Letters to the editor: 'If ever there was a time for the NDP and Liberals to stow their pride and amalgamate.' Plus other letters to the editor for Oct. 9

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Mélanie Joly, perhaps?Luke Mastin TorontoRe "Indigenous women from Ecuador urge Ottawa to halt free-trade agreement, raise objections over mining" (Oct. 5): Ecuador is confronting serious levels of corruption and violence.

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