The Games come amid widespread human rights abuses in China and its rocky relationship with Canada. [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP4QrAWh0dHBzOi8vbWVzc2FnaW5nLWN1c3RvbS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS90ZW1wbGF0ZS9vYWt2Mj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIwMTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTUxNjY4Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcHJvZHVjdENvZGU9Q05EQSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODExMjMmdGU9MSZ1cmk9bnl0JTNBJTJGJTJGbmV3c2xldHRlciUyRjMwMGU1MDM0LTkxZWEtNTBlZC1iMDYyLTYwMzZiZWVlNDg2YSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmHzax71YTBUwyZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)|[nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjAxMjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTE2Njgmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODExMjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmHzax71YTBUwyZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)[Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-ad-marquee)
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[Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvaWFuLWF1c3Rlbj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIwMTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTUxNjY4Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTgxMTIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgph82se9WEwVMMmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) By [Ian Austen](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvaWFuLWF1c3Rlbj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIwMTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTUxNjY4Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTgxMTIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgph82se9WEwVMMmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) By this time next week, the Winter Olympics will be well underway in Beijing. Like the Summer Olympics in Tokyo last year, the global gathering of athletes will occur during a global pandemic. But Chinaâs first experience hosting the Winter Games comes when Canadaâs relationship with the country is at a low amid an array of troubling human rights issues. Xi Jinping, the leader of China, planned the Winter Olympics as a showcase of the country under his rule.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images My colleagues Steven Lee Myers, Keith Bradsher and Tariq Panja have provided an extensive and provocative look at how China was selected as the host of the Games despite its limited experience with winter sports. More important, theyâve also looked at the significance of the games for Xi Jinping, Chinaâs authoritarian leader. [Chinaâs Games: [How Xi Jinping Is Staging the Olympics on His Terms](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8yMi93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3dpbnRlci1vbHltcGljcy1jaGluYS1iZWlqaW5nLXhpLWppbnBpbmcuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIwMTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTUxNjY4Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTgxMTIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgph82se9WEwVMMmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)] âChina no longer needs to prove its standing on the world stage; instead, it wants to proclaim the sweeping vision of a more prosperous, more confident nation under Mr. Xi, the countryâs most powerful leader since Mao Zedong,â they wrote. âWhere the government once sought to mollify its critics to make the Games a success, today it defies them.â Canada is still stinging from Chinaâs jailing of the Canadians [Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP4QCAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjEvMDkvMjQvd29ybGQvY2FuYWRhL3doby1hcmUtdGhlLWNhbmFkaWFucy1kZXRhaW5lZC1hZnRlci1tcy1tZW5ncy1hcnJlc3QuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIwMTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTUxNjY4Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTgxMTIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgph82se9WEwVMMmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in retaliation for the arrest in Vancouver of [Meng Wanzhou, a Chinese tech executive,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wOS8yNC93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvd2hvLWlzLW1lbmctd2FuemhvdS1odWF3ZWkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIwMTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTUxNjY4Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTgxMTIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgph82se9WEwVMMmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)at the request of the United States. Last year, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service warned the government that efforts by China to distort news in Chinese-Canadian media outlets [âhave become normalized.â](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JjLmNhL25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvY3Npcy10cnVkZWF1LWNoaW5hLW1lZGlhLTEuNjI3MDc1MD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIwMTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTUxNjY4Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTgxMTIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgph82se9WEwVMMmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NjE2JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMjAxMjlXA255dEIKYfNrHvVhMFTDJlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA Canada is also among the many Western nations that have criticized Chinaâs increasingly authoritarian policies, and, in particular, the repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, a largely Muslim region in the northwest. Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada was joining the United States, Britain, Australia, Lithuania and other countries [in a diplomatic boycott](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8xMi8wOC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvdWstY2hpbmEtb2x5bXBpY3MtZGlwbG9tYXRpYy1ib3ljb3R0Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIyMDEyOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01MTY2OCZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD04MTEyMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYfNrHvVhMFTDJlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) of the Beijing Games as âa continuation of us continuing to express our deep concerns about human rights violations.â Whatever the season, the Olympics are funded by two private sources beyond host governments: commercial sponsorships and television rights, which, in the case of Canada, were bought by the C.B.C., as anyone who has even glimpsed at any of the broadcasterâs channels or websites over the past few months probably knows all too well by now. As my colleagues Alexandra Stevenson and Steven Lee Myers wrote this week, the large multinational corporations that have spent about $1 billion on sponsoring the Games donât seem to be moved by the human rights situation in China. [Read: [For Olympic Sponsors, âChina Is an Exceptionâ](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8yOC9idXNpbmVzcy9vbHltcGljLXNwb25zb3JzLWNoaW5hLWJlaWppbmcuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIwMTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTUxNjY4Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTgxMTIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgph82se9WEwVMMmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)] âWhile the sponsors have faced protests by human rights activists in several countries, they have largely brushed them aside, choosing instead to keep China, and its emerging class of nationalistic consumers, happy,â my colleagues wrote. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAzNTA1JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMjAxMjlXA255dEIKYfNrHvVhMFTDJlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA Justin Kripps and Cam Stones of Canada competed in an Olympics test event in Beijing.Wang Zhao/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images All of this has left me both dreading and anticipating these Olympics. On the plus side, Iâve watched several members of Canadaâs cross country ski team grow up in the sport, so I am obviously looking forward to seeing them race in one of the sportâs biggest venues. But I also feel uneasy about contributing to the audience numbers that sustain the television rights fees that will allow Mr. Xi to highlight his version of China. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4OTY3JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMjAxMjlXA255dEIKYfNrHvVhMFTDJlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA This week, I spoke about my dilemma with Bruce Kidd, a former Olympian and a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. He is also currently the institutionâs ombudsperson. Professor Kidd, a champion of athletesâ human rights, has studied the 2008 Beijing Games and traveled to China repeatedly. Like most experts, he found that the 2008 Games, which many had hoped would open the country, instead [proved to be a step back for human rights](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAwOC8wOS8xMi9zcG9ydHMvb2x5bXBpY3MvMTJjaGluYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjAxMjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTE2Njgmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODExMjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmHzax71YTBUwyZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). âThey were very disturbing when it came to the rights of athletes,â he told me. âSo many countries told their athletes to shut up or go home. There were new restrictions on what they could wear and what they could say. It gave us, in retrospect, the face of the new, proud authoritarian China.â That authoritarianism, he said, has since only grown. The pandemic and Chinaâs restrictive public health rules have also given Chinese authorities a pretext to [tightly control and monitor all Olympic participants](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8xOC90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2NoaW5hLW9seW1waWNzLWFwcC1zZWN1cml0eS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjAxMjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTE2Njgmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODExMjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmHzax71YTBUwyZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) as it also reminds athletes not to use the Gamesâ vast audience to make political points. [Read: [Security Flaws Seen in Chinaâs Mandatory Olympics App for Athletes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8xOC90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2NoaW5hLW9seW1waWNzLWFwcC1zZWN1cml0eS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjAxMjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTE2Njgmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODExMjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmHzax71YTBUwyZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)] Several events, including skiing, will take place on artificial snow at the Beijing Games.Agence France-Presse â Getty Images Leading up to the Games, Professor Kidd said that heâd met with several athletes and sports officials who have agonized about going to Beijing. But he rejects the idea that athletes are staying away. âIf there was a pan-Canadian consensus to cut off China, they would join that,â he said. âBut they resent the tremendous pressure being put on them to be the only people to take action when itâs business as usual for everybody else. That does not mean they theyâre not upset about whatâs happening with the Uyghurs and the Tibetans and so on. The ones that I know are terribly upset. But they donât have an ability to deal with that.â His answer about what I and other television viewers should do was less direct. âThatâs a really, really, really hard question,â Professor Kidd said. âIâm a lifelong admirer of the Olympic ideal, and the Games are probably the most meaningful ritual to me in my life and Iâm looking forward to seeing them. But on the other hand, Iâm very concerned about what the Chinese government is doing. But this is a world event and I will support it because I support the idea, even under these very difficult circumstances, of the sports world getting together. So thatâs where I am. Itâs not perfect, but thatâs where I am.â Trans Canada A nurse at a Zambian hospital. Canada is recruiting health care workers from less developed nations.Joao Silva/The New York Times - Stephanie Nolen writes that [Canada is among many wealthy nations](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8yNC9oZWFsdGgvY292aWQtaGVhbHRoLXdvcmtlci1pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjAxMjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTE2Njgmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODExMjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmHzax71YTBUwyZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) âaggressively recruiting medical workers from the developing world to replenish a health care work force drastically depleted by the Covid-19 pandemic,â raising ânew questions about the ethics of recruitment from countries with weak health systems.â
- As Canadaâs soccer team prepares for its World Cup qualifying match against the United States on Sunday, James Wagner writes that when it comes to talk about soccer supremacy in North and Central America and the Caribbean, â[Canadaâs sudden emergence from a decades slumber](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8yOC9zcG9ydHMvc29jY2VyL2NhbmFkYS11c21udC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjAxMjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTE2Njgmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODExMjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmHzax71YTBUwyZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~),â has changed âthat calculus, and that conversation, in real time.â
- The eight members of the Canadian menâs curling team have spent the weeks leading up to the Winter Olympics sequestered in a rental home in Vancouver that one of them describes as â[a frat house without the booze.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8yMy9zcG9ydHMvY292aWQtb2x5bXBpY3MtYXRobGV0ZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjIwMTI5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTUxNjY4Jm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTgxMTIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgph82se9WEwVMMmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)â Like athletes around the world, they are trying to sidestep Covid-19 and avoid being shut out of the games, Andrew Keh writes.
- A [truck convoy that left British Columbia](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8yOC93b3JsZC92YWNjaW5lLXByb3Rlc3Qtb3R0YXdhLWNhbmFkYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjAxMjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTE2Njgmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODExMjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmHzax71YTBUwyZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) earlier this week was approaching Ottawa on Friday as other protesters began trickling into the capital from other regions. The convoy, which raised millions of dollars online, began as a protest against mandatory vaccination for truck drivers returning from the United States, but it has since expanded to include a wide array of grievances and suggestions of possible violence.
- A researcher at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, is a among a team of scientists who have [manipulated a frogâs cells](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRj16NrP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wMS8yNi9zY2llbmNlL2Zyb2dzLWdyb3ctbGltYnMtYmFjay5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMjAxMjkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTE2Njgmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9ODExMjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmHzax71YTBUwyZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)to regrow an imperfect but functional limb. A native of Windsor, Ontario, Ian Austen was educated in Toronto, lives in Ottawa and has reported about Canada for The New York Times for the past 16 years. Follow him on Twitter at @ianrausten. How are we doing?
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