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NAFTA is the Wrong Venue to Govern Digital Trade
- Analysis
- September 14, 2017
By Susan Ariel Aaronson and Patrick Leblond Diplomats from Canada, Mexico, and the United States are thinking about the website where you met your soulmate, and the cloud service where you store your photos. In an increasingly digital economy, policy makers are regulating cross-border information flows more than ever, and North American free-trade agreement talks are no
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Canada Needs a Wait-and-See Approach on Afghanistan
- Analysis
- September 1, 2017
By Lindsay Rodman Will US President Donald Trump’s new plan for Afghanistan pull Canada back into a war that many deem a “lost cause”? Mr. Trump explicitly invited other nations to contribute in support of his new plan. Although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated clearly that there are no plans to reintroduce Canadian troops into
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Crowded Out by “Big Man” Politics, Kenyan Women Still Struggle in 2017 Elections
- Analysis
- August 21, 2017
by Gabrielle Bardall, PhD, CIPS Research Associate For all its progressive constitution, high-tech society, and exceptionally resourced Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Kenya is the worst performer in the East African Community (EAC) regarding women in parliament. These failures have been attributed to a lack of political will to enforce laws designed to bolster
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The US Has Much to Gain in Embracing Freeland’s Free-Trade Approach
- Analysis
- August 16, 2017
On 14 August, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland outlined Canada’s objectives for renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement in view of the negotiations that began on 16 August. Freeland was optimistic about the real possibility of modernizing NAFTA in a way that would not only improve trade and investment flows across the North American continent
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