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		<title>Right to Community &#8211; The Meddling Factor</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/24/right-to-community-the-meddling-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the American colonies life was becoming increasingly frustrating. The denigration they experienced from their political masters in England was &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/24/right-to-community-the-meddling-factor/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=6067&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Right to Community &#8211; The Humiliation Factor</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/23/right-to-community-the-humiliation-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I passed Vic Toews in Centre Block early in my parliamentary tenure, said “hi,” and received a nasty scowl in &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/23/right-to-community-the-humiliation-factor/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=6062&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Right to Community &#8211; Increasingly Alone</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/21/right-to-community-increasingly-alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenpearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When aspiring Republican U.S. presidential candidate Rick Santorum spoke at an economic club in Detroit last week he revealed just &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/21/right-to-community-increasingly-alone/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=6037&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Community At the Speed of Light</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/17/community-at-the-speed-of-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenpearson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://glenpearson.ca/?p=6031</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The rather plot-driven democracy we have been used to for decades is quickly giving way to a new dynamic of &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/17/community-at-the-speed-of-light/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=6031&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking Up for Community</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/15/speaking-up-for-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenpearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[London, Ontario faced a sobering occurrence this past week that reminded us that, on occasion, struggling for citizen’s rights has &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/15/speaking-up-for-community/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=6025&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Love &#8211; A Valentine</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/14/good-love-a-valentine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenpearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In so many ways it’s hard to be good these days. I don’t mean telling the truth, getting the kids &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/14/good-love-a-valentine/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=6012&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Something We Can&#8217;t Do Alone</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/13/something-we-cant-do-alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenpearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My city of London, Ontario has been through enough in these last few years, I believe, to qualify as a &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/13/something-we-cant-do-alone/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=6004&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shadowlands</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/10/shadowlands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenpearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Progressive democracy has been perhaps the most stable of political systems in world history. It has guided and empowered the &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/10/shadowlands/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=5990&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reborn</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/08/reborn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenpearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes communities aren’t ready for the changes being thrust upon them. Stuck in the traditional way of doing things, they &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/08/reborn/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=5980&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grief, Generosity, and a Galvanizing of Community Spirit</title>
		<link>http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/07/grief-generosity-and-a-galvanizing-of-community-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>glenpearson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What began as a brief comment ended up as a unique citizen exercise. Ed Jackman (look for him in the &#8230;<p><a href="http://glenpearson.ca/2012/02/07/grief-generosity-and-a-galvanizing-of-community-spirit/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=glenpearson.ca&amp;blog=3127828&amp;post=5971&amp;subd=glenpearson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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