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Our View from the Hill: Syria, Claude Patry and the Senate
The Maclean’s Ottawa bureau on the headlines of the week
How do this week’s free speech stories tie together?
Why is the United States supporting the Syrian rebels?
How important is MP Claude Patry’s jump to the Bloc from the NDP?
How did the beleaguered Senate’s situation change this week?
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