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Se tenir ferme face au chantage
- Analysis
- July 9, 2020
Dix-neufs personnalités éminentes du monde politique et juridique, dont Louise Arbour, Lloyd Axworthy, et Ed Broadbent, pour lesquels j’éprouve le plus grand respect, ont adressé au premier ministre une lettre lui priant de permettre à Meng Wanzhou de retourner en Chine, en vue de favoriser la libération de deux canadiens injustement emprisonnés, Michael Kovrig et Michael Spavor.
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Claims for Reparations, Politics and COVID-19
- Analysis
- July 1, 2020
Recent weeks have witnessed growing international concerns over China’s role in the origins of the Coronavirus pandemic. While Australia and Germany ask for an international investigation of what went wrong, the United States has accused China of its failure to act promptly and transparently to limit COVID-19. Also, several lawsuits – most of which are
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Global Partnerships in a Troubled World Facing an Economic Storm
- Analysis
- June 30, 2020
Canadians live in increasingly uncertain times. The global economic picture is very unpredictable. The IMF’s latest global update forecasts a 4.9% contraction for the world economy, suggesting its impact could be comparable to the Great Depression. There are signs of another crisis, this one economic, substantially triggered by the Trump driven tariff war with China, something that hurts
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Human Rights Are Universal – Except If They Might Offend Someone?
It is shameful enough for a Canadian museum to deliberately hide its LGBTQ2+ content from certain visitors. However, when the museum in question is dedicated to human rights, such a decision is ten times more offensive and actually betrays the museum’s raison d’être. The first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that “All human beings
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