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Reaching New Levels of Human Insecurity 0
- Analysis
- July 2, 2015
Published by the CDA Institute, June 30, 2015

According to the Global Trends Report released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 18 June 2015, the forcible displacement of people is at the highest level ever recorded. …
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Who Speaks for Canada, Spies or Diplomats?0
- Analysis
- July 1, 2015
By Daniel Livermore and Paul Heinbecker

Published in the Globe and Mail, June 29, 2015

Bills C-51 and C-44 are now law. They are also trouble waiting to happen, because Canada’s political leadership has loosened the reins on CSIS …
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The EU Parliament’s Decision to Postpone its Vote on TTIP Will Not Affect CETA 0
- Analysis
- June 16, 2015
Published on EUCAnet, June 12, 2015

On June 9, the European Parliament (EP) decided to postpone a vote in support of the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the United …
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SIRC: Good People Can’t Save a Bad Institution 0
- Analysis
- June 15, 2015
It would be nice to believe that two solid appointments by the Prime Minister would alleviate the ills that bedevil the Security and Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), the much-maligned body charged with looking into complaints against the Canadian Security Intelligence …
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D-Day for Greece is Coming Fast 0
- Analysis
- June 12, 2015
For months, the Greek government (run by the neophyte left-wing Syriza party), its euro-area partners, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been engaged in negotiations about payment of the last tranche of an existing bail-out program. In exchange for …
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Why Can’t Canada Get National Security Law Right?0
- Analysis
- June 11, 2015
By Craig Forcese and Kent Roach

Published in The Walrus, June 9, 2015

Bill C-51—also known as the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015—has now passed Parliament, and its effect on the Canadian legal landscape will be radical. To update those who …
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Information Gap About Zehaf-Bibeau Threatens Security 0
- Analysis
- June 5, 2015
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, June 4, 2015

The release of several reports into the attack by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau on Parliament Hill last October reveal some missed opportunities to apprehend the shooter before he entered Parliament. The major lessons …
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Canada Needs to Do a Better Job of Managing Financial Uncertainty 0
- Analysis
- June 5, 2015
Published in the Hill Times, May 25, 2015

As Canadians, we pride ourselves on how well our financial regulations coped with the 2008 financial crisis. Given this attitude, it’s not surprising that Canadian policymakers have avoided a major overhaul …
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How Do Global Norms Bear on Reconciliation with Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples?0
- Analysis
- June 3, 2015
This week, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, chaired by Justice Murray Sinclair, released its preliminary findings from a five-year inquiry into the terrible era of residential schools for Aboriginal children in Canada. These findings, and the surrounding public discussion, touched …
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At Any Cost: The Injustice of the ‘4 and 4’ Rule in Canada 0
- Analysis
- June 1, 2015
By Stephanie J. Silverman

Published on openDemocracy, May 29, 2015

Tens of thousands of law-abiding foreign workers residing in Canada became deportable last April. This sudden vulnerability to deportation resulted from the Parliamentary passage of a small legislative change …
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Counterterrorism: Is it Working?0
- Analysis
- May 28, 2015
Published in the Globe and Mail, May 25, 2015

The Islamic State terrorist group now commands the greatest army of foreign mercenaries in modern history. Current estimates of its size range from 20,000 foreign fighters to a Central Intelligence …
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Why ISIL Both Destroys and Exploits the Middle East’s Antiquities 0
- Analysis
- May 27, 2015
On May 20, forces of ISIL (the terrorist organization Islamic State in Iraq and in the Levant, also known as IS or ISIS) managed to take control of the Syrian city of Palmyra. The city, which has a population of …
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