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Budget Bill Will Reduce Government Accountability for Canadian Foreign Aid
- Analysis
- November 28, 2018
By Stephen Brown and Hunter McGill To help ensure that Canadian foreign aid is spent on supporting people in need in developing countries — rather than things like white elephants and Canadian commercial interests — Canada has legislation that mandates a focus on poverty reduction. The legislation also seeks to ensure that the government takes
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Blue Wave Swamps Taiwan Elections
- Analysis
- November 28, 2018
Taiwan’s mid-term elections on 24 November brought a renewed “blue wave” to the island democracy. In this case, the blues are the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, KMT) and allies who favour rapprochement with China. The greens are the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and allies who favour greater local autonomy if not outright independence. Elections for
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Canada’s Afghanistan Aid Urgently Needs Review — But That Doesn’t Mean We Should Go It Alone
- Analysis
- November 28, 2018
The recent interaction of John Sopko — the American Special Inspector General of Afghanistan Reconstruction — with the Canadian media on billions of wasted aid dollars in Afghanistan has stirred Canadian public interest on the forgotten subject of Canada’s Afghanistan mission. So much so that the Canadian government, which normally ignores Canadian critics’ warnings on
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Learning from Taiwan’s Push to Diversify Trade Away From China
- Analysis
- November 28, 2018
Rather than cozying up to non-market economies, Canada should support Taiwan’s inclusion in the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trade diversification seems increasingly important to Canada, especially after US President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed negotiations on the new US–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). In what some observers called a “poison pill,” Article 32.10 requires any party to consult
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