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Ford and the Future of Canadian Climate Policy
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- September 6, 2018
In the fallout from Doug Ford’s election as Premier of Ontario, two things have dominated public debate regarding climate policy. One, the provincial cap and trade plan along with the court case to stop the federal government from imposing a carbon tax on Ontario. Two, the spat over whether or not the provincial government has,
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The ODA Accountability Act at Ten: Time for an Update
- Analysis
- September 5, 2018
by Stephen Brown and Hunter McGill Ten years ago, the Canadian parliament unanimously passed the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act, following years of intensive lobbying by Canadian civil society organizations. Prior to 2008, Canada had not had any legislation setting out the parameters for its foreign aid. On the law’s 10th anniversary and as the
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Moving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 1
- Analysis
- August 27, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman The summer of 2018 has shaken the rules-based world order that emerged from the devastation of the Second World War. A rogue president of the United States has apparently chosen unilateralism and nationalist competition over the multilateral norms and co-operative principles that America itself did so much to shape. Donald Trump’s style
READ MOREMoving On: The West Adjusts to a Rogue US President, Part 2
- Analysis
- August 27, 2018
By Jeremy Kinsman Part 1 of this article appears here. Though Trump’s electoral victory was a shock, allies hoped it was hyperbole when Trump declared in his inaugural address in January, 2017, that he placed the interests of America first, “always America first.” But that doctrine was confirmed when his original national security and economic
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