December 1, 2013
Global Barometer: December, 2013
By Thierry Malleret
From The Monthly BarometerEach month, the Barometer distills into one page those macro issues relevant to time-starved decision-makers. Since starting in 2007, its track-record has been impressive. Written by a small research team, and benefiting from the regular input of sever
May 15, 2014
Avoiding xenophobia (in the wake of the temporary foreign workers issue)
By Tshweu Moleme
The recent migrant worker debate in Canada has had some observers worried for one reason. Yes, there could be additional reasons, but let’s keep it at this particular one. Foremost, let us note that some citizens of our society tend to, as we’ve contin
May 15, 2014
Diplomacy matters
By Y. Annie Cheung
Indeed we are living in very interesting times! News headlines are often more sensational and violent than movie scripts. Both new and continuing conflicts are heating up between and among great powers and their proxies, civic protest and unrest have
May 14, 2014
Open Senate Liberal caucus takes on assisted suicide
By Andrew Cardozo
How do you deal with a controversial, delicate and emotional issue in Parliament? In caucus? In public? A closed caucus meeting no more. How about an open caucus meeting? The Senate Liberals came up with the innovate idea of (i) having open Caucus
May 7, 2014
Brits prepare for years of minority government
By Paramjit Rai, Annie Cheung, Igor Delov, Amitav Rath, Andrew Cardozo
The British are getting used to the idea of minority Parliaments as voting patterns change and the two mainline parties, Conservative and Labour, lose ground to smaller parties, observed Nick Pearce, Director of the London-based Institute for Public Po
March 9, 2014
Dilemmas for Japan’s Abe
By Joseph Caron
From opencanada.orgOn December 26, 2013, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo visited the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo for the first time during his current administration. Such visits have been highly controversial and provocative among Japan’s immediate neighbours, a
April 28, 2014
Charte: les libéraux veulent réparer les dommages
By Geneviève Lajoie
From Canoe.caLe gouvernement libéral de Philippe Couillard veut réparer les dégâts causés par la charte des valeurs péquiste et rebâtir les ponts avec les immigrants du Québec, en particulier avec la communauté maghrébine.
April 28, 2014
Les changements à la réglementation de Pêches et Océans sont mauvaises nouvelles
By le Parti vert du Canada
From Parti vert du CanadaOTTAWA – Le Parti vert du Canada dénonce le nouveau règlement de Pêches et Océans (MPO) qui aura pour résultat de miner pour de bon la capacité du gouvernement fédéral de protéger les eaux canadiennes de la pollution toxique.
April 17, 2014
Election reform bill still needs cross country hearings
By Andrew Cardozo
From The Hill TimesPoliticians can really be quite loveable. I had three politicos over to a third-year class I teach at Carleton University recently and we all had a love fest. Jim Armour of Summa Strategies and a director of communications to Stephen Harper in his oppo
April 25, 2014
Competing for Global Investors
By Sergio Marchi
One of the budget items that received little attention was the termination of the twenty five year-old Immigration Investor Program (IIP). It was the flagship immigration tool that specifically focused on attracting global entrepreneurs and investors t
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