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	<title>PolicyCentre.ca &#187; Vancouver</title>
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	<description>Essays on public policy and political issues from Doug McArthur at SFU&#039;s public policy school</description>
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		<title>Darn.  We Got the Security Obsessed, No Fun, Elite Olympics!</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2010/01/28/the-buttoned-up-no-fun-no-come-olymoics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Olympics approach I am trying hard to get into the mood and share some of the fun and excitement.  But I am having a problem.  I can&#8217;t find the excitement.  And no one seems to be having any fun, nor do many think they will even when the Olympics start. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suppressing Embarrassment During the Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/11/13/governments-to-use-power-to-suppress-embar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are being told by government and Vancouver city officials that while the Olympics is a feel good event, Vancouver residents and visitors can&#8217;t go so far as to express themselves in ways that might embarrass the city.  Three recent changes in laws and policies that add significantly to the powers of the provincial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Rethink Property Tax Breaks for Business</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/09/23/time-to-rethink-property-tax-break-for-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Municipal governments all across the province are busily developing their budgets for the next tax year, which starts January 1, 2009.  Most will be trying hard to restrain their budgets.  The affects of the recession are now being felt full force and one can bet that taxpayers are not going to be receptive to paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faster and Smoother Rides for Vancouverites</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/08/19/ride-on-canada-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am now commuting to work on the new Canada Line and like it very much.  It takes me pretty much door to door in air conditioned comfort with no waits and no hassle.
As I sit back, I try to remember to thank the Premier for the gifts he has bestowed.  I ski and so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver  Taxes Unsustainable</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/07/31/vancouver-taxes-unsustainable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 2 marked the deadline to pay local property taxes and many homeowners are justified in asking, “Why are my taxes rising so steeply?”]]></description>
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