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The Current is a meeting place of perspectives with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today.

Tue Nov 04 19:00:00 EST 2008

Barack Obama has raised people's hopes and pushed their expectations through the roof. In today's podcast we look at the c... more

Mon Nov 03 19:00:00 EST 2008

The editorials in newspapers across the U.S.have come out overwhelmingly in favour of Barak Obama for president. Have they... more

Wed Oct 29 20:00:00 EDT 2008

And just about everyone's who's not old enough to remember the Great Depression is nervously pondering whether we're enter... more

Tue Oct 28 20:00:00 EDT 2008

At a time of economic turmoil, it seems apt that the former Liberal prime minister has just published his memoirs. His boo... more

Wed Oct 15 20:00:00 EDT 2008

Canadians woke up this morning to a world that looks an awful lot like it did 37 days ago ... Stephen Harper is still our... more

Tue Oct 14 20:00:00 EDT 2008

most of Romania's Jews were sold to the Israeli government after the formation of Israel in 1948. Many of those who emigr... more

Thu Oct 09 20:00:00 EDT 2008

There's an old Chinese proverb that goes, better eight hundred in cash than a thousand in credit, sage advice in these unc... more

Mon Oct 06 20:00:00 EDT 2008

The Tamil Tigers, as the rebel group is known, have been fighting for 25 years to carve out a separate Tamil state in the ... more

Wed Oct 01 20:00:00 EDT 2008

Most people accept that a certain amount of partisan spin is an inevitable part of the political game. But walking the lin... more

Thu Sep 25 20:00:00 EDT 2008

One of the hardest pills for many people to swallow in all this is the idea that the executives who steered some of the wo... more