• How Ottawa Fails to Meet the Security Challenge

    By Kent Roach and Craig Forcese In responding to last year’s terrorist attacks, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised his government would not over-react, but also would not under-react, to the ISIS terrorist threat. Unfortunately his government proceeded to do just that. The over-reactions are well known: a new, sweeping speech offence; citizenship revocation; a complex

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  • Serious Climate Action Requires Emission Reduction Targets

    Justin Trudeau has announced that the Liberals “won’t set a specific emissions target” for greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change. His reasoning is that, “what we need is not ambitious political targets. What we need is an ambitious plan to reduce our emissions in the country.” The Liberal leader is rehashing a debate in

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  • North Korea: Testing China’s Patience

    Postcard from North KoreaPhoto: John Pavelka, Creative Commons License Anniversaries have always been important in Socialist countries. For the people, it means a day off from the humdrum of workaday life with maybe an extra ration of meat or eggs to help the celebrations. Such has been the tradition in North Korea, and this upcoming

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  • Quebec Rethinks Its Approach to Foreign Relations

    The Quebec government of Premier Philippe Couillard has announced some of the deepest cuts ever to one of the crown jewels of the national branding of the province abroad – its Ministry of International Relations. Nearly a quarter of its staff abroad in its General Delegations (equivalent to embassies) and other, lower-level offices will be

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