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The Measure of a CDS
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- September 3, 2012
by Philippe Lagassé First published on the Canadian International Council website. A new Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) was appointed by the Governor-in-Council last week. Following a few months of speculation about who would be named, Cabinet decided on Lieutenant-General Thomas Lawson, who had been serving as the deputy commander of the North American
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The Olympics, and the Rise and Dangers of Private Security
- Analysis
- July 17, 2012
Today, Nick Buckles, the CEO of the world’s biggest private security company, will be questioned by the UK House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, which is attempting to explain how G4S managed to bungle the Olympic contract quite so badly. As 3500 soldiers prepare to step in where Group4Securicor failed, the UK government is
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Kenney’s Reforms Make More Sense than his Rhetoric
- Analysis
- July 14, 2012
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, July 14, 2012. If you were throwing an open house party, would you trash-talk the guests to your neighbours? Probably not. It’s strange, then, that even as the Harper government aims to sustain Canada’s economic growth by taking in some 260,000 newcomers in 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney
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Is Corruption the Cost of Saving Afghanistan?
- Analysis
- July 12, 2012
Published in the Globe and Mail, July 11, 2012. It was fitting that last weekend’s international donors’ conference on Afghanistan took place in Tokyo: The event resembled the city’s famous kabuki theatre, with its ritualized drama of grand gestures and hidden meanings. The centrepiece of the meeting was a pledge by donors, including Canada, for
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