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Standing Up Versus Marching Forward: Efforts to End Early and Forced (Child) Marriage
- Analysis
- September 28, 2014
Together with like-minded partners, Canada will continue to unabashedly champion the rights of, and opportunities for, girls and women around the world. After all—if we don’t speak up for them, who will? – John Baird, July 2014 Canada’s claims to be a leader in stopping child, early and forced marriage emerged in October 2013 when
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Are Canadians Still Liberal Internationalists?
- Analysis
- September 25, 2014
I recently wrote in the Globe and Mail that we shouldn’t expect to see a warming in Canada’s relations with the United Nations, which have been chilly since the Harper government failed to win a seat for Canada on the Security Council in 2010. In that article, I mentioned that I’d done some research into the
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Canada’s Decade of Diplomatic Darkness
- Analysis
- September 24, 2014
Published in the Globe and Mail, Sept. 24, 2014 When Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, observers should not expect a warming in Canada’s attitude toward the world body. Since Mr. Harper failed to win Canada a Security Council seat in 2010, he and his ministers have derided the
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The Outcome of the Scottish Independence Referendum
- Analysis
- September 23, 2014
55 percent for ‘no,’ 45 percent for ‘yes.’ It was simultaneously a very close result and a comfortable win for Better Together. The vote was close if we take a historical perspective on it. Support for independence in Scotland has typically hovered around 25 percent. A year ago it seemed stuck 35-40 percent, and many
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