• Fédéralisme et relations internationales : le rôle des provinces

    Fédéralisme et relations internationales : le rôle des provinces

    Par Stéphane Paquin, Professeur agrégé à l’École nationale d’administration publique Lorsque le gouvernement du Québec, sous Jean Charest, a exigé une plus grande participation des provinces canadiennes aux négociations et organisations internationales dont le Canada est membre, de nombreux commentateurs ont réagi très négativement, suggérant même que la question relevait plus du caprice identitaire que

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  • Will Barack Obama Help Syria?

    Will Barack Obama Help Syria?

    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?

    Canoes, Maple Syrup and Tilley Hats: The Tory Vision for Canada’s Trading Future?

    ‘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

    Obama’s Ohio Report

    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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