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Police mention; Canada LGBTQ politics 

Good.

CBC: Toronto police withdraw bid to march in uniform in 2018 Pride parade

cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tor

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Canada politics 

CBC: It's official — the Harper government muzzled scientists. Some say it's still happening

cbc.ca/news/health/second-opin

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Canada politics; LGBTQ+; police 

CBC: AG reviews call for inquiry into Toronto police handling of missing persons cases linked to Gay Village

cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ag-

Your periodic reminder that the police are NOT queer allies

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CBC: Generic drug industry agrees to cut prices up to 40% in 5-year deal with provinces

cbc.ca/news/health/generic-dru

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Canada politics 

Okay I'm ready for the 2019 election campaign to be over

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Canada politics; intellectual property 

Good news!

"TPP trade ministers ... suspended controversial provisions from the original TPP related to intellectual property, which the Canadian tech sector had long called on Ottawa to remove from the deal."

It's looking more and more like there won't be copyright term extensions in Canada after all :)

cbc.ca/news/politics/tpp-champ

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Canada politics; HIV criminalisation 

Prosecutions for nondisclosure of HIV appear to be "disproportionate and discriminatory"

cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-

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Canada politics 

DO IT cbc.ca/news/health/pharmacare-

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Okay who taught Neil Macdonald the term "virtue signaling"? cbc.ca/news/opinion/canada-naf scholar.social/media/C8auEcKsD

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Canadian politics 

I don't know what the Real Answer to this problem is, but if some kid (not a rich, well-connected politician) somehow managed to defraud a bunch of people for $300k, I'm pretty sure they'd be in prison

cbc.ca/news/politics/conservat

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Canadian politics 

"Faux progressivism" is an excellent term for Trudeau

cbc.ca/news/opinion/ndp-reclai

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The Senate fancies itself a council of "wise owls?"

Wasn't a senator caught recently with a faked master's degree?

cbc.ca/news/politics/wise-owls

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