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One Is Hardly Ever Alone In Crowded Japan

Montreal, Quebec

In part one of a six part co-series with cartonist Ed McNally Desbarats reports on his experience of spending three weeks in Japan. He briefly discusses economic relations between Canada and Japan. He found that Canadians…

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One Year Later: Little Sign of Separatism's Growth

Montreal, Quebec

The same article as The War Measures Act didn’t help Quebec separatism after all, published just one day earlier in the Toronto Daily Star.

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Ottawa's Antidote to U.S. Surcharge Ready in 10 days

Ottawa, Ontario

The Employment Support Act was being debated in House of Commons for a second time. Its purpose was to counteract a newly imposed 10% US “import surcharge.” It would see the Canadian government covering 2/3 of this cost on behalf…

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Our Doctors Need a Public Watchdog

Ottawa, Ontario

Desbarats discusses the issue of doctors being the ones who investigate other doctors. In the case he describes, a man who was both a member of the public and a doctor himself was leading the inquiry into the case of his son’s…

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Our Own Third World Give us a Jolt

Desbarats recounts a journalism conference at Western’s Graduate School of Journalism, during which the issue of how well Canadian aboriginal news stories were covered was raised by Dan David, the first Canadian Indian journalist to work…

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Peter Desbarats - He's Been 'Discovered' Again: Montreal's Top TV Journalist Off to Greener Fields

Montreal, Quebec

Details on Peter’s departure from The Gazette to work for the Toronto Star as an “Ottawa based, nationally syndicated political columnist.” He was very determined to develop a high-quality, widely read column. The article gives…

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Peter Desbarats ... Man on the Move

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Brief biographical summary which includes mention of Desbarats' literary works, and discussions on his television career.

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Peter Will Peter Out When The Electronic Age Arrives

Winnipeg, Alberta

An interview with K.R. Patrick, director of Aviation Electronics Ltd. Mr. Patrick was very optimistic about the landslide of inevitable electronic devices, which would make life much easier. His attitude is overly optimistic but…

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Pierre Elliott Trudeau: A Man Today

London, Ontario

Desbarats believed Trudeau was too good to be true as a politician and therefore, unfortunately, had a nowhere to go but down. He expounds on Trudeau’s solid education, ethnic background, linguistic ability, appearance, finances,…

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Poles Are Vocal Critics-But Foreign Visitors Beware: Only Regime Escapes Gibes

Montreal, Quebec

An on-location story. Desbarats travelled to Warsaw to investigate the living conditions and way of life under USSR hegemony.

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