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The New Colossus
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- March 30, 2017
by Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr “Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” The words inscribed at the base of the statue of Liberty are famous, and yet hardly anyone knows that they are from a sonnet called “The New Colossus” and hardly anyone could name the poet, Emma Lazarus. She shares
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Wiretrap: Trump’s Tweet War with US Intelligence
- Analysis
- March 21, 2017
Early one Saturday morning, March 4, President Trump took to his favourite bully pulpit to issue his most infamous tweet — that President Obama had wiretapped his Trump Towers residence during the 2016 election — using various trigger words, including “McCarthyism.” Since then he has doubled-down on this preposterous claim at every opportunity, going so
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Canada–China Free Trade Part 2: Forging an Agreement
- Analysis
- March 10, 2017
by John Gruetzner and Phil Calvert A new free trade agreement with China, in whatever form it takes, should be advanced within the context of a broader strategy for Canada’s engagement with China, particularly (but not exclusively) the strategy of expanding the commercial relationship. This should be a coherent, pan-Canadian approach with the support and
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Canada–China Free Trade Part 1: Business before Politics
- Analysis
- March 10, 2017
by John Gruetzner and Phil Calvert Canada and China have begun exploratory discussions on a possible free trade agreement (FTA). Expanding Canada’s economic ties with China and moving the commercial relationship forward is a positive step. If it is properly titled, conceived, and well negotiated, a new binding contract that reduce barriers to trade could
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