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The Central Issue is Respect for the Rule of Law

Kingston, Ontario

A select transcription of Desbarats's speech to the members of the Canadian Club in Kingston.

U.S. Example an Ominous Warning to Canadian Educators

Desbarats discusses the current trends in education teachings, found within journalism schools across North America - noting that possible risks associated with simply teaching the technical aspects of journalism, as opposed to providing a nurturing…

Captains of Industry

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Players: 3-5
Playing time: 90-150 min
Age: 13+

Game Objective: Build facilities to control supply,
Develop real estate to manipulate demand,
Invest in technology to increase efficiency,
Complete hidden agendas to secure your legacy,…

Belfort

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Players: 2-5
Playing time: 90-120 min
Age: 13+

Game Objective:
Put your Elves, Dwarves and Gnomes to work in the Village and Guilds of Belfort to collect resources and build up the city!

Elves collect wood from the forest while Dwarves…

Eminent Domain

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2-4 players
45 minutes
10+

Eminent Domain is an empire building game in which your empire's abilities are based on a deck of Role cards. At the beginning of the game each player has the same deck of cards. Every turn you must choose a role to…

City Hall

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2-4 players
90 minutes
13 +

Stakes are high in the Big Apple. In your bid to become Mayor you will send your staffers to the seven offices in City Hall and auction off their benefits. You can accept your rivals influence, or pay your own to…

Madeline

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Looking at this book's impressionistic watercolor illustrations, it is not surprising that Bemelmans considered himself more of an artist than a writer. However, the text's rhymed verse is equally appealing and makes the book unique. The heroine,…

When We Were Very Young

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Writing verse for children is not so easy a trick as it
seems-a fact attested by many failures. Mr. Milne's
rattling rhymes, first printed in Punch, are engaging
enough to turn the trick-one thinks that any child would
love to say them. They are…

The Real Mother Goose

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"Old Woman, Old Woman," a nonsense Mother Goose rhyme in Wright's classic collection, features an old woman "tossed in a basket" who is sailing off to "sweep the cobwebs from the sky."

Works Cited:
Chatton, Barbara. "The Real Mother…

Hansel & Gretel

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This story of two poor children, abandoned in the woods and using their wits to outsmart a nasty witch, is so well-known that it needs no further elaboration. Those familiar with Jeffers's 1980 version (Dial) will notice that this edition includes a…