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Canada Must Do Much More to Promote Ethical Mining
- 11 mars 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, March 11, 2013
Recent months have seen heated debate about CIDA’s venture into funding partnerships between Canadian mining companies and international development NGOs. Earlier in March, CIDA Minister Julian Fantino told a gathering of …
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Baird Muddies the Waters: Canada and the International Criminal Court
- 10 mars 2013
The Canadian government has yet to fully explain its reason for refusing to support an initiative to persuade the UN Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC). As discussed previously, last month Foreign Minister Baird …
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Where is Canada’s Ron Paul?
- 8 mars 2013
Ten years ago this month, almost the entire political establishment of the United States united in supporting the invasion of Iraq. On the political right, one lone voice stood out against it: the then Texas congressman Ron Paul. This weekend, …
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Canada’s Reputation is Tainted by Bribery and Abuse. Only Boards Can Rescue It.
- 5 mars 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, March 5, 2013
The reputations of Canadian companies operating abroad are under serious attack. The attention of governments and the global private sector is being drawn to recent headlines such as “SNC bribery …
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Conservatives’ Empty Symbolism on Citizenship Honours No One
- 25 février 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, February 25, 2013
…EN SAVOIR PLUSEarlier this month, the House of Commons finished the second reading of a private member’s bill (“An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act, Honouring the Canadian Armed Forces”) that would revoke
Leçons de l’aide canadienne au développement dans les États fragiles
- 21 février 2013
Pour toute personne qui croyait que les « États fragiles » s’éclipseraient doucement de l’agenda politique canadien avec le retrait des troupes de l’Afghanistan, la dernière année aura été pleine de surprises. En 2012, le Mali – longtemps considéré comme …
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Mali: Global Jihad, Local Struggles and the Dangers of a Single Story
- 19 février 2013
In the wake of the French intervention in Mali, there is much talk of the Sahel region becoming a safe haven for extremist Islamists. Africa’s vast desert territories are perceived as ‘ungoverned spaces’, or ‘black holes’ where a dangerous underworld …
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A Headhunter’s Nightmare at Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom
- 18 février 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, February 18, 2013
Despite the recent papal drama in Rome, the Catholic Church isn’t the only religion-focused body with prominent personnel troubles. In Ottawa, the Harper government has spent the last year dealing with …
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Rapid Nuclear Proliferation Simply Doesn’t Happen
- 18 février 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, February 18, 2013
Among the many reasons why Iran should not acquire nuclear weapons (a sentiment with which any reasonable person must agree), one hears the argument that it would initiate a cascade …
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Canada Should Play the Royal Card Against Sri Lanka’s Government
- 15 février 2013
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma ended his visit to Sri Lanka this week by confirming that the next biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will go ahead as planned in the country later this year. Given that the Sri Lankan …
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‘Canada First’ Military Spending a Surrender to Bad Policy
- 14 février 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, February 14, 2013
…EN SAVOIR PLUSWe have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, and which will not, through a
Misinterpreting Mali: The Uses and Abuses of R2P
- 11 février 2013
As argued in this space recently, there are sound legal and political justifications for the intervention of French and West African troops in northern Mali. Further, the apparent achievements of the operation so far lend support to those who argue …
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