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Why Nationalizing the Trans Mountain Pipeline is Undemocratic
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- June 8, 2018
When Canadians woke up to learn that they were the proud owners of a run-down pipeline, many of them no doubt asked themselves, “Can the government just do that?” After all, nationalization hasn’t been a popular government pastime in Canada since the 1970s. The answer is that of course the government can do that—and has
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Why Canada Should NOT Move its Embassy to Jerusalem
- Analysis
- June 5, 2018
by Jon Allen and Alan Freeman For President Donald Trump and many Israelis, the decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem is simply “a recognition of reality,” the fact that Jerusalem and not Tel Aviv is the functioning capital of the Jewish state. Facts on the ground may be intended to change realities and
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Bangladesh on the Move, Part 1: A Development Breakthrough
- Analysis
- June 5, 2018
Bangladesh, a country branded at its birth, in 1971, as a bottomless development basket by Henry Kissinger, marches forward. Proving Kissinger’s words wrong, this development success story unfolds in one of the poorest countries of the world. The country moves forward with impressive development performance, despite the chaos following frequent natural calamities, military coups, inadequate
READ MOREBangladesh on the Move, Part 2: Future Prospects
- Analysis
- June 5, 2018
Read Part 1 of this article here. London-based research organization BMI has listed Bangladesh as one of six countries that will be growth performers in the period 2016–2025. Three major factors are identified as boosters of this growth. An exogenous boost is expected from lowering global commodity prices from which major commodity importing countries, such
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