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Is Public Service Delivery Obsolete?

Why competition between civil servants, corporations, and non-profits is good for everyone

This Dear Green Place

Our latest last best hope

Promoting Democracy Abroad

Is it the right time for Canada to take on this file?

Stuart Thomson

Stuart Thomson is a writer who grew up in Halifax and now lives in Edmonton.

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Portrait of a Young Buck

Rapper Rich Terfry serves up a fantastical memoir of his early years. January–February 2016
Twelve years ago, in a cramped Halifax club, the Canadian rapper Buck 65, aka Rich Terfry, etched a memory into my brain. Playing a hometown show to release his album Talkin’ Honky Blues, he brought a full band, some matching coveralls from Mark’s Work Wearhouse and hours of sweaty energy. The place was sweltering and the…