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Washington Post (December 12)

2016/ 12/ 14 by jd in Global News

Can Canada, “a nation so multicultural and immigrant-heavy (Canada ties with Germany for the G8’s highest per-capita immigration rate) hope to escape the racial and religious tensions that have consumed Europe and the United States?” While the consensus says yes, there are some concerning rumblings.

 

Economist (November 4)

2010/ 11/ 07 by jd in Global News

First elected prime minister in 1994, Silvio Berlusconi has become the longest serving leader in the G8. He has proved a shrewd fighter, weathering numerous scandals and crises. For Italy, however, his extended reign has created “a comedy that has gone on too long.” The Economist believes change is needed: “what Mr Berlusconi really offers is not stability but stagnation. Far from steering Italy skilfully past the many dangers that confront it, his government has become almost totally paralysed.”

 

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