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A Treaty to Protect the Rights of Older People is Long Overdue!
- Analysis
- April 24, 2017
By Gordon Digiacomo, Martine Lagacé, and Caroline Andrew “Homelessness, malnutrition, unattended chronic diseases, lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation, unaffordable medicines and treatments and income insecurity are just a few of the most critical human rights issues that a large number of older persons confront on a daily basis.”—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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What to Look for in Canada’s New White Paper on Defence
- Analysis
- April 24, 2017
Canada’s defence policy review statement is slated to be released in May 2017, a week or two before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to Brussels on May 25 for a meeting with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) heads of state. All of them are expected to be there: on April 12, NATO Secretary General
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What Joining the Arms Trade Treaty Means for Canada
- Analysis
- 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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