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With rising poverty rates across Canada and much of the industrialized world, this is an increasingly popular theme. A look at the increasing gap between the haves and have-nots through media projects and poems from people who want to see ...
With rising poverty rates across Canada and much of the industrialized world, this is an increasingly popular theme. A look at the increasing gap between the haves and have-nots through media projects and poems from people who want to see poverty and homelessness become a thing of the past.
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Back On The Map: A New Vision for Canada's Role in the World

Back On The Map: A New Vision for Canada's Role in the WorldA report of the Canada's World national dialogue session that outlines a new vision for Canada's role in the world.  ...

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Canada's World Blog

Canada's World is starting a movement to get people thinking about Canada's role in the world in a new, more active and more constructive way. Part of our mission is to start conversations about Canada's global interests and responsibilities, and the blog ...

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