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The Treaties

Ottawa negotiated in bad faith

Making a Scene

Experimental film is ready for its close-up

A More Sentimental Man

Michael Ondaatje’s late style

Clive Doucet

Clive Doucet is a writer and city councillor in Ottawa. He is the first poet ever elected to Ottawa city council. His last book was Lost and Found in Acadie published by Nimbus in 2004.

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Clive Doucet

Rearranging the Deck Chairs

A call to examine the basic forces that are impoverishing Canadian cities January–February 2005
This book irritated me from the first page to the last, which is a curious achievement, given that it is everything that its distinguished advocates announce it to be on the back of the jacket cover. It is a comprehensive, thorough, balanced tour across the Canadian municipal landscape from Prince George, BC, to Saint John,…