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Canada 2010: G8 & G20
The story that won’t go away NDP calls for ethics investigation into Clement over G8 fund New Democrats are calling on the parliamentary ethics committee to investigate Treasury Board Tony Clement’s...
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The announcement of the death of Nobel laureate (we recently saw ‘Nobelist’, but we don’t like it) Wangari Maathi has brought an outpouring of tributes to this remarkable woman who did so much to...
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Aid, Development and Progress 2011
The magic of diasporas Immigrant networks are a rare bright spark in the world economy. Rich countries should welcome them (The Economist) Diaspora networks—of Huguenots, Scots, Jews and many...
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Conservative Party of Canada Follies Episode #18: Welcome to Harperland! Nibu and Mrs. Tibu discuss the Conservative Party of Canada’s attempt to rebrand the Government of Canada as “the Harper...
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Canada Healthcare
Canadian Institutes of Health research Pot and Politics: Canada and the Marijuana Debate; Michel Kelly-Gagnon: New Prescription Drugs Are Worth the Cost (HuffPost) We cannot deny the fact that the...
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WTO
WTO News on Wednesday-night.com WTO Annual Report 2012 (.pdf) The WTO Annual Report 2012 provides a brief summary of the organization, an overview of 2011 and a detailed review of the WTO’s main areas...
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North Africa 2011-2013
Africa 2011: top stories for the year to come A look ahead at the Africa stories that will be in the news in 2011. (Global Post) Rebels, elections, presidents who don’t want to give up power, oil and...
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Canada in 2013: International relations, foreign policy and trade
Foreign Takeovers: Canada Should Reject Chinese State-Owned Companies, Report Argues Canada should reject most if not all future corporate takeovers from Chinese state-owned enterprises, contends a new...
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The Future of the State of Africa
George Monbiot: Corporate Carve-Up Under the pretext of preventing hunger, the rich nations are engineering a new scramble for Africa. One of the stated purposes of the Conference of Berlin in 1884 was...
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World Economy 2013
Issue Guide: G8 Summit 2013 (Council on Foreign Relations) Trade liberalization, tax reform, and transparency in development are expected to dominate the agenda at the 2013 G8 summit. While some...
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Syria
Paul Heinbecker — Syria: The G8 should call for for intervention, now Western intervention is beginning in Syria, and it is about time. The vast human slaughter in Syria has not been enough to shock...
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What a week – where to start? We will try alphabetically and promise not to include all 26 letters… A is for Applebomb – is there anyone in the world who doesn’t know by now that Montreal is...
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Zimbabwe II
In Zimbabwe, A Luta Continua (OpenCanada.org) The ZANU-PF applied, Machiavelli-style, a classic Gramscian combination of forceful power and sly persuasion – the dialectic of coercion and consent – to...
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G20 Information Centre, University of Toronto G20 Summits — Official Documents What’s the point of the G20, anyway? Comment submitted to The Guardian in response to the above pretty well sums up our...
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