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- ↑ "Government defends 'fake map' of GTH to sell Chinese megamall as artist rendering". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
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- ↑ "The GTH land deal you've never heard of — and Bill Boyd won't talk about". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
