Subscribe to the CIPS Newsletter
- Home
- Blog
Blog
Quebec Rethinks Its Approach to Foreign Relations
- Analysis
- October 2, 2015
The Quebec government of Premier Philippe Couillard has announced some of the deepest cuts ever to one of the crown jewels of the national branding of the province abroad – its Ministry of International Relations. Nearly a quarter of its staff abroad in its General Delegations (equivalent to embassies) and other, lower-level offices will be
READ MORE
Canada Would Be Foolish Not to Join the TPP
- Analysis
- October 1, 2015
A few days ago, cows and their owners were marching in front of Parliament in Ottawa. They were protesting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which, they argued, would cause the demise of the dairy industry’s supply management regime. Last week, it was Unifor’s (the largest private sector union in Canada) turn to manifest its concerns
READ MORE
Making Peace in a Divided World: New Roles for the United Nations?
- Analysis
- October 1, 2015
There is no more annoying phrase in discussions of international affairs than “If the United Nations did not exist, we would have to invent it!” It is certainly true that the world urgently needs an effective collective security organization today. But the organization it needs bears only a passing resemblance to the UN we
READ MORE
Transition Memos Show Foreign Ministry Is Doing Its Job
- Analysis
- September 30, 2015
A series of foreign ministry memos, leaked to the media in recent days, offer an unflattering assessment of Canada’s declining international influence and reputation. They are apparently draft “transition” documents, which the federal bureaucracy prepares before every election. Some defenders of the Conservative government quickly took to social media and assailed the Department of Foreign
READ MORE
The CIPS Blog is written only by subject-matter experts.
CIPS blogs are protected by the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)