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  • Part One: 1988 Report of the Task Force on Illegal Drug Use in Ontario

    In May, 1988, 15-year-old Benji Hayward attended a rock concert in downtown Toronto. While there, he took two LSD “blotters” and a cannabis joint. Throughout the concert, Benji reportedly became hyper and…

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  • Sean Conway on Separate School education in Ontario

       Sean Conway served as  Minister of Education in the first Peterson government (1985-87), given the task of extending public funding beyond grade 10 to the end of grade 13 to…

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