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John Baird : la voix de son maître ou pire ?
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- February 7, 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Peter Jones, David Petrasek and Colin Robertson. C’est assez incroyable de penser que le ministre des affaires étrangères du Canada, John Baird, vient de démissionner de son poste pour des
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On Human Rights, Baird Leaves a Troubled Legacy
- Analysis
- February 3, 2015
This is one of a series of CIPS Blog posts examining the legacy of John Baird as Canada’s foreign minister. See also the posts by Peter Jones, Ferry de Kerckhove and Colin Robertson. John Baird’s decision to resign naturally invites comments on his 20 years in politics. His record will be contested, of course. Yet
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Tories’ Anti-Terror Bill Undermines the Values It’s Meant to Protect
- Analysis
- February 2, 2015
Published in the Toronto Star, February 2, 2015 When a prime minister announces one of the most draconian anti-terrorism bills in his nation’s history — and does this not in the national legislature, but at an election-type campaign stop in a riding his party hopes to hold in a looming election — Canadians should be
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Is This the CSIS We Really Want? The Canadian Intelligence and Black Ops Service
- Analysis
- February 1, 2015
Published on the National Security Law Blog, January 31, 2015 The new antiterrorism bill will change everything. Among other things, in its sweeping changes to CSIS’s powers, it is not tinkering at the margins. It rejects insight from experience, and the wisdom of those who enacted the original CSIS Act. I will be doing very
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