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Staples on Canadian-Libyan trade push
March 19, 2013
Newly released documents show that the Conservative government launched a trade push just before the end of the war in Libya in 2011 “to ensure a return on our engagement and investment,” Lee Berthiaume reported this week (“Canada made trade push as Gadhafi fled,” Ottawa Citizen, March 19, 2013). The documents have raised old questions […]
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Staples on panel, “Does conservative foreign policy need an overhaul?”
March 12, 2013
Steven Staples participated in the panel, “Does conservative foreign policy need an overhaul?,” at the Manning Networking Conference on Friday, March 8. Staples provided a counterbalance to many of the other panelists views. The discussion was summarized by iPolitics (Michelle Zilio, “Does the Harper government have a foreign policy plan?,” March 8, 2013): Panelists at […]
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Staples to Debate Conservative Foreign Policy at Manning Conference
March 6, 2013
(Ottawa) Rideau Institute president Steven Staples will be a guest panelist at the Manning Networking Conference to consider the question “Does Conservative Foreign Policy Need an Overhaul?” “I am looking forward to a lively debate with the panelists and the conference participants,” said Staples, who is a well-known critic of many Conservative government policies, especially […]
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Staples and McCorkle Op-ed: Canada should reject armed drones
March 6, 2013
Embassy News Wednesday, March 6, 2013 If the Canadian Forces possessed a fleet of armed drones, would Prime Minister Stephen Harper be readying them for Mali? It’s an important question, given the Canadian military’s long-standing desire for Predators and the government’s interest in providing military support to the French troops battling ethnic Tuareg and Islamist […]
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