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	<title>Paul Hillsdon</title>
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	<description>Exploring public policy from the edge of Metro Vancouver</description>
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		<title>Vancouver is falling behind the urban curve</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/05/02/vancouver-is-falling-behind-the-urban-curve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 21:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to 2012 &#8211; the first time Vancouver has failed to top any of the world’s livability surveys. It’s easy to dismiss them as subjective or irrelevant, but being the most livable city on Earth has made an indelible mark &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/05/02/vancouver-is-falling-behind-the-urban-curve/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The orange wave and the road to government</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/04/19/the-orange-wave-and-the-road-to-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/04/19/the-orange-wave-and-the-road-to-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it wasn&#8217;t clear before, it sure is now: the NDP aren&#8217;t going anywhere. In fact, they are well on the path to government. Recent polls not only have Canadians open to an NDP government, but they are prepared to &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/04/19/the-orange-wave-and-the-road-to-government/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>4 scenarios for the BC political landscape post-2013</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/04/19/4-scenarios-for-the-bc-political-landscape-post-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/04/19/4-scenarios-for-the-bc-political-landscape-post-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new poll was released not long ago from Angus Reid showing Christy Clark&#8217;s Liberals in free fall, now tied at 23% with John Cummins&#8217; Conservatives. Assuming this trend continues, and I severely doubt it can be undone, Adrian Dix &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/04/19/4-scenarios-for-the-bc-political-landscape-post-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rescuing Vancouver&#8217;s middle class from financial ruin</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/02/02/rescuing-vancouvers-middle-class/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/02/02/rescuing-vancouvers-middle-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Metro Vancouver]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past week, The Province has been publishing a series of articles on Vancouverites who’ve left the region to seek a better life elsewhere. It seems as though the financial pressures on the middle class are finally prompting locals &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/02/02/rescuing-vancouvers-middle-class/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UN calls for new paradigm on progress</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/02/01/un-calls-for-new-paradigm-on-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/02/01/un-calls-for-new-paradigm-on-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paulhillsdon.com/?p=1347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following up on the fascinating dialogues at Davos, where some of the world&#8217;s richest individuals discussed reforming capitalism for the 21st century, the UN is calling on the world to establish a new precedent for progress: sustainable development. Preceding the &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/02/01/un-calls-for-new-paradigm-on-progress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why education will always be a human-intensive activity</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/28/why-education-will-always-be-a-human-intensive-activity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/28/why-education-will-always-be-a-human-intensive-activity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paulhillsdon.com/?p=1338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a growing consensus out there that not only does education needs to be disrupted, but that the logical conclusion of such change is to digitize learning. While I agree that schools need a major overhaul, the diagnosis that education &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/28/why-education-will-always-be-a-human-intensive-activity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s cut the tax rhetoric</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/25/lets-cut-the-tax-rhetoric/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/25/lets-cut-the-tax-rhetoric/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paulhillsdon.com/?p=1336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The sky is falling!&#8221; That line, famously tied to Chicken Little, could just as easily be linked to politicians and business leaders when talking taxes. We&#8217;re living, still, in an era dominated by neo-liberal economics, an ideology that calls for &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/25/lets-cut-the-tax-rhetoric/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>iPad textbooks, iTunes U big step forward for distance learning</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/19/ipad-textbooks-itunes-u-big-step-forward-for-distance-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/19/ipad-textbooks-itunes-u-big-step-forward-for-distance-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paulhillsdon.com/?p=1333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was one of my city&#8217;s pioneers in online learning. I first switched in 2005 and graduated high school online in 2008. For me, the ability to manage my own time and set my own pace of learning was tremendously &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/19/ipad-textbooks-itunes-u-big-step-forward-for-distance-learning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical oil? There&#8217;s no such thing.</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/12/ethical-oil-theres-no-such-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/12/ethical-oil-theres-no-such-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paulhillsdon.com/?p=1325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the strongest cases made to support the expansion of the Alberta oil sands is the proposition that our oil is ethical when compared to reserves from the Middle East. From a geopolitical perspective, the purchase of oil from &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/12/ethical-oil-theres-no-such-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>100 billion dollar oil windfall for Canada? Not quite.</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/11/multi-billion-oil-windfall-for-canada-not-quite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/11/multi-billion-oil-windfall-for-canada-not-quite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paulhillsdon.com/?p=1319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the hearing on the Northern Gateway pipeline having just begun, the oil industry is already on the offensive, pushing several reports that are proclaiming over a hundred billion in economic activity for the country as a result of the project. &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/11/multi-billion-oil-windfall-for-canada-not-quite/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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