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Harper Government ‘Pandering to Diasporas’? Not So Fast, Pundits
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- May 8, 2013
It’s looking likely that Prime Minister Harper will boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Sri Lanka this November, due to that country’s deteriorating human rights and governance record. If so, Canada may be alone among the Commonwealth leaders in adopting a boycott. Other countries seem to be endorsing a policy
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Jason Kenney: Canada’s Other (and Soon to be Only?) Foreign Minister
- Analysis
- May 6, 2013
The overseas trips of Foreign Minister Baird generate some attention and controversy. But Baird’s foreign travel is closely rivaled by—though less reported on than—that of his Cabinet colleague Jason Kenney, the Minister for Citizenship and Immigration. In only the first three months of this year, Kenney visited Iraq, Sri Lanka, India, Germany, Turkey and the
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Call for Papers — International Conference on Promoting Democracy: What Role for the Emerging Powers?
- Analysis
- May 3, 2013
Conference to be held on 15-16 October 2013 in Ottawa, Canada Co-sponsored by: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS), University of Ottawa Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 May 2013 1. Justification and Objectives The principal goal of the conference
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Intervening in Syria Would be Illegal. It Would Also be Right.
- Analysis
- May 2, 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, May 1, 2013 If the United States becomes convinced that Bashar al-Assad’s regime has started using chemical weapons against its own citizens, the “red line” set down by President Barack Obama will have been crossed. If the U.S. initiates military action as a consequence, it will provoke the same
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