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Up on Canada

A new issue of Canadian Political Science Review is out. From c2c, a special issue on Canada's Drug War. A review of books on tar sands in Canada. Will the promise of the Northwest Passage finally be realized? The Last Inuit of Quebec: Justin Nobel was searching for a different way of life, but so were the Inuit. A review of Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation by Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard. A look at how the Inuit who were lured north and left to battle for survival can't escape their horrific memories (and more). Canada is becoming a world leader in official apologies — do they benefit anyone but the people offering them up? An article on Michael Ignatieff, the stranger within. What happened to Canada's Liberals? A Pragmatic Manifesto: Can Quebec's social democrats make markets serve equality? The Fraser Institute's school of spin: An excerpt from Not a Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy by Donald Gutstein. What would the Florentines do? Mark Milke on what modern conservatives and libertarians can learn from Renaissance Italy. Do Stephen Harper's "theocons" give a Christian tint to policy or simply keep the base happy? The Afghan torture scandal, the Arar affair, Adscam, the Bush years — given so many cautionary tales, why are Canadians still letting the government hide public information? From Maisonneuve, a more prefect union: Should we give up on Canada and merge with the United States? The Canadian Way of War: Can the US learn to fight from our staid northern neighbors? A review of The Island of Canada: How Three Oceans Shaped Our Nation by Victor Suthren. Oh. Canada: Stefany Anne Golberg's great-grandparents needed to escape — Saskatchewan sounded nice.