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October 15, 2012

Canada's Presidential Debate Envy

Rudyard Griffiths, Globe and Mail

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Every four years, when the U.S. presidential debates dominate the media, Canadians can’t help but come down with a severe case of political envy. As money-drenched, advertising-saturated and toxically partisan as U.S. politics have become, the final debates of the 18-month-plus election cycle are irresistible viewing.

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