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Killing CIDA: The Wrong Solution to Real Problems
- 25 mars 2013
Many supporters of DFAIT’s recently announced takeover of CIDA are invoking spurious arguments. More fundamentally, most commentators are missing the crucial point that this new arrangement will do little or nothing to fix the actual problems with Canadian foreign aid. …
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Le pari nucléaire de l’Iran, le Canada et le second mandat d’Obama
- 22 mars 2013
Note du CÉPI no.21, mars 2013.
Par JOHN MUNDY.- La guerre avec l’Iran est plus proche que nous le croyons, mais elle n’est pas inévitable.
- Si la guerre avec l’Iran a lieu, la victoire tactique probable des États-Unis (et des
CIDA Merger is Fine, but Fundamental Questions of Policy Remain Unresolved
- 22 mars 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, March 22, 2013
Thursday’s announcement that the Canadian International Development Agency will be folded into the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade leaves critical questions about Canada’s aid policy unanswered.
First, regardless …
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The Right Call on the Wrong War
- 19 mars 2013
Published in Opencanada.org, March 19, 2013
In the weeks leading up to the disastrous invasion of Iraq a decade ago, a number of prominent Canadian commentators and political figures warned of dire consequences to Canada-U.S. relations if this country …
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Whose Freedom Counts in Canada’s Middle East Policy?
- 18 mars 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, March 18, 2013
The profusion of official statements the Harper government issues to recognize Canadians’ diverse ethnic and religious holidays suggests a deep-seated love of all that is festive and momentous. But for the …
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Immigration Raids are not Entertainment
- 18 mars 2013
On Friday, the Globe and Mail reported that, accompanied by television crews to film their activities, the Canadian Services Border Agency (CSBA) raided construction sites in British Columbia believed to be staffed in part by irregular migrants, with the purpose …
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Eaux troubles en mer de Chine
- 14 mars 2013
Si les récentes frasques du dirigeant nord-coréen Kim Jong-un ont momentanément détourné l’attention de la communauté internationale , la plus grande menace à la paix mondiale en Asie de l’Est demeure la rivalité sino-japonaise à propos des îles connues sous …
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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
