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At Least He Made the Trains Run on Time: Canada’s Maternal and Child Health Initiative

May 2, 2011

The Globe’s John Ibbitson is not alone in cutting the Harper government some slack in the realm of foreign affairs when it comes to the maternal and child health “initiative”. He says that Mr. Harper “convinced the major developed nations to sign on.” (“Harper Abroad…” Oct 22.) This has now passed into the realm of urban myth, where announcements often take the place of action.

In fact the entire MCH “initiative” was little more than smoke and mirrors. The ...

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