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Scrooge in Paradise: Why Private Wealth is a Political Issue
- 19 décembre 2017
As global inequality grows to “extreme levels” — as revealed in the just-released World Inequality Report — it is hard not to wonder what it bodes for the health of liberal democracy — around the world and here in Canada.…
EN SAVOIR PLUSQuelle rationalité domine chez les capitalistes des pays en développement ?
- 13 décembre 2017
Par Thomas Chiasson-LeBel
Une bonne partie de la littérature dans le domaine des études du développement international repose sur un présupposé fragile. Celui-ci soutient que si on lui offre les stimulants adéquats, une « bourgeoisie nationale » réinvestira ses profits …
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The Nuclear Renaissance is Dead… Did Canada Miss the Memo?
- 11 novembre 2017
Since the early 2000s, there has been much talk about the “nuclear renaissance” — the expected revival and expansion of the civilian nuclear energy industry. The idea has largely been kept afloat by industry efforts to promote nuclear energy as …
EN SAVOIR PLUSNAFTA is the Wrong Venue to Govern Digital Trade
- 14 septembre 2017
By Susan Ariel Aaronson and Patrick Leblond
Diplomats from Canada, Mexico, and the United States are thinking about the website where you met your soulmate, and the cloud service where you store your photos. In an increasingly digital economy, policy …
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Why NAFTA’s Chapter 19 is Worth Fighting For
- 29 juillet 2017
Canada has reportedly drawn a “red line” over Chapter 19 as the US calls for NAFTA renegotiations. That’s a good thing.
Even before the negotiations to revise and modernize NAFTA begin on 16 August, a red line has been drawn …
EN SAVOIR PLUSUS Demands Won’t Lead to the NAFTA of Our Nightmares
- 22 juillet 2017
On July 17, the United States Trade Representative Office published the Trump administration’s detailed objectives for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement. Contrary to President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about NAFTA in the past, the objectives document’s overall tone is very …
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A New Defence Policy for a New World Disorder?
- 12 juin 2017
Today’s world is sometimes described as “post-truth, post-West, post-order.” This week Canada received three maps for navigating it: first the House of Commons foreign policy speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, then the Defence Policy Review, and finally …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDealing with Trump, Part 2: Charm Them with Statistics
- 2 juin 2017
Given the decentralized nature of power in the United States, Ottawa’s attack plan to protect NAFTA includes a significant lobbying effort with members of Congress. Armed with detailed numbers, Canadian representatives repeatedly emphasize what is probably their strongest argument: Canada …
EN SAVOIR PLUSDealing with Trump, Part 1: Canada’s Success (So Far)
- 1 juin 2017
Few countries have more to lose economically from a hostile Donald Trump administration than Canada. The country’s prosperity is largely dependent on privileged access to the US market: about 75 percent of Canadian exports are sold in the United States, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe G7 Disruptor
- 1 juin 2017
The G7 is traditionally praised for its solidarity and collegiality, but the May 26–27 summit saw a very fragile partnership with an unapologetic disruptor at the table. The summit, and the NATO summit the day before, had its technical successes, …
EN SAVOIR PLUSGeopolitical Policy Challenges on a New Canadian Path, Part 2: The New Leadership and Canada
- 3 mai 2017
Following on Part 1, this section extends the discussion of disrupting factors to explore what could be key changes and how Canada might respond to a new global order. For Part 1 of this post, click here.
Canadian public …
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Geopolitical Policy Challenges on a New Canadian Path, Part 1: New Disrupting Forces
- 3 mai 2017
Canada needs to move beyond a policy perspective largely shaped by relations with the US and EU and build upon partnerships with the Global South.
The future is always hard to predict, but we already know that there is …
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