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D-Day for Greece is Coming Fast
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- June 12, 2015
For months, the Greek government (run by the neophyte left-wing Syriza party), its euro-area partners, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been engaged in negotiations about payment of the last tranche of an existing bail-out program. In exchange for receiving 7.2 billion euros in bail-out money, the Greek government has to credibly commit to
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Why Can’t Canada Get National Security Law Right?
- Analysis
- June 11, 2015
By Craig Forcese and Kent Roach Published in The Walrus, June 9, 2015 Bill C-51—also known as the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015—has now passed Parliament, and its effect on the Canadian legal landscape will be radical. To update those who have been not been following the debate, here is a synopsis of the bill’s ugliest bits:
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Information Gap About Zehaf-Bibeau Threatens Security
- Analysis
- June 5, 2015
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 4, 2015 The release of several reports into the attack by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau on Parliament Hill last October reveal some missed opportunities to apprehend the shooter before he entered Parliament. The major lessons that needed to be learned were long available and pre-dated the Zehaf-Bibeau attacks. It took the
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Canada Needs to Do a Better Job of Managing Financial Uncertainty
- Analysis
- June 5, 2015
Published in the Hill Times, May 25, 2015 As Canadians, we pride ourselves on how well our financial regulations coped with the 2008 financial crisis. Given this attitude, it’s not surprising that Canadian policymakers have avoided a major overhaul to our regulations in response. Yet we need to make sure that this pride in our
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