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Steven Staples on CBC Radio One’s Alberta at Noon
January 22, 2013
Steven Staples was interviewed and took questions from callers about the situation in Mali and the hostage crisis in Algeria, on Monday, January 21, on CBC Radio One’s Alberta at Noon. On Stephen Harper’s commitment to not become directly involved in the conflict in Mali, Staples notes that “contributing very large transport planes…is direct involvement, […]
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Steven Staples on CBC’s the Current
January 14, 2013
Steven Staples, President of the Rideau Institute, was featured on CBC’s the Current with Anna Maria Tremonti on January 10, delivering remarks regarding the recent announcment that the Department of National Defence may begin charging communities for emergency disaster relief. Staples notes that Canadians will suffer as the military tries to cut back such an […]
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Rideau Institute welcomes new interns for Winter 2013 semester
January 11, 2013
The Rideau Institute welcomed four student interns today for the Winter 2013 semester of the Rideau Institute Progressive Policy Internship program. The students are from Carleton University’s Human Rights (Public Affairs) program and The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), and will spend the next 14 weeks working at the institute. The Rideau Institute […]
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Kathleen Ruff editorial: Quebec and Canadian governments end their historic support of the asbestos industry
December 18, 2012
Kathleen Ruff, member of the Board of Directors of the Rideau Institute and human rights activist, was featured in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, with her editorial entitled “Quebec and Canadian governments end their historic support of the asbestos industry.” The piece covers the Canadian government’s pressure on federal health officials to stay silent on the asbestos issue.
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