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The Total Surveillance Society Approaches
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- December 22, 2011
This commentary appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on December 22, 2011. We will soon reach the point where governments will have the capacity, should they wish it, to monitor, record, and permanently archive the communications and activities of their citizens from birth to death. That’s the sobering message of a new Brookings Institution report by
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What Contracting Out Security Says About the Canadian Foreign Service
- Analysis
- December 21, 2011
A small article in several newspapers this month carried an item noting that the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade had solicited bids for threat assessments in 174 countries. The assessments would canvass possible threats to Canada’s missions abroad under a variety of categories, including crime, terrorism and natural disasters. The successful bidder stands
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What Japan’s F-35 Decision Means—And Doesn’t Mean
- Analysis
- December 21, 2011
By Philippe Lagassé and Srdjan Vucetic The F-35 program has received mostly bad press for months—until the government of Japan made a formal announcement on December 19 that it had selected Lockheed Martin’s stealth design as the winner of a new fighter jet competition process. In the mid-2000’s, six aircraft were being mentioned as candidates: the
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Tap Immigrants to Help Shape Foreign Policy
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- December 20, 2011
By Tom Axworthy, John Monahan and Natalie Brender Published in the Globe and Mail, December 20, 2011. As Canada’s focus on Libya shifts from the drama of regime change to the challenges of peace building and reconstruction, could the expertise of Libyan-Canadians be useful to the design and execution of Canada’s efforts in that country?
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