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Federal budget 2022: More Defence Funding in Wake of Canada’s F-35 About-Face
- Analysis
- April 12, 2022
The Canadian government recently announced its decision to enter negotiations with American aerospace giant Lockheed Martin to buy 88 F-35 fighter jets. The $19-billion contract is separate from $8 billion in additional funding for defence that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled as part of the 2022 federal budget. This is the second time Ottawa has chosen the stealthy aircraft. In 2010, the
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Budget 2022: What to Expect from Canada’s International Assistance
- Analysis
- April 12, 2022
We have to give credit when credit is due, but also recognize obfuscations when we see them. The Canadian government’s 2022 budget, released on April 7, provides opportunities for both regarding development assistance. There is not much to parse, though, as not even two full pages of the 280-page budget document are devoted to “international assistance”. In
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Coopération arctique post-Ukraine: suspension ou rupture?
- Analysis
- April 4, 2022
L’invasion russe de l’Ukraine a eu des conséquences sur les relations internationales bien au-delà de la région directement concernée. Parmi bien d’autres, la région arctique a connu depuis la fin février des changements importants en réaction à cet acte de guerre. Le 3 mars, les sept pays arctiques, excluant la Russie, ont suspendu leurs participations
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1500 Kilometres: The Distance between War and Refuge
- Analysis
- March 29, 2022
One thousand five hundred kilometres is roughly the distance between Hamburg and Kyiv. A week after Putin started his invasion of Ukraine, the city government of Hamburg proclaimed proudly that it had prepared 750 beds for refugees from Ukraine. As of March 15th, the official estimate of the number of people who have arrived searching
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