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	<title>Vanessa Long &#187; Harper</title>
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	<link>http://vanessalong.ca</link>
	<description>Your Future Green MP in Newmarket-Aurora</description>
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		<title>This Campaign&#8217;s Most Important Issue: Our Democracy</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/04/06/this-campaigns-most-important-issue-our-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/04/06/this-campaigns-most-important-issue-our-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Conservatives beat the drum on the economy being job #1, they are whittling away at the institutions that make Canada a fully-functioning democracy. Before you vote, I ask you to read this article by Lawrence Martin on the treatment of Canadians by Conservatives&#8230; while they were in government and now out on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harper Government More Important than Democracy</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/03/17/harper-government-more-important-than-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/03/17/harper-government-more-important-than-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s statement by PM Harper that being found in contempt of Parliament multiple times and being charged with election fraud are merely &#8216;distractions&#8217; is a clear sign of the lack of respect he has for Canadian democratic institutions. Make no mistake, these systems are in place as safeguards against abuses of power by those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Election?</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/01/10/spring-election/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2011/01/10/spring-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And that is what I'll remember if I end up in a campaign this Spring. That our supposed economically-aware and competent leader has decided to blow another $300 million of taxpayer funds in a desperate attempt to win a majority.]]></description>
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		<title>Reverence and the G20/G8 Summits</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/06/29/reverence-and-the-g20g8-summits/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/06/29/reverence-and-the-g20g8-summits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend has added more strength to my belief that voting Liberal or Conservative doesn't make a bit of difference - they both care little about democracy.]]></description>
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		<title>Utopic Family Planning?</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/05/20/utopic-family-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/05/20/utopic-family-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 01:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or is it possible for family planning/crisis services to step beyond their own political positions and empower the young women who come to them to make the choice that is best for themselves?]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t wait to see Harper&#8217;s maternal health plan</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/17/cant-wait-to-see-harpers-maternal-health-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/17/cant-wait-to-see-harpers-maternal-health-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is going to be one amazingly &#8216;signature&#8217; Conservative plan. No abortion &#8211; deep sigh but okay. But to not even include access to contraception as part of our super-duper G8 ground-breaking plan to improve maternal and infant health? I&#8217;m having a hard time imagining what will be in this plan. Guaranteed access to: Clean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now *that* is some quick spin</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/11/now-that-is-some-quick-spin/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/11/now-that-is-some-quick-spin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was so fast I had to go back and read it again. On Tuesday during Question Period, Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe and PM Stephen Harper had a little exchange about oil and gas companies that caught my eye while reading the Hansard. (Yup, I&#8217;m totally poli-geeking out.) Here is the exchange under Oral Questions: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are the women?</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/05/170/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/05/170/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;On his watch, the proportion of women on the government benches has fallen to 11 per cent, from 25 per cent under Paul Martin and 23 per cent under Jean Chrétien.&#8221; I didn&#8217;t know that. How interesting. And distressing. From this article by Carol Goar in the Star discussing Minister Guergis&#8217; less than inspiring performance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing Aboriginal Women and Missing Federal Funding</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/02/15/missing-aboriginal-women-and-missing-federal-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/02/15/missing-aboriginal-women-and-missing-federal-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/2010/02/15/missing-aboriginal-women-and-missing-federal-funding/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m simply passing this information along from the Facebook group, Proud to be a Member of That &#8220;Left-Wing Fringe Group&#8221; Called Women,* with the fervent hope that you will take action and write to your MPs, Minister Guergis and Mr. Harper. Our country has a very poor record when it comes to the treatment of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If democracy doesn&#8217;t function, it isn&#8217;t the fault of politicians</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/02/14/if-democracy-doesnt-function-it-isnt-the-fault-of-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/02/14/if-democracy-doesnt-function-it-isnt-the-fault-of-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/2010/02/14/if-democracy-doesnt-function-it-isnt-the-fault-of-politicians/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Letter number 2 in what will most likely be a series of Letters to the Editor of the Era-Banner that I am not allowed to send because I am a declared candidate for an election that will happen sometime in the future. I wish I had realized that when I declared for the Green Party [...]]]></description>
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