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Competitive Financing: An Alternative Solution for Doing Business in China
- Analysis
- December 12, 2018
By John Gruetzner Canada is currently exploring the parameters permitted under USMCA Article 32.10 for realistic mechanisms to improve its commercial position in the Chinese market. In the Joint Outcomes of the First Canada–China Economic and Strategic Dialogue, the Government of Canada committed to sending a high-level delegation to the second Belt and Road Forum
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Time to Move Past the Errors of the War on Terror
- Analysis
- December 10, 2018
The aftermath of 9/11 produced many problems in many countries. Canadian police and security agencies made numerous mistakes as followers and participants in an ill-considered American-led War on Terror declared shortly after that tragedy. The evidence in two public inquiries and numerous court cases is irrefutable. Most of these cases — from the most prominent
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Human and Non-Human Rights — Convergence or Conflict?
- Analysis
- December 10, 2018
Today is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Most reflections on this milestone are likely to sound a sombre note, dwelling on the many challenges faced by those championing human rights in an increasingly hostile political climate. This focus on present challenges, however, deters thinking on the complexity of a
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Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists
- Analysis
- December 10, 2018
In October 2018, the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls presented a report to the UN General Assembly recognizing violence against women in politics (VAWP) as a human rights violation and calling upon all UN member states to take action. In less than a decade,
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