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Who Controls North America?

Today, even the U.S. government is just one of many players

Isabel Studer

Lines of Flight

Finding the tracks of Canada’s missing black history

Donna Bailey Nurse

The Bear and the Beaver

Eight games, one goal

Robert Lewis
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Ken Dryden

Ken Dryden goaltended for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1970s and was a Liberal member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011. He was also the author or co-author of ten books, including The Game and The Class: A Memoir of a Place, a Time, and Us.

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Parliamentary Discontent

Many MPs leave politics disillusioned—but what does that really mean for our democracy? June 2014
Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan, like many Canadians, see a problem with our political system. In 2009, with MacMillan’s life experiences and financial means (he was co-founder of Atlantis Films and CEO of Alliance Atlantis), and with Loat’s talent and promise, they founded the charity Samara, “a think tank,” as they put it, “dedicated to raising the level of political participation in Canada.” With…