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Thank you so much for your article on the lack of effort being made to utilize the intelligence and abilities of Japanese women [Aug. 29]. I am a Canadian woman teaching English in Japan, and I was shocked by how patriarchal Japanese society is. Your story quoted a women's rights activist as saying, "Women must work twice as hard as men to advance their careers because of prejudices within Japanese companies...And then they have to go home and work three times as hard there." Japanese women work until their backs are literally bent to the ground...
Ignatieff’s decision to take a position at his alma mater has also ignited speculation that he may be eyeing a run for the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party. In Canadian elections, the leader of the party that wins a majority in the House of Commons becomes the country’s prime minister...
However, in recent months, Ignatieff’s frequent public appearances and bylined columns in Canadian newspapers have fueled suspicions that he may be testing the waters for a potential run. In March, Ignatieff delivered the keynote address at the Liberal Party’s national-policy convention. He also met with top Liberal Party officials in Quebec and Nova Scotia in May, according to news reports...
...certain sense, he’s been rebuilding his Canadian profile,” McNally said...
Hunting season just opened in the Canadian province of Alberta, and the game is a species rare to those Rocky Mountain foothills: the A lister. The Calgary press is hot on the trail of BRAD PITT, who is in Fort Edmonton Park filming the title role in The Assassination of Jesse James (and not, as it may appear here, a Ralph Lauren ad). The Calgary Sun has devoted six writers--10% of its editorial staff--to coverage of the star, who dyed his golden locks to play the dark outlaw. The Sun's rival, the Calgary Herald...