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A Failure to Protect: Canada’s Shameful Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
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- December 9, 2013
By Emma Kenyon and Patti Tamara Lenard The Canadian government’s response to the Syria refugee crisis is pathetic. In the face of what some are calling the worst refugee crisis in a generation—in 2013 the number of registered Syrian refugees grew to 2.2 million, and tens of thousands are waiting to be registered—the Canadian government
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Time to Stand Up for Democracy and Human Rights in Ukraine
- Analysis
- December 9, 2013
These days, it is hard to imagine that a decision concerning the European Union can spark a riot. To the majority of EU citizens, the idea of taking to the barricades to support Brussels would seem absurd. The union, seriously weakened by the recent economic crisis, battling austerity and unemployment and plagued by self-doubt, appears
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South Africa After Mandela: No Easy Walk to Freedom
- Analysis
- December 8, 2013
The day Nelson Mandela died, I was boarding a flight to Nairobi. Seeing my itinerary, a member of the airport staff commented off-handedly, “Africa—why are there always so many problems there?” “Perhaps we just hear more about the problems, and not the good things,” I said. “Think about Mandela.” Immediately, her face lit up with
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A Dignified Warrior for Peace: Nelson Mandela
- Analysis
- December 8, 2013
By Joanne St. Lewis, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa My heart is heavy. The braided life of pain, joy, courage, strength and love – indeed, all that was the brilliant complex persona of Nelson Mandela is no more. Mandela is the most significant public intellectual of my lifetime. He spoke to the
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