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O, Canada!

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

The Vancouver Sun:

Poll shows the U.S. Democratic presidential challenger would beat Stephen Harper

[. . . ]

And, the winner would be … Obama.

Not only do British Columbians strongly prefer Democratic candidate Barack Obama as president of the U.S. over Republican John McCain, they would also choose him as prime minister of Canada.

Further, relatively modest fines for potsmoking are better than prison, and thus on drug policy Canada is far more progressive than the U.S., even if not perfect.
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