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It’s not until you start looking back that you realize how much has changed. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508/https://globalnews.ca/news/4416569/alan-cross-music-then-music-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p></div> </article> </div>  <div class="story story-float-img" data-post_id="4421669"> <article> <div class="meta-bar"> <div class="meta-bar-cat tag"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508/https://globalnews.ca/tag/border-crisis/"> Border crisis </a> </div> <a href="#" class="meta-share-expand" tabindex="0"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508im_/https://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/shaw-globalnews/_img/plus.png"> </a> <div class="socialShare meta-share-list" data-socialshare="facebook,twitter,google" data-socialshare-count="false" data-socialshare-collapsable="false" data-socialshare-url="https://globalnews.ca/news/4421669/rob-breakenridge-nafta-pipelines-borders/" data-socialshare-title="COMMENTARY: A disastrous week for the Liberals, and the impacts will be far-reaching"></div> <div class="meta-bar-time-group"> <span class="meta-bar-date">September 1, 2018</span> <span class="meta-bar-time">11:00 am</span> </div>  </div>  <a class="story-img-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508/https://globalnews.ca/news/4421669/rob-breakenridge-nafta-pipelines-borders/"> <div class="story-img-link-wrapper"> <div data-picture="" data-class="story-img" data-alt=""> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508oe_/https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/trudeau1.jpg?quality=70&strip=all&w=128&h=72&crop=1" data-media="(min-width:200px)"></div> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508oe_/https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/trudeau1.jpg?quality=70&strip=all&w=256&h=144&crop=1" data-media="(min-width:200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)"></div> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508oe_/https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/trudeau1.jpg?quality=70&strip=all&w=256&h=144&crop=1" data-media="(min-width:480px)"></div> <div data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508oe_/https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/trudeau1.jpg?quality=70&strip=all&w=512&h=288&crop=1" data-media="(min-width:480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)"></div> <noscript> <img class="story-img" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508im_/https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/trudeau1.jpg?quality=70&strip=all&w=256&h=144&crop=1" alt=""/> </noscript> </div> </div> </a>  <h3 class="story-h"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180909074508/https://globalnews.ca/news/4421669/rob-breakenridge-nafta-pipelines-borders/">COMMENTARY: A disastrous week for the Liberals, and the impacts will be far-reaching</a></h3> <div class="story-txt"><p>Pipelines, NAFTA, and the border situation are the three biggest issues in Canada right now. 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