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What domestic issues are affecting Canada? Canada has made much environmental progress / Kenneth P. Green and Ben Eisen ; Canada's environmental policies have led to worldwide criticism / Jonathon Gatehouse ; Canada's economy has not been hard-hit by the global economic recession / Keith B. Richburg ; Canada's economy is suffering from the global economic recession / Roger Annis ; Canada's health care is a good system / Holly Dressel ; Canada's health care is not a good system / Doug Wilson ; Quebec separatism is a dead issue / Conrad Black ; Quebec separatism is still a viable issue / CK -- What are the major foreign policy issues in Canada? Canadian military efforts in Afghanistan are laudable / Tim Fernholz ; Canada should pull its troops out of Afghanistan / David Orchard ; Canada has sovereignty over the Arctic Straits / Stephen Harper ; Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic Straits is disputed / Mike Blanchfield and Randy Boswell ; Canada should not slash foreign aid / Gerry Barr ; Canada should focus less on amount of aid and more on using it efficiently / Beverley J. Oda -- What challenges to freedom of expression does Canada face? Canada's human rights commissions infringe on free speech / Ezra Levant ; Canada's human rights commissions are vital to protecting free speech / Jennifer Lynch ; Canada's human rights commissions must be reformed / Aaron Goldstein ; Canada should maintain fair cultural nationalist policies / P.J. Worsfold ; Quebec should not ban the niqab / Thea Lim -- What issues are impacting Canada-US relations? Canada and the United States still have a "special relationship" / US Department of State ; The Canada-US relationship has changed / Brian Bow ; Canada should intervene in the Omar Khadr case / Dahlia Lithwick ; Canada is not going to interfere in the Omar Khadr case / Sheldon Alberts and Steven Edwards ; Canada's security policies are too lax / Paul Rosenzweig ; America's security policies are too stringent / Luiza Ch. Savage with John Geddes ; Canada should protect its water from the United States / Tony Clarke ; Canada should share its water with the United States / Chris Wood.