Third rails in Canadian and U.S. politics: In the United States, the third rail is social security; in Canada, it is health services

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Most readers will be familiar with the "third rail"--the electrified rail in a subway system that powers the subway trains and is fatal for one who falls from the subway and lands on such a rail. In politics the "third rail" is the analogy for an issue that candidates deliberate...

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