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Canada’s Military Spending Is Now Less than Half of NATO’s Target
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- September 24, 2015
Last year I blogged about the decline in Canadian military spending as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The most recent figures at that time were for 2013. I noted that defence spending had fallen to 1.00 percent of GDP—down from 1.13 percent in 2006, when the Harper government entered office. In 2015, only
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Whose Views? Climate Change Governance and the Politics of Expertise
- Analysis
- September 22, 2015
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has long been regarded as the most authoritative guide to the status of knowledge about climate change. Read any report by a government, international organization, business group or NGO and they almost always start by citing the IPCC to justify action on climate change – both whether
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On the Fence: Canada’s Role in the Western Pacific Through An Election Lens
- Analysis
- September 17, 2015
Canada’s election, in the 70th anniversary year of the conclusion of World War II, should be a time to ponder Canada’s role in the Western Pacific. Most pressing is the challenge of how Canada should respond to China’s increasingly ambitious territorial claims. China’s leaders exposed their aspirations on September 3 by marking the anniversary of
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EU Countries Must Work Toward Common Refugee Solution
- Analysis
- September 15, 2015
The German minister of the interior announced on the weekend that Germany would temporarily close its southern border. In so doing, the government would temporarily leave the so-called Schengen agreement, which allows the free movement of people in the Euro zone. To be sure, this is absolutely legal and conforms with European law, which allows
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