5pm Hour – several billion dollar accounting error…

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Posted Apr 10, 2012 01:31:53 PM.

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Annie Kidder joins us to talk school libraries. Stephen Cooke with the Chronicle Herald joins us to talk movies. SMU political scientist John Measor joins us to talk about Syria. Steve Staples at the Rideau Institute joins us to talk about F35s. Is the government’s explanation sufficient?

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