Lagassé explains what the AG report means for the government, DND and public works]]></description>
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	Defense expert Philippe Lagassé explains what the AG report means for the government, DND and public works
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		<title>Tory operatives, to the brainstormery!</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/14/tory-operatives-to-the-brainstormery/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/14/tory-operatives-to-the-brainstormery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Feschuk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a softer side of stephen harper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robocalls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FESCHUK: Subverting voters won’t be so easy in 2015. Maybe that’s why the PM has been practising hypnosis.]]></description>
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	FESCHUK: Subverting voters won’t be so easy in 2015. Maybe that’s why the PM has been practising hypnosis.
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		<title>Politics all the way down</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/15/politics-all-the-way-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/11/15/politics-all-the-way-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Coyne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrew Coyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Harper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=157021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[COYNE: Stop crediting the Tories with scruples they show no sign of possessing]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>169</slash:comments>
	COYNE: Stop crediting the Tories with scruples they show no sign of possessing
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		<title>Two appendices to &#039;The coming Tory majority&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/27/two-appendices-to-the-coming-tory-majority/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/27/two-appendices-to-the-coming-tory-majority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby Cosh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colby Cosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david alward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first-order election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fred cutler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressive Conservative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressive Conservative party of Canada]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocco Rossi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic voting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My story for print Maclean&#8217;s on Conservative fortunes in provincial politics is now on...]]></description>
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	My story for print Maclean&#8217;s on Conservative fortunes in provincial politics is now on...
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		<title>The coming Tory majority</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/25/the-coming-tory-majority/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/25/the-coming-tory-majority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colby Cosh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=153705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conservatives could rule more than half the country by next fall. What’s behind the blue surge.]]></description>
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	Conservatives could rule more than half the country by next fall. What’s behind the blue surge.
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		<title>Coyne v. Wells: Canada&#039;s place in the world</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/22/our-place-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/22/our-place-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>macleans.ca</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada’s Conservative Government: Radical Change or Drift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is the Harper government’s recent foreign policy record a sign that it has lost its way?]]></description>
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	Is the Harper government’s recent foreign policy record a sign that it has lost its way?
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		<title>Does Harper have a plan?</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/04/does-harper-have-a-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/04/does-harper-have-a-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>macleans.ca</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada’s Conservative Government: Radical Change or Drift]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[round-table discussion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Harper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WELLS &#38; COYNE debate Stephen Harper’s political record, and how the PM will go down in history]]></description>
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	WELLS &#38; COYNE debate Stephen Harper’s political record, and how the PM will go down in history
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		<title>Harper is on to something in cutting aid</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/11/harper-is-on-to-something-in-cutting-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/11/harper-is-on-to-something-in-cutting-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Potter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Council for International Co-operation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian International Development Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long-form census]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottawa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[POTTER: "A rare case of Tory ideology actually aligning itself with sound public policy"]]></description>
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	POTTER: "A rare case of Tory ideology actually aligning itself with sound public policy"
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		<title>Are we really soft on crime?</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/09/are-we-really-soft-on-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/09/are-we-really-soft-on-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Geddes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deterrence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum penalties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Nicholson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Tories prefer tough talk to hard proof on punishment]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>67</slash:comments>
	The Tories prefer tough talk to hard proof on punishment
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		<title>Fixed-election fraud</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/19/fixed-election-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/19/fixed-election-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Potter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Potter Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adam dodek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fixed election date]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=87930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today would have been election day in Canada—and that could have had perverse consequences]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>81</slash:comments>
	Today would have been election day in Canada—and that could have had perverse consequences
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		<title>Do nothing, say nothing politics rule Ottawa</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/16/do-nothing-say-nothing-politics-rule-ottawa/</link>
		<comments>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/16/do-nothing-say-nothing-politics-rule-ottawa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Coyne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andrew Coyne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chretien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dalton camp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ottawa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Harper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once, says Andrew Coyne, our politics was about big ideas and sharp differences. Not anymore.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
	Once, says Andrew Coyne, our politics was about big ideas and sharp differences. Not anymore.
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