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Opiate of power run amok in Ottawa, says Fullard

May 25, 2009

Re: "Power and influence in political Ottawa," (The Hill Times, May 18, p. 14). Excellent and insightful piece by William Stanbury on Canada's democracy run amok under the opiate of power (quite literally) especially under the Harper government. As they say, the best place to drill for oil...

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