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	<title>Paul Hillsdon</title>
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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>
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		<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>
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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>Old Age Security is a waste of tax dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/30/old-age-security-is-a-waste-of-tax-dollars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/30/old-age-security-is-a-waste-of-tax-dollars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minster was in Davos last week for the World Economic Forum. During his speech, he laid out a bold vision based on structural reforms to many Canadian governmental programs, including Old Age Security. As a young person with &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/30/old-age-security-is-a-waste-of-tax-dollars/">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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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<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>Why I&#8217;m officially a card-carrying federal Liberal</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/18/why-im-officially-a-card-carrying-federal-liberal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/18/why-im-officially-a-card-carrying-federal-liberal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paulhillsdon.com/?p=1329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I put a $10 charge on my credit card and became an official member of the federal Liberals. Having resisted committing myself to any of the federal parties since my youth, this is a big step for me and &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2012/01/18/why-im-officially-a-card-carrying-federal-liberal/">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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		<title>Looking back on 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2011/12/19/looking-back-on-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2011/12/19/looking-back-on-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paulhillsdon.com/?p=1313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the start of this year, I publicly posted my resolutions for 2011. I thought now would be a good time to look back on those goals to see how I fared in meeting them. Achieve a 3.8 GPA and &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulhillsdon.com/2011/12/19/looking-back-on-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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