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North Korea: Testing China’s Patience
- 7 octobre 2015
Postcard from North Korea
Photo: John Pavelka, Creative Commons LicenseAnniversaries 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 …
EN SAVOIR PLUSQuebec Rethinks Its Approach to Foreign Relations
- 2 octobre 2015
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 …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada Would Be Foolish Not to Join the TPP
- 1 octobre 2015
A few days ago, cows and their owners were marching in front of Parliament in Ottawa. They were protesting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which, they argued, would cause the demise of the dairy industry’s supply management regime. Last week, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSMaking Peace in a Divided World: New Roles for the United Nations?
- 1 octobre 2015
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By Richard Gowan
There is no more annoying phrase in discussions of international affairs than “If the United Nations did not exist, we would have to invent it!” It is certainly true that the world urgently …
EN SAVOIR PLUSTransition Memos Show Foreign Ministry Is Doing Its Job
- 30 septembre 2015
…EN SAVOIR PLUSA series of foreign ministry memos, leaked to the media in recent days, offer an unflattering assessment of Canada’s declining international influence and reputation. They are apparently draft « transition » documents, which the federal bureaucracy prepares before every election.
When We Should, and Shouldn’t, Revoke Citizenship
- 30 septembre 2015
The long federal election campaign has been knocked off course at various stages by the unexpected: revelations from the Duffy trial; the accelerating Syrian refugee crisis; the niqab issue in citizenship ceremonies; and now, courtesy of Monday night’s Munk debate …
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The Munk Leaders’ Debate: Opportunity Missed
- 30 septembre 2015
The Munk Leaders’ Debate was supposed to be about foreign policy, but at many times it was really about a three-man horse race. That race was about which progressive horse could finish first, or whether the conservative horse would end …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Defence Spending Is Now Less than Half of NATO’s Target
- 24 septembre 2015
Last year I blogged about the decline in Canadian military spending as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The most recent figures at that time were for 2013. I noted that defence spending had fallen to 1.00 percent of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSWhose views? Climate Change Governance and the Politics of Expertise
- 22 septembre 2015
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has long been regarded as the most authoritative guide to the status of knowledge about climate change. Read any report by a government, international organization, business group or NGO and they almost …
EN SAVOIR PLUSOn the Fence: Canada’s Role in the Western Pacific Through An Election Lens
- 17 septembre 2015
Canada’s election, in the 70th anniversary year of the conclusion of World War II, should be a time to ponder Canada’s role in the Western Pacific. Most pressing is the challenge of how Canada should respond to China’s increasingly …
EN SAVOIR PLUSEU Countries Must Work Toward Common Refugee Solution
- 15 septembre 2015
The German minister of the interior announced on the weekend that Germany would temporarily close its southern border. In so doing, the government would temporarily leave the so-called Schengen agreement, which allows the free movement of people in the Euro …
EN SAVOIR PLUSMissing Indictments in the Case of Maher Arar
- 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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