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Justin Trudeau’s Trip to India: “Deficient” Organization and a Frigid Welcome
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- March 6, 2018
by Maxime Bergeron It is too early to call Justin Trudeau’s Indian mission a total failure. But with “deficient” organization, an icy reception from the Indian government, and media coverage dominated by the issues of Sikh extremism and Trudeau’s wardrobe choices, this trip will not go down in history as a success, says Nipa Banerjee,
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Don’t Panic! (At Least Not About Inflation)
- Analysis
- March 2, 2018
As financial markets have been showing their panicky side in the last few weeks, we’ve been hearing various accounts of what’s driving the volatility. One of the key narratives goes something like this: 1) wages are moving up in the United States, and 2) inflation is starting to increase, which could well 3) produce a
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Budget 2018: A Bit of Good News for Development
- Analysis
- March 1, 2018
by Stephen Brown and Hunter McGill If you watched Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget speech in the House of Commons yesterday, you had to be paying close attention to catch the one sentence that refers to foreign aid: “We will also do more to help vulnerable people around the world by making the largest new investments in
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The Ethics of Buying Clothes Produced in Sweatshops
- Analysis
- February 26, 2018
International Development Week (IDW), hosted by undergraduate students of the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa, took place the week of 5 February 2018. Hundreds of Ottawa-area undergraduate students enthusiastically participated in discussions designed to fuel critical thinking in those with a passion for development. My own presentation asked
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