Canoes, Maple Syrup and Tilley Hats: The Tory Vision for Canada’s Trading Future?0

• Analysis
• November 15, 2012

‘Hewers of wood and drawers of water’ – a familiar and shorthand description for Canadians’ historical economic bias towards natural resources, and a phrase used pejoratively to describe a ‘brand’ that we  need to shed to compete in a global …

Obama’s Ohio Report0

• Analysis
• November 8, 2012

My Ohioans did it again.  In every election since 1964 (and almost every time since 1904), the winner of this state ended up taking the presidency – hence the clichés “America’s bellwether” and “as Ohio goes, so goes America”.  Having …

Libre-échange avec l’Europe : Le Québec n’a pas de véto0

• Analysis
• November 2, 2012

Par Patrick Fafard et Patrick Leblond

Bonne nouvelle en apparence. Contrairement à ce que plusieurs craignaient, le gouvernement de Madame Marois ne s’oppose pas à l’Accord économique et commercial global (AECG) que le Canada et l’Union européenne sont en train …

‘One is Entitled to One’s Opinion’: Prince Charles’s Letters0

• Analysis
• November 1, 2012

The fracas over opinionated letters sent by Prince Charles to various British politicians and senior officials has broken out of the courts and into politics. The letters, which are understood to be frank in their advice on various subjects dear …

Troops to Turkey? The ‘Chanak Affair’ of 1922 and Its Relevance Today0

• Analysis
• October 30, 2012

Should Canada send its armed forces to war in Turkey? The increasingly violent civil war in Syria means this could become a real question, for two reasons. First, the fighting is leading to confrontations between Turkish and Syrian troops along …

An Intervention Ahead in Mali?0

• Analysis
• October 30, 2012

These days, when Western politicians or analysts discuss the possibility and likely consequences of an international intervention, they tend to refer to Syria. This is understandable, given the gravity and complexity of the crisis unfolding there.  But the focus on …

A Reflection on Responsibility: What Does Syria Mean for R2P?0

• Analysis
• October 26, 2012

By Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock

Published in Diplomat Magazine, October 4, 2012

The world has watched in frustration as the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad of Syria has turned its weapons against its own citizens to suppress an …

Romney’s Minority Report0

• Analysis
• October 22, 2012

Weekly tracking polls by ImpreMedia & Latino Decisions are showing U.S. President Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney, his GOP challenger, by about 45 points among Hispanic voters.  The result is in line with dozens of similar polls taken during the …

Only Two Cheers for Religious Freedom0

• Analysis
• October 15, 2012

The full article was published in the Ottawa Citizen, October 15, 2012

Discussing democracy in his 1938 essay “What I Believe” E. M. Forster provocatively writes that “(t)wo cheers are quite enough: there is no occasion to give three.” …