• Stephen Harper and a ‘Rising Canada’

    Stephen Harper and a ‘Rising Canada’

    By Colin Robertson, Vice President, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute Stephen Harper aims to position Canada as a ‘rising power’. While protecting our privileged access to the USA, Canada under Harper’s leadership actively seeks new markets for our goods and resources. It draws on our pluralistic population with family entrees to every nation on

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  • Baird’s Tough Talk on Human Rights Rings Hollow in Bahrain

    Baird’s Tough Talk on Human Rights Rings Hollow in Bahrain

    Canada’s “principled” foreign policy keeps running into problems in Bahrain, the Gulf monarchy that violently suppressed pro-democracy protests in 2011. When Foreign Minister John Baird visited the country in April, he made no public comment about Bahrain’s repressive practices, including the regime’s continued incarceration of democracy activists. His silence was troubling, not least because the

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