Daniel Livermore

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Daniel Livermore
Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Step by Step, All at Once: Rebuilding the Canadian Foreign Service 0
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- 5 novembre 2015
By Daniel Livermore

All over Ottawa, officials and ex-officials are talking about re-building. And the conversations aren’t only about Canada`s crumbling infrastructure. They’re about repairing public institutions shredded during the Harper years. Some of these conversations are about Foreign Affairs …
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Missing Indictments in the Case of Maher Arar 0
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- 10 septembre 2015
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have laid a criminal charge against George Salloum, director of the Far Falestin prison in Damascus, Syria, where Maher Arar was tortured in 2002-03. At the same time, the Mounties issued an …
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Who Speaks for Canada, Spies or Diplomats?0
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- 1 juillet 2015
By Daniel Livermore and Paul Heinbecker

Published in the Globe and Mail, June 29, 2015

Bills C-51 and C-44 are now law. They are also trouble waiting to happen, because Canada’s political leadership has loosened the reins on CSIS …
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SIRC: Good People Can’t Save a Bad Institution 0
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- 15 juin 2015
It would be nice to believe that two solid appointments by the Prime Minister would alleviate the ills that bedevil the Security and Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), the much-maligned body charged with looking into complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence …
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A Slightly Different Take on John Baird’s Legacy at Foreign Affairs 0
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- 14 février 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by David Petrasek, Colin Robertson, Ferry de Kerckhove and Peter Jones.

Four years …
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Three Missing Pieces in the Canadian Security and Intelligence Debate 0
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- 27 novembre 2014
The Harper government has been forced to introduce amendments to the CSIS Act, following another in a series of government set-backs in the courts on security and intelligence issues. This has triggered comments on the proposed legislation, most of which …
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Off to Tel Aviv: The Latest Strange Diplomatic Appointment 0
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- 12 février 2014
Shortly before the Prime Minister’s January trip to the Middle East, the Harper Government announced its choice to fill Canada’s long-vacant ambassadorial chair in Tel Aviv. Vivian Bercovici—a Toronto lawyer, occasional commentator on Israeli affairs and backroom Tory loyalist—is the …
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Our Man in Prague: An Appointment that Raises Questions 0
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- 31 octobre 2013
Otto Jelinek, refugee from Communism, world-champion figure skater and Mulroney-era Cabinet Minister, was recently appointed as Canada’s ambassador to the Czech Republic. In the summer doldrums, there was virtually no reaction in Canada to the announcement, except citations from the …
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Harper, Baird and Multilateral Cooperation 0
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- 5 octobre 2013
Familiar stories came out of New York over the past two weeks as the global community assembled for the annual UN General Assembly debates. John Baird’s speech on September 30, while appalling in style and policy content, was free of …
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What the Saccomani Appointment Means 0
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- 29 avril 2013
The appointment of Bruno Saccomani, head of the Prime Minister’s security detail, to be the next Canadian Ambassador to Jordan and Iraq struck even the most cynical observers of the Harper government as a curious move. The two countries are …
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Where’s the Public Outrage Over Harper’s Foreign Policy?0
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- 21 avril 2013
Public policy discussion these days suffers from a curious anomaly. Vast numbers of experts disagree with the government’s performance on many issues. But there’s little reflection of this mood in the popular media or on the street. Announcements which might …
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The Hugo Chavez Legacy 0
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- 25 mars 2013
Prime Minister Harper’s message to the Venezuelan people following the death of Hugo Chavez was curt. Essentially, it amounted to “good riddance”. Chavez was a galvanizing figure who commanded faint praise in many quarters. But it’s one thing to relish …
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