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During the last 10-plus years, I have lost count of the number of dollars I have received due to class-action lawsuits, won in large part because the board was asleep at the switch and allowed mismanagement or fraud to go on.
Hitting hard at the Prime Minister, she said: "The Harper government was asleep at the switch, allowing the legislation infringing on women's rights - even legalizing marital rape - to pass through the Afghan parliament, without comment, not even noticing until it was too late.
 
 
 
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