• Iran After a Nuclear Deal: Where Will Canada Stand?

    Iran After a Nuclear Deal: Where Will Canada Stand?

    Published in the Globe and Mail, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 Iran and the P5+1 – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, or the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany – finally reached a deal on Tuesday resolving the long-standing dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. This raises questions

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  • Shining a Light on Canada’s Deteriorating Human Rights Record

    Shining a Light on Canada’s Deteriorating Human Rights Record

    By Leilani Farha Published in the Toronto Star, July 13, 2015 Last May I was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing. The goal of this position is to advance the rights of marginalized communities around the world who are homeless or living in inadequate housing. I’ve spent the last year travelling to

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  • The Final Push: Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal

    The Final Push: Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal

    By Arne Ruckert, Ronald Labonté and Ashley Schram The Trans-Pacific Partnership is nearing the end game of negotiations, creating a market of 800 million people with a combined economic clout of US$28-trillion annually. After the U.S. Congress granted fast-track authority to President Obama, a final agreement among the 12 Pacific-rim countries involved in the trade

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  • Iran is Cutting its Losses with a Nuclear Deal

    Iran is Cutting its Losses with a Nuclear Deal

    By Thomas Juneau Published on War on the Rocks, July 7, 2015 This week will likely — and finally — witness the dénouement of the longstanding nuclear dispute between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany). Now that we’ve reached the July 7 deadline, there appears to

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