
Maryam Monsef is the new face mandated to set the tone of international co-operation as Minister of International Development. Her arrival on March 1st is the result of the crisis of integrity in the government triggered by the flow of accusations about the bullying of Jody Wilson-Raybould and the ensuing cabinet shuffles. But readers you
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Since March 1, 2019, Maryam Monsef has been the new Minister of International Development, adding to her responsibilities as Minister for Women and Gender Equality. A companion blog outlines the demanding new landscape in which she must operate. The aim of the current blog is to explore what will be her major challenges and (hopefully)
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From the international development perspective, Budget 2019 is the most disappointing federal budget since the current Liberal government was elected. Foreign aid warrants a mere three paragraphs. The first repeats past commitments and the third describes how the government will report on Canadian aid, as legislated by the most recent omnibus bill. Hardly juicy stuff.
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Monday, 13 July 2018 was a day for the record books. On that day the Swedish company FlightRadar24 tracked 205,468 flights occurring around the world, making it aviation’s busiest day in history. It would be a herculean task to determine the total carbon footprint of all those flights put together, but a basic back-of-envelope calculation
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