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As Iran Opens to the World, Canada is Left Behind
- 25 novembre 2013
by John Mundy
Published in The Globe and Mail, November 25, 2013
The earth moved Sunday in Geneva when the United States, its P5 plus 1 negotiating partners and Iran came to an interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. …
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To Shun or Shake Hands? Assessing Harper’s CHOGM Boycott
- 18 novembre 2013
Prime Minister Harper’s decision to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which concluded on the weekend in Sri Lanka, was hotly debated over the past few weeks. Now that the meeting has ended, what impact has the boycott …
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Sexy Vanilla: Canada-EU Free Trade
- 14 novembre 2013
The same week that celebrity British street artist Banksy upset New Yorkers by saying the new World Trade Center is “vanilla…and looks like something they would build in Canada », an Economist headline stated, “Canada doesn’t get any sexier than …
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Canadian Foreign Policy for Dummies
- 12 novembre 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, November 11, 2013
So it’s come to this: not only are Canadian citizens being dumbed-down by political parties who treat them as narrow-minded consumerist taxpayers, but now the leading lights of Canada’s journalism establishment …
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Rights to What Purpose? Free Speech and the U.S. Gun Control Debate
- 12 novembre 2013
This past week saw a fascinating moment in the debate over guns and constitutional rights that so scars America. The cause was a gentleman named Richard (‘Dick’) Metcalf. A ‘pro gun’ advocate and lobbyist, Metcalf has written op-eds and articles …
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As Nuclear Talks Progress, Baird’s Concern for Human Rights in Iran Rings Hollow
- 10 novembre 2013
Negotiations over the past three days in Geneva almost achieved a historic nuclear deal with Iran, and the parties’ concluding statements suggest there is a good chance a deal will be reached when talks resume on November 20.
Canada, however, …
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Missing in Action: What Happened to Canada’s Foreign Policy?
- 31 octobre 2013
In July 2011, shortly after Canadian voters handed the Conservatives a majority government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper observed that “since becoming prime minister…the thing that’s probably struck me the most in terms of my previous expectations—I don’t even know what …
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Protecting Whom? Certainly Not Refugees or Canada’s Reputation for Justice
- 31 octobre 2013
By Emma Kenyon and Patti Tamara Lenard
The Throne Speech has come and gone, and buried in the hoopla surrounding the demise of cable television bundling were some terrifically misleading claims about “progress” towards meeting Canada’s immigration priorities.
The government …
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Our Man in Prague: An Appointment that Raises Questions
- 31 octobre 2013
Otto Jelinek, refugee from Communism, world-champion figure skater and Mulroney-era Cabinet Minister, was recently appointed as Canada’s ambassador to the Czech Republic. In the summer doldrums, there was virtually no reaction in Canada to the announcement, except citations from the …
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Sweeping Rights Aside: Ottawa, Pakistan and Netsweeper
- 25 octobre 2013
Imagine the scenario: a private Canadian software company provides sophisticated technology to the Iranian government, allowing it to deny access in Iran to thousands of websites on account of their political or social content. How would the Canadian government respond?…
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Will a New Minister Fix Canada’s Ideas-free Immigration Policy?
- 23 octobre 2013
The disloyalty is shocking. Waves of migrants arrive at a country’s shores seeking economic opportunity, a higher quality of life for themselves and their children, or refuge from political uncertainty — only to return to their home countries or move …
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The African Union, the International Criminal Court and the Politics of Justice
- 21 octobre 2013
The African Union’s new offices in Addis Ababa stand on the site of one of Africa’s most notorious prisons, popularly known as Alem Bekagn or ‘farewell to the world’. For decades, thousands of people suffered and died here, many for …
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