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Good grief, in a modern, healthy relationship, all money goes into the same pot, pays the same bills and builds the same nest egg (“The richer sex,” Society, March 12). To feel resentful, embarrassed, or otherwise put out by which side of the relationship that money came from is childish, petty and a holdover of a not-to-be-missed time when we were defined only by our income, when status was determined by a man’s income.
STEPHAN CRÉTIER stumbled into the security industry in 1994. Five years later, with a $25,000 second mortgage on his home, he bought and radically revamped the Montrealbased security firm Garda, best known for its armoured trucks and pistol-packing guards.By MARTIN PATRIQUIN7 min
Alex Salmond is scrambling to maintain his party’s credibility in the lead-up to a referendum on independence. A third of Scots back it. The majority want devolution.By LEAH MCLAREN6 min
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