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The Conservatives’ Controversial Case for War
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- March 26, 2015
The motion tabled in Parliament this week to extend Canada’s military engagement against the Islamic State (IS) sets a worrying precedent. The decision to expand the air war to Syria is grounded in a confused legality that blurs legitimate concerns with Iraq’s right to self-defence with the dubious legality of a global ‘war on terror’.
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Yes, With Conditions, To War in Iraq
- Analysis
- March 26, 2015
Published in the National Post, March 23, 2015 The Harper government is expected to announce this week that it will renew — and possibly expand to Syria — its commitment to the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and and Al-Sham (ISIS). This would be the right decision. But Canada should not support an open-ended
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Military Deployments and a ‘Political Convention’ of Commons Support
- Analysis
- March 24, 2015
by Philippe Lagassé Published on Policy Options, March 24, 2015 Prime Minister Harper has presented a motion to the House of Commons announcing an extension and expansion of Canada’s mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Despite what is being reported in various media outlets (the CBC excepted), the motion isn’t
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China’s Domino Tactics Boost Infrastructure Bank
- Analysis
- March 22, 2015
China is looking ever the experienced super-power. In a week it has scooped up all the important European dominos, humiliating a U.S. government which has lobbied hard to block the launch of China’s new $50b Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The dominos have fallen quickly. Last week it was the UK’s turn to join, preferring
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