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Canada Reads judge accuses authors of terrorism, lying on popular CBC contest  by marsha lederman

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

Published Monday, Feb. 06, 2012 10:08PM EST

Last updated Monday, Feb. 06, 2012 10:57PM ESTA Quebec lawyer and TV personality has caused shock and outrage among literary types after accusing a Canadian author of terrorism and another of lying in her book, during an appearance on the popular CBC literary contest Canada Reads.

“Carmen Aguirre is a bloody terrorist. How we let her into Canada, I don’t understand,” said Anne-France Goldwater about the Vancouver-based author of the memoir Something Fierce.
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