David’s Blog: New Canadians as Lesser Citizens

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Published: January 31, 2011

There are no two ways about it. As a group, newer Canadians are getting the short end of the stick. In the next Federal election most of their votes will count for only half as much as the votes of other Canadians. This is entirely due to where they happen to reside. >>Click here to read the full blog post...

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