Greg Farries

After 11 years of publishing Canadian political educational materials on the Internet, re:politics (formerly, Maple Leaf Web).com will no longer be actively maintained. This decision was hard to make, but unfortunately finding additional funding sources to pay for the active development of the website was proving too difficult.

This project would have never been a success without the generous donations provided by the Max Bell Foundation, Arthur Child Foundation, Canada West Foundation, University of Lethbridge, David Elton Endowment and anonymous donors.

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Among Canadian democratic institutions, the Senate is arguably the most controversial and, for many Canadians, the least understood. With legislation to reform the Senate once again before Parliament, the Centre will be holding a debate to discuss what, if anything, is wrong with the Senate of Canada, whether it should be reformed and, if so, by what means.
Debaters: Senator Hugh Segal; Senator James S.
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Thanks to everyone who took our readership survey and entered their name into the draw for the iPod Touch. Natasha B. name was drawn on Friday and she will be receiving the iPod shortly.

We are going to be holding more contests in the near future – make sure to check back here for more information!
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We just posted a new opinion poll. Make sure to head on over and post your vote on whether we should update O’Canada to remove gender specific language.
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In an effort to better understand who is visiting re:politics (formerly, Maple Leaf Web) and to improve the overall experience for individual readers of re:politics (formerly, Maple Leaf Web), we’re asking out readership to take a short survey.

In order to enter your name for a chance to win an IPOD Touch, you need to include your email address at the end of the survey. Thanks!

**Update**: this content is now closed, thanks to everyone who entered.
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Richard Albert, over at ThePolitic.com, [interviews past Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate and current member or Parliament for riding of Willowdale, Martha Hall Findlay](http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2009/11/06/martha-hall-findlay-not-left-not-right-moving-forward/).

One question asked by Richard concerning why Ignatieff is a better leader for Canada than the current prime minister, brought this response:

> Michael Ignatieff is better than Stephen Harper for a number of reasons, but first and foremost relates to my last answer.
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