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Political Smears: Just The Latest In An Old Cycle

February 21, 2012 | No Comments

All of the insults and political attacks being thrown back and forth over the new Internet surveillance bill being debated in Parliament remind me in their own way of the last few federal elections. What many people seem to forget, in their attempts to score partisan points off one another, is that both sides are contributing to the problem, and it’s only getting worse.

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