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Can an intersectional NDP cope with Quebec? Niki Ashton, who this week announced she’s expecting twins and had to reject a leadership endorsement from an alleged Holocaust denier, faces something more complicated as she tries to become NDP leader: opposing Bill 62, which forbids face coverings among Quebec public service workers. Hard to do, because NDP policy is to recognize the province’s "distinct society." Snark about the paradox left her tying rhetorical knots.
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The deliberately weird ways of Home Hardware. Report on Business Magazine looks into the chain, whose ramshackle aesthetic is a calculated way of battling the big boxes. Favoured tactics include telling customers looking for a well-stocked item that they’ve arrived just in time to buy the last one. (The website version is behind the paywall.)
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12:36 returns September 5. No newsletters next week! Twitter on occasion: @1236.
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FIT AND SLIM
Sheraton Cadwell Orchestra told performers it would only showcase singers who fit this description. The backlash forced the orchestra to shut down.
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