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	<title>Briarpatch Magazine &#187; 2007 &#187; March</title>
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	<description>Fiercely independent (and often irreverent) news &#38; views.</description>
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		<title>April Fools’ Day trade pact undermines measures to fight climate change</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/30/april-fools%e2%80%99-day-trade-pact-undermines-measures-to-fight-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BC–Alberta agreement also creates hurdles for endangered species and curbing pollution
Sierra Legal
March 30, 2007
VANCOUVER, BC – Key aspects of environmental regulation from municipal to provincial lawmaking will be turned upside down this Sunday April 1st when the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) comes into force. Although the aim of the agreement is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The March B-List</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/30/the-march-b-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your monthly media supplement of seven recommended readings from beyond the Briarpatch.
Get the B-List in your inbox: go to www.briarpatchmagazine.com and scroll down the right-hand column.
The Ugly Canadian
by Yen Chu
Relay #16
March/April 2007
Over 40 years later, the Ugly American still speaks to geopolitical events in our world today. The plot in the film practically mirrors Canada&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Surprise: Attack on Iran, New 9/11… or Worse</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/29/easter-surprise-attack-on-iran-new-911%e2%80%a6-or-worse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Heather Wokusch
CommonDreams.org
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” – George W. Bush, September 2002
“This notion that the United States is getting ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Counterinsurgency Manual Shows Military&#8217;s New Face</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/23/counterinsurgency-manual-shows-militarys-new-face/</link>
		<comments>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/23/counterinsurgency-manual-shows-militarys-new-face/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is logical to expect that we will go somewhere fairly similar to Afghanistan and do much the same sort of activity.&#8221;

By Jon Elmer
TORONTO, Mar 22 (IPS) - Following closely behind their counterparts in the United States and Britain, Canada&#8217;s Department of National Defence is preparing a comprehensive counter-insurgency field manual for its soldiers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for submissions: Focus on the Media</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/16/call-for-submissions-focus-on-the-media/</link>
		<comments>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/16/call-for-submissions-focus-on-the-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“All over the world, autocratic-minded rulers [...] have learned that de facto control of the political content of television is perhaps the most important lever of power in our day. They have learned that it does not matter politically if 15 or even 25 percent of the public is well informed as long as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Criminal complaint against Harper over huge EI surplus</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/12/criminal-complaint-against-harper-over-huge-ei-surplus/</link>
		<comments>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/12/criminal-complaint-against-harper-over-huge-ei-surplus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After accusing Liberals of using Employment Insurance fund as a &#8216;partisan piggy bank&#8217;, Harper Conservatives are now doing the same thing.
National Union of Public and General Employees
March 9, 2007
Ottawa - A criminal complaint has been filed against Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative cabinet for misusing the now-staggering $51-billion surplus in Canada&#8217;s national Employment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union blames lax rules for deaths of 3 B.C. farmworkers</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/08/union-blames-lax-rules-for-deaths-of-3-bc-farmworkers/</link>
		<comments>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/08/union-blames-lax-rules-for-deaths-of-3-bc-farmworkers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 7, 2007
Canoe.ca
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. (CP) - Lax safety standards are at play in the deaths of three women as a van loaded with agricultural workers crashed and flipped over on a rain-slicked Trans-Canada Highway, a farmworkers union spokesman says.
The van carrying 17 women between 20 and 50 years of agoe hit two trucks truck east [...]]]></description>
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		<title>briarpatch does gender while the infringement cabaret does burlesque&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/05/briarpatch-does-gender-while-the-infringement-cabaret-does-burlesque/</link>
		<comments>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/05/briarpatch-does-gender-while-the-infringement-cabaret-does-burlesque/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come out and help us launch the &#8220;Briarpatch does gender&#8221; issue in style at the Infringement Cabaret this friday!
Oooh la la&#8230;
(Please forward to interested parties.)

Burlesque!  Commedia dell&#8217;Arte!  Hoola Hoops!  Sketch Comedy!  And More!
Artistree Productions is pleased to present:
&#8216;The Infringement Cabaret: Twisted Love&#8217;
Friday, March 9th
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
Manhattan Room
(2300 Dewdney, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oilsands-area hamlet supports whistleblower MD</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/05/oilsands-area-hamlet-supports-whistleblower-md/</link>
		<comments>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/05/oilsands-area-hamlet-supports-whistleblower-md/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physician raised concerns about high cancer rates downstream from oil projects
Monday, March 5, 2007 
CBC News
A small Alberta community is rallying behind a local doctor residents believe is being silenced by Health Canada because he raised concerns about high rates of cancer near the booming oilsands.
Health Canada officials have filed a complaint against Dr. John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cure for Tax Rage: Take a trip to Brazil</title>
		<link>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/05/the-cure-for-tax-rage-take-a-trip-to-brazil/</link>
		<comments>http://briarpatchmagazine.com/2007/03/05/the-cure-for-tax-rage-take-a-trip-to-brazil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Arsenault
Thursday February 22nd, 2007
Here (New Brunswick)
It&#8217;s a common perception south of the border that we Canadians are taxed to death by a pseudo-socialist nanny state.
In the lousy 1992 Tom Selleck movie, Mr. Baseball, the main character is terrified of being moved to Canada due to higher taxes and instead ends up being shipped [...]]]></description>
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