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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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Steven Staples: Mali could be the new post-Afghanistan quagmire
March 1, 2013
Steven Staples, President of the Rideau Institute, was interviewed by Ish Theilheimber for Straight Goods News, and is featured in the article “Mali could be the new post-Afghanistan quagmire ” (Ish Theilheimer, February 26, 2013). Staples details the similarities between the situation in Mali and the Canadian experience in Afghanistan, and how Canada could potentially […]
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Kathleen Ruff on Asbestos at McGill: one year later
February 27, 2013
Kathleen Ruff, Senior advisor to the Rideau Institute and anti-asbestos activist, was interviewed by the McGill Tribune regarding the university’s 2012 decision to not seek an external review of contested research conducted by a McGill professor. The CBC reported a year ago, that John Corbett McDonald, a former professor of oncology at McGill, was hired […]
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