Canada’s defence policy review statement is slated to be released in May 2017, a week or two before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to Brussels on May 25 for a meeting with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) heads of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe government of Canada is about to accede to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the first and only legally binding treaty designed to regulate the multibillion-dollar global arms trade. On April 13, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the introduction …
EN SAVOIR PLUSBy Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a …
Every country in the world, Canada included, is scrambling to catch up to some breathtaking changes in the fundamental approach of the United States to global politics. These changes were prompted by the Trump administration’s reactions to the use of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSSelon les optimistes, le transfert du pouvoir au Président Jovenel Moïse en février 2017, la restauration d’un parlement fonctionnel et la ratification du Premier Ministre Guy Lafontant par cette législature en mars, marquent un retour à l’ordre constitutionnel et le …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLe dernier discours du premier ministre Trudeau dans lequel il appuie les frappes américaines contre l’aéroport de Chayrat en Syrie ainsi que la nécessité du départ de Bashar al-Assad n’est pas tout à fait surprenant. Il s’inscrit dans la position …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLast week, acting United States trade representative Stephen Vaughn sent a draft notification letter to Congress indicating the President’s intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, the very same agreement that Trump qualified …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe United States has moved swiftly and dramatically to punish the Syrian regime for its use of chemical weapons against civilians in a recent attack on a rebel-held town in Northern Syria. On Thursday evening, US warships off the coast …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe United States has fired missiles at the Syrian military. This is a dramatic escalation in the horrific Syrian conflict. It is also the most legally doubtful use of military force by a NATO state in recent history.
To be …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTrump’s executive order, “Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth,” is the latest and perhaps most wide-ranging assault on climate change policy under the Obama administration in the US. Much has already been said about it, with excellent commentaries …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLe gouvernement libéral de Justin Trudeau a transformé l’image de l’engagement du Canada sur la scène internationale, passant d’un ton autoritaire et mesquin aux «voies ensoleillées». Cependant, en ce qui concerne l’aide au développement, ses actions ne reflètent pas la …
EN SAVOIR PLUSby Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr
“Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” The words inscribed at the base of the statue of Liberty are famous, and yet hardly anyone knows that they are from a sonnet …
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