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Weekly roundup: May 7-13

13 May 2012

Articles

Opting-out of CETA: what does it means for London? from helmer.ca

Why modern-day tax revolts are doomed to fail from The Globe and Mail

Dutch disease? Economic hypochondria from The Globe and Mail

Rob Ford loses another vote at council by a big margin—but council should take him seriously on OMB appeals from OpenFile

In Quebec, a premier surrenders to mob rule from National Post

The iPhone, an automobile for your mind from kottke.org

Ontario to rewrite Sunshine Law after Sun reporter spots loophole from Toronto Sun

The Conservatives send in the clowns from National Post

Global conspiracy to make Canada’s energy debate sound ridiculous from Maclean’s

Plane of ‘highest scoring’ living Canadian fighter ace found in Egypt from National Post

Tweets

Screenshot from Twitter. 2012-05-07T21:14:48.000Z. kady o'malley (@kady). Okay, I think I may have officially heard quite enough about the boy in the Jesus-endorsing t-shirt.. Reply 2012-05-07T21:16:54.000Z. James McLeod (@jamespmcleod). @kady Life is WASTED without stories about high school students wearing dubiously-controversial attire..

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Screenshot from Twitter. 2012-05-10T01:29:01.000Z. kady o'malley (@AltKady). It's sort of meta how Fantino keeps bemoaning having to repeat the same answers over and over again. #CotW.

Screenshot from Twitter. 2012-05-10T01:29:26.000Z. kady o'malley (@AltKady). it's like it never occurred to him that perhaps those answers don't actually respond to the questions being asked. #CotW.

Screenshot from Twitter. 2012-05-12T15:50:35.000Z. Stephen Gordon (@stephenfgordon). Canadians want an effective climate change policy. They just don't want one that will inconvenience them in any way..