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Occupy Eviction

When the Occupiers Got Occupied

Michel Kelly-Gagnon | Posted 01.29.2012 | Canada Business
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Michel Kelly-Gagnon

Only a clear definition and enforcement of private property can prevent this war of all against all. But of course, a group of activists who believe in private property would never have defined their whole movement as based on the "occupation" of land belonging to others.

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Occupy, in the End, Was a Reactionary Movement

Daniel Alexandre Portoraro | Posted 01.25.2012 | Canada Business
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Daniel Alexandre Portoraro

The Occupy Movement seems to rise in popularity and attendance not when they decide to do something but rather when an external force lashes out at them. Once the threat passes, numbers dwindle down again. The support for Occupy is entirely reactionary. Is this any true way to incite global change?

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Twitter Reacts To #OccupyToronto's Eviction

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 11.21.2011 | Canada
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Like many of the other occupy movements across Canada, Toronto is also being ordered out. In a decision delivered on Monday morning, Ontario Superi...

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Sunday Roundup: #Oops!

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 01.20.2012 | Canada
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Danielle Crittenden

Politicians: They're just like us! They eat breakfast. They go to the supermarket. And they do really stupid things on social media. NDP MP Pat Martin learned the lesson of 14-year-olds everywhere about what they shouldn't post on Twitter.

The member for Winnipeg Centre lost it -- possibly after a couple of drinks there Pat? -- and dropped the F-bomb in describing his reaction to a Tory decision to end a debate on a budget bill. Yes, Virginia, this is what grown-ups swear about. (And yes, we DO get excited about receiving major appliances at Christmas. You have so much to look forward to in adulthood!)

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Police Swoop Down On Occupy London In Canada's First Eviction

CP | Posted 01.08.2012 | Canada
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Tents that had been erected in a London, Ont., park as part of the city’s Occupy protest were removed by police and bylaw officers early Wednesday. ...

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