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Checking Whose Reality? Contra Burney/Hampson on Canada’s Mideast Policy
- 11 janvier 2014
Writing last week in the Globe and Mail (“Canada and the Middle East – A reality check”), Derek Burney and Fen Hampson aim to “set the record straight” regarding the Harper government’s diplomacy in the Middle East. Their effort …
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Passports Are Powerful Tools
- 10 janvier 2014
In A Thousand Farewells, her memoir of covering civil unrest and war in the Middle East, Canadian reporter Nahlah Ayed writes about the striking reception her citizenship received in that region. The Winnipeg-born daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Ayed found …
EN SAVOIR PLUSA Response to Derek Burney on Canada’s Foreign Policy
- 3 janvier 2014
A January 2nd op-ed in the Globe and Mail (republished in the CIPS Blog) on the current foreign policy of the Conservatives generated a lot of responses. Many were supportive, and others were quite critical. That is …
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Why Did It Take So Long to (Sort of) Finalize the CETA?
- 3 janvier 2014
In the fall of 2013 the Government of Canada finally announced that it had finalized (sort of) an agreement with the European Union for a comprehensive trade and economic agreement. I say “sort of” since all that was released was …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada’s Bitter, Small-Minded Foreign Policy
- 2 janvier 2014
A foreign policy comprises many things. Interests, however defined, often dominate. But values must also be present if that policy is to be more than a series of transactions. Canada has always been a curious country when it comes to …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDemocracy or the « Almighty Dollar » – Do We Need to Choose?
- 1 janvier 2014
by Gerd Schönwälder
When the Harper government made the interests of Canada’s business community its top foreign policy priority last month, effectively sidelining traditional Canadian concerns such as democratic development, good governance, or human security, some observers were quick to …
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Transatlantic Free Trade: Not a Novel Idea at All
- 19 décembre 2013
The benefits of the Conservative government’s recently signed trade deal with the European Union are going to be unknown for some time. It will take an army of economists, lawyers and political scientists to assess the pros and cons of …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDemocratic Emerging Powers and Democracy Promotion
- 16 décembre 2013
by Gerd Schönwälder
CIPS has just received the report on a conference it helped facilitate in October 2013 on the role of democratic emerging powers (DEPs)—such as India, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, and Turkey—in supporting democracy beyond their own borders. …
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Canada Weakens Its Opposition to U.S. Proposals on Intellectual Property Rights
- 13 décembre 2013
An update to my November 2013 CIPS Blog post
It appears that Canada may be dropping its objections to many of the US TRIPS+ proposals on intellectual property rights. On the last day of the Singapore TPP meetings (December 10, …
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Shining Light on Harper’s Darkling Mideast Outlook
- 12 décembre 2013
When a private citizen holds a world view filled with forces of light and darkness, with heroes and villains and mystical bonds tying fates together, that’s generally her own business. When that person is the Prime Minister of Canada, however, …
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Stephen Harper and a ‘Rising Canada’
- 12 décembre 2013
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 …
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Baird’s Tough Talk on Human Rights Rings Hollow in Bahrain
- 10 décembre 2013
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 …
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