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CHIMO

(9,223 posts)
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 05:22 PM Jan 2012

12 Canadians changing the way we think

The world needs more Canada?

Not according to Foreign Policy magazine, the must-read for the world’s wonks and wannabes.

The respected journal published by the Washington Post has listed 100 top global thinkers of 2011 from America to Yemen — and there’s not a single Canuck.

But here’s the reality check: a more modest list (appropriately Canadian) of a dozen whose thoughts influence the way the world works, or could. Just a few of those who, in different ways, shone lights into our 21st-century murk of doubt, confusion, disillusionment and ebbing aspirations during the past year.

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1111655--12-canadians-changing-the-way-we-think?bn=1

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12 Canadians changing the way we think (Original Post) CHIMO Jan 2012 OP
interesting read Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #1

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)
1. interesting read
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 05:47 PM
Jan 2012

but with that said, IMO there are no real superstars on the horizon, but rather some very good honorable mentions. Personally I question the value of some of these 'thinkers', such as Mark Carney (I view him as a Bankster), and David Frum, (Neo-con, whose younger sister Harper appointed to the senate for a very long time to come).

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