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Missing in Action: What Happened to Canada’s Foreign Policy?
- Analysis
- October 31, 2013
In July 2011, shortly after Canadian voters handed the Conservatives a majority government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper observed that “since becoming prime minister…the thing that’s probably struck me the most in terms of my previous expectations—I don’t even know what my expectations were—is not just how important foreign affairs/foreign relations is, but in fact that
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Protecting Whom? Certainly Not Refugees or Canada’s Reputation for Justice
- Analysis
- October 31, 2013
By Emma Kenyon and Patti Tamara Lenard The Throne Speech has come and gone, and buried in the hoopla surrounding the demise of cable television bundling were some terrifically misleading claims about “progress” towards meeting Canada’s immigration priorities. The government claimed victory in nearly halving its application backlog for permanent residency, and further for having
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Our Man in Prague: An Appointment that Raises Questions
- Analysis
- October 31, 2013
Otto Jelinek, refugee from Communism, world-champion figure skater and Mulroney-era Cabinet Minister, was recently appointed as Canada’s ambassador to the Czech Republic. In the summer doldrums, there was virtually no reaction in Canada to the announcement, except citations from the official government press release. The appointment also coincided with a modest uptick in Canada-Czech relations.
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Sweeping Rights Aside: Ottawa, Pakistan and Netsweeper
- Analysis
- October 25, 2013
Imagine the scenario: a private Canadian software company provides sophisticated technology to the Iranian government, allowing it to deny access in Iran to thousands of websites on account of their political or social content. How would the Canadian government respond? With outrage and condemnation, to be sure, and perhaps even with legal action (since such
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