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Circumpolar Challenges Workshop a success
October 3, 2012
The Rideau Institute is pleased to announce that the September 27 event “Circumpolar Challenges: An Ambitious Agenda for the Arctic Council” was a resounding success. Due to the high demand for participation in the event, which was recorded by CPAC, the house was standing room only We were pleased to host the ambassadors of Sweden, […]
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Arctic report: “Canada to take helm of Arctic Council as region heats up”
September 26, 2012
Thursday’s event, hosted by the Ottawa-based think-tank the Rideau Institute, will feature a keynote address from former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy, a leading figure in the 1996 founding of the Arctic Council and now president of the University of Winnipeg.
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Kathleen Ruff op-ed: “The belated demise of Canada’s asbestos industry”
September 25, 2012
Rideau Institute Senior Human Rights Advisor Kathleen Ruff on the end of the Canadian asbestos industry.
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Steven Staples Responds to New “Buy Canada” Military Plan
September 25, 2012
After a Globe and Mail article talks about a new plan for Canada’s military procurement, the Rideau Institute’s Steven Staples responds with concerns about creating a “made-in-Canada arms industry.”
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