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The Métropolitain Lorne Gunter
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Lorne Gunter

Chill, political foodies! There’s too much government already

By Lorne Gunter on February 11, 2010

One of the worst by-products -- among many -- of the rapid expansion of government in the past 50 years has been the politicization of everything, including aspects of personal daily life that government has no business in. Relationships, child rearing, garbage collection, even the replacement of light bulbs have come under government scrutiny..