Why are UN peacekeepers so badly equipped?

August 16, 2011

An article featured in The Independent, a London-based newspaper, analyzes the material deficiencies of United Nations peacekeepers. Quoting Walter Dorn, a Senior Adviser to the Rideau Institute, the article highlights how a UN peacekeeping force in Libya, should it come into effect, provides a valuable opportunity to modernize the equipment of peacekeepers.

Author Pummy Kaur finds ’64 ways for 64 days’ to promote non-violence

August 15, 2011

Pummy Kaur, a Vancouver-based author and social justice activist, has just released a new book entitled ‘A Season of Non-Violence: 64 Ways for 64 Days’. Steven Staples, President of the Rideau Institute, has written a forward to the book.

Kathleen Ruff: Future of Quebec Asbestos Industry Still Unknown

August 12, 2011

Opposition to the asbestos industry is growing in Canada. Medical and health professionals have spoken up loud and clear, opposing plans to revive the Quebec asbestos industry. The Canadian Labour Congress has challenged the Canadian government to put people’s lives ahead of politics and end its support for the deadly asbestos export trade.

Rideau Institute raises concerns over sale of AECL

August 3, 2011

The federal government as sold Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. to SNC-Lavalin, but far too few Canadians have considered the record of the Montreal-based engineering firm.

SNC-Lavalin has a questionable business history in Libya and a cozy relationship with Colonel Moammar Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, who is currently being sought by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.