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Canada’s Reputation is Tainted by Bribery and Abuse. Only Boards Can Rescue It.
- Analysis
- March 5, 2013
Published in the Globe and Mail, March 5, 2013 The reputations of Canadian companies operating abroad are under serious attack. The attention of governments and the global private sector is being drawn to recent headlines such as “SNC bribery probe widens to Algeria,” “Bangladesh government accuses SNC exec of bribery,” “Griffiths Energy guilty of Chad
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Conservatives’ Empty Symbolism on Citizenship Honours No One
- Analysis
- February 25, 2013
Published in the Toronto Star, February 25, 2013 Earlier this month, the House of Commons finished the second reading of a private member’s bill (“An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act, Honouring the Canadian Armed Forces”) that would revoke the Canadian citizenship of dual nationals who commit an “act of war” against the Canadian Armed
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Lessons from Canada’s Development Engagement in Fragile States
- Analysis
- February 21, 2013
For anyone who thought that ‘fragile states’ would quietly fade off Canadian policy agendas when Canadian forces withdrew from Kandahar, the last year has been full of surprises. In 2012, Mali—long considered a paragon of democracy and a stable African partner for Canada—suffered a military coup and lost the northern half of its territory to
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Mali: Global Jihad, Local Struggles and the Dangers of a Single Story
- Analysis
- February 19, 2013
In the wake of the French intervention in Mali, there is much talk of the Sahel region becoming a safe haven for extremist Islamists. Africa’s vast desert territories are perceived as ‘ungoverned spaces’, or ‘black holes’ where a dangerous underworld of terrorists and criminals operate freely and whence they will eventually launch their attacks on
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