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Chartered Fight

When provinces and the bench butt heads

In Little Jamaica

Stories from a changing neighbourhood

The Devil Is in the Details

Canada’s legalization of marijuana raises a host of policy and health questions

Issues

March 2006

LRC 100 portraits by Wes Tyrell Wes Tyrell is a caricature artist and humorous illustrator. His works can be seen in a variety of publications, including The Globe and Mail and Maclean’s, as well as at www.westyrell.com.

The LRC 100 (Part Two)

Canada’s most important books

Has Canada Failed?

National dreams that have not come true

Michael Bliss

Our Favourite Martian

A Hungarian writer trains a piercing eye on Canada and the world

John Fraser

Indentured Servitude

Does Canada treat its migrant workers any better than other countries do?

Judith Ramirez

The Borderline between Fact and Fabrication

A historical novel based on Arctic adventure weaves together source and story

Steven Hayward

Penelope with Attitude

A retelling of Homer overshadowed by indignation

Eric Ormsby

How to Wage War Legally

One big country, it seems, is breaking most of the rules these days

Erna Paris

A Bomb in a Parachute

How to keep dreaming on the road to destruction

David Dunne

Shifting Holy Ground

Should new definitions of sin mean new criteria for saints?

Gregory Baum

The Ambivalent Imperialist

A modern take on an Edwardian British adventurer in South Asia

Ken McGoogan

Advancing the Values Debate

Our reviewer argues that politics, not values, represents the crucial location of difference between Canadians and Americans

Jason Bristow