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Reaching New Levels of Human Insecurity
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- July 2, 2015
Published by the CDA Institute, June 30, 2015 According to the Global Trends Report released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 18 June 2015, the forcible displacement of people is at the highest level ever recorded. The report indicated that the number of people displaced at the end of 2014 had risen
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Who Speaks for Canada, Spies or Diplomats?
- Analysis
- July 1, 2015
By Daniel Livermore and Paul Heinbecker Published in the Globe and Mail, June 29, 2015 Bills C-51 and C-44 are now law. They are also trouble waiting to happen, because Canada’s political leadership has loosened the reins on CSIS abroad, with little oversight and less review, leaving everyone in charge – and no one. The
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The EU Parliament’s Decision to Postpone its Vote on TTIP Will Not Affect CETA
- Analysis
- June 16, 2015
Published on EUCAnet, June 12, 2015 On June 9, the European Parliament (EP) decided to postpone a vote in support of the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the United States. This vote was set to endorse the TTIP negotiations as well as officially state the
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SIRC: Good People Can’t Save a Bad Institution
- Analysis
- June 15, 2015
It would be nice to believe that two solid appointments by the Prime Minister would alleviate the ills that bedevil the Security and Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), the much-maligned body charged with looking into complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). If that were the case, the announcement on May 1 of the appointments
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