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The Ugly Underside of Arab Liberation
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- October 11, 2011
This post first appeared on the CIC’s Roundtable blog at opencanada.org. Coptic Christians have good reason to be worried in the new Egypt. The popular revolution, led by secular young democrats who successfully overthrew the regime of Hosni Mubarak, also unleashed the darker prejudices of some Muslim Egyptians against their Christian compatriots, who represent about 10 percent of
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Diaspora Voters, Canadian Voters: What Roles?
- Analysis
- October 11, 2011
In a recent Globe and Mail column, Jeffrey Simpson notes that the Harper government’s pro-Israel stance is likely responsible for a shift of Jewish Canadians toward the Conservatives, who were supported by 52% of Jewish voters in the last election. The inverse of that trend among Muslim Canadian voters was even starker, with only 12%
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Arctic Ice, Oil Sands Protests, and Canadian Climate Change Policy
- Analysis
- October 10, 2011
Last month saw two events of interest on the climate change front. One is the protest on September 26 in Ottawa by activists opposing the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to be built from Alberta to Louisiana in order to take oil from the Alberta oil sands/ tar sands (the label indicating your position on the
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La discrète commémoration du centième anniversaire de la Révolution chinoise de 1911
- Analysis
- October 9, 2011
Il y a un siècle, une des plus importantes révolutions de l’histoire modernes emportait l’Empire mandchou, connu aussi sous son nom chinois de dynastie Qing. Un quart de l’humanité venait de basculer dans la tourmente de la modernité politique. La Chine allait entrer dans quatre décennies d’une pénible période de tourments générée par les rivalités
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