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          <title>‘This is B.C.’s Version of the Duffy Scandal’: Government Officials Refer to Rio Tinto Alcan as ‘Client’ in Work Journal</title>
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          <title>Rio Tinto Alcan Polluting Kitimat Airshed to Save Money, Tribunal Hears</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

          
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