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Why Elton John Signed my Back at the Fashion Cares Gala

Ann Kaplan | Posted 11.27.2012 | Canada Style
Read More: Elton John, Act, Elton John AIDS Foundation, AIDS Committee Toronto, Fashion Cares, Aids, Fashion Week, Canada Style News
Ann Kaplan

After we had photos taken together, I looked at Elton John and David Furnish and said "can you guys do me a favour?" I took my Sharpie pen off the side table and said "can you sign my back?" They both did and, while Elton was signing, he said "well that's a first." The proto-type of the book I am producing on the 25 year history of Fashion Cares was on display for pre-order sales at the dinner with Elton John. All of the proceeds will go to the AIDS Committee of Toronto and the Elton John Aids Foundation.

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The NDP's Sneaky Attempt to Win Over Separatists

Tony Kondaks | Posted 05.15.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Oath, Quebec, Mulcair, Sherbrooke, Ndp, Thomas, Unilateral, Office, Declaration, Separatism, Clarity, Independence, Canada, Act, Canada Politics News
Tony Kondaks

In January the NDP leadership candidates held a debate in Montreal in which every one of them refused to support the federal government's Clarity Act. It is important to note that independence by Quebec in such circumstances would not only fly in the face of the Clarity Act but stand in opposition to the amending formula of the Canadian Constitution.

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