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What Joining the Arms Trade Treaty Means for Canada
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- April 24, 2017
The government of Canada is about to accede to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the first and only legally binding treaty designed to regulate the multibillion-dollar global arms trade. On April 13, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the introduction of new legislation that will harmonize Canadian laws with the new treaty. To that end, Ottawa has
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In Memoriam: Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, murdered 23 April 2016
- Analysis
- April 20, 2017
By Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—Because I was not
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Trump Should Try On the Velvet Glove in Dealing With Moscow
- Analysis
- April 15, 2017
Every country in the world, Canada included, is scrambling to catch up to some breathtaking changes in the fundamental approach of the United States to global politics. These changes were prompted by the Trump administration’s reactions to the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria against civilians in a rebel-held town. Gone,
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What if Canada and Mexico Said No to Renegotiating NAFTA?
- Analysis
- April 7, 2017
Last week, acting United States trade representative Stephen Vaughn sent a draft notification letter to Congress indicating the President’s intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, the very same agreement that Trump qualified as the “the worst deal ever” during the presidential election campaign. Canadians and Mexicans alike expected the mercantilist
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