August 17, 2009

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MAIL BAG

‘Cindor Reeves is not only a great hero, but a humble man seeking home and safety’

CONGRATULATIONS TO the people, mayor and council of Burnaby for its first-place ranking as Canada’s best-run city in Maclean's first annual survey of municipal governments (“Our best-(and worst-) run cities,” National, July 27). Burnaby is also the only place in Canada where all of its elected representatives, from school board and city council to members of the B.C. legislature and Parliament of Canada, are New Democrats.

INTERVIEW

Pollster John Wright on Quebecers as lovers, Manitoba’s dropping military support and our needless panic over the economy

Q How do you know you can trust the people you poll, especially when you’re asking them about, say, their sex lives, where there’s an incentive to lie? A: It’s a matter of consistency. For instance, one in 10 Canadians who are married say they would cheat on their partner. By KATE FILLION8 min

THIS WEEK

NEWSMAKERS

In 2001, Conrad Black renounced his Canadian citizenship after former prime minister Jean Chrétien intervened in an attempt to block Black’s nomination to the British House of Lords. But this week, Black—also known as Lord Black of Crossharbour-told Bloomberg he didn’t begrudge Chrétien the Order of Merit, recently awarded to him by Queen Elizabeth.