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The Anti-Terrorism Legislation Has Likely Been Oversold
- Analysis
- January 29, 2015
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, January 28, 2015 The Canadian government has been beating the drum about the need for new counter-terrorism powers since the October, 2014 terror attacks in Quebec and Ottawa. A legislative package is finally scheduled to be tabled in Parliament on Friday. The substance of this new legislation has been subject
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Evolution or Escalation? Canada’s Military Operation in Iraq
- Report
- January 26, 2015
In a new CIPS policy brief on Canada’s war in Iraq, Roland Paris addresses the following questions: Is Canada engaged in ground combat? Have we witnessed mission creep? Why should Canada (and other Western countries) limit their participation in ground combat in Iraq? Don’t Canadian trainers need to accompany Iraqi forces to the front lines
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Is Newfoundland Putting CETA At Risk?
- Analysis
- January 23, 2015
On January 19, the Newfoundland government issued a news release that indicated that it was suspending its participation in existing trade agreements as well as trade agreements currently being negotiated by the Federal government. This means that the government of Newfoundland and Labrador will not enforce any provision found in these agreements that fall within
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French Intelligence to Blame?
- Analysis
- January 14, 2015
All terrorist outrages are inevitably followed by soul-searching and blame-seeking. Last week’s terrible events in France have followed the inevitable trajectory. While the French Republic’s security manhunt for the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo and Jewish supermarket killings involved an impressive and vast mobilization of forces, and while French society’s response to the attacks was
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