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Will Barack Obama Help Syria?
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- November 16, 2012
By Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock Now that the U.S. Election is over… While post-election attention focuses on the looming battle between President Obama and congressional Republicans about the fiscal cliff, it is important also to remember the abyss in Syria. Thousands are being killed every month. The UN predicts four million will be in
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Canoes, Maple Syrup and Tilley Hats: The Tory Vision for Canada’s Trading Future?
- Analysis
- November 15, 2012
‘Hewers of wood and drawers of water’ – a familiar and shorthand description for Canadians’ historical economic bias towards natural resources, and a phrase used pejoratively to describe a ‘brand’ that we need to shed to compete in a global economy. While the Harper government has trumpeted Canada as an energy “superpower”, and sought new
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Obama’s Ohio Report
- Analysis
- November 8, 2012
My Ohioans did it again. In every election since 1964 (and almost every time since 1904), the winner of this state ended up taking the presidency – hence the clichés “America’s bellwether” and “as Ohio goes, so goes America”. Having spent six years of my life studying politics at The Ohio State University not so
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Libre-échange avec l’Europe : Le Québec n’a pas de véto
- Analysis
- November 2, 2012
Par Patrick Fafard et Patrick Leblond Bonne nouvelle en apparence. Contrairement à ce que plusieurs craignaient, le gouvernement de Madame Marois ne s’oppose pas à l’Accord économique et commercial global (AECG) que le Canada et l’Union européenne sont en train de négocier. En fait, il y est même favorable, en dépit des réserves exprimées par
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