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Defence Military Procurement: What’s your policy?
August 26, 2015
Marie-Danielle Smith, writing for Embassy News, discusses the lack of attention given to the issue of defence procurement in the Canadian election thus far. (“Defence procurement an elephant in the war room”, Embassy News, 26 August 2015). Though it may seem to have been ignored up to now, it won’t be long before it gets […]
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Group of 78 Policy Conference on the United Nations at 70
August 25, 2015
Strengthening Multilateral Cooperation: The United Nations at 70 Ever since the statement issued by the original 78 signatories in November 1981, the hallmark of the Group of 78 has been to promote the three inter-related objectives of peace, equitable development, and strengthening the United Nations as the pre-eminent forum through which world problems can be […]
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Canada’s Immigration policy needs more attention in the federal election
August 23, 2015
Harsha Walia, writing for TelesurTV, examines the realities of the Canadian immigration system, and calls upon the major political parties to move forward recommendations that would be committed to upholding Canadian values. (Three things about Canada’s Election and Immigration”, TelesurTV 18 August 2015). The Canadian federal government has been described as a world leader in […]
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Drone proliferation in the war against Islamic State
August 14, 2015
Daniel Schwartz writing for CBC News catalogues the increasing use of drones against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and previews three books that address drone proliferation and the era of remote warfare. (“One year on, drone attacks against ISIS increasing“, CBC News 8 August 2015). Drones appear to have an expanding role in the fight against Islamic State, […]
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