The best of 2011: Canada

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  Our health care delusion

  One study ranked Canada dead last in timeliness and quality care

  By Ken MacQueen

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  Goodbye, retro Métro

  Montreal’s fleet of stylish subway trains—the oldest in North America—is on the verge of extinction

  By Martin Patriquin

• The assassin among us

  Nur Chowdhury faces execution for killing Bangladesh’s president. That’s why he’s safe in Canada

  By Charlie Gillis

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  Forget Freud, Forget Marx. Rioting, above all, is fun.

  Everyone is over-thinking the Vancouver riots way too much

  By Andrew Potter

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  So Rob Ford doesn’t like the gay pride parade? So what?

  Why gay rights aren’t endangered by Toronto’s mayor

  By Emma Teitel

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  A million people at the Pride parade? Really?

  There’s a good reason the figure is unbelievable: it’s wrong

  By Claire Ward

• The $25,000 cow

  That’s the average value of a milk quota per cow under a supply-management system

  By Andrew Coyne

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  Montreal is falling down

  A history of bad design choices now haunts the city as its bridges, roads and tunnels crumble

  By Philippe Gohier

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  Too many cops?

  The crime rate is down but police forces are growing. We’re poorer as a result, but not necessarily any safer

  By Ken MacQueen and Patricia Treble

• Maher Arar’s mind cannot forget

  Arar’s body has recovered, but the memories of his torture persist

  By Jonathon Gatehouse

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  So much for the ‘People of Einstein’ myth

  Emma Teitel on how a York University student makes Jews look bad—and why that’s a good thing

  By Emma Teitel

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  The RCMP: a Royal Canadian disgrace

  What will it take before someone fixes the iconic force?

  By Charlie Gillis and Ken MacQueen