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NEW - Canada in 2007: The Year the World Changed and Nobody Noticed
In 2007, Stephen Harper was leading a conservative minority government, George W. Bush was in his second term, and Afghanistan was dominating the news. Politicians were speaking about Arctic sovereignty without calling each other names. Nothing was done about it then either.
The average Canadian home cost $300,000. Weekly groceries ran $140 to $170. Gas was a dollar to a dollar ten a litre, which felt steep. June 2007 is when the smartphone launched and rewired everything that followed.
At the movies, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End led the summer. Knocked Up and Shrek the Third…
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