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Our common global humanity is on the line.
December 21, 2018
(Photo credit: Ceasefire.ca) We increasingly confront a world where greed, coercion and bribery trumps human rights and our common global humanity. Our Foreign Minister has talked passionately about the USA abandonment of its leadership role in championing the “rules based international order”. Yet the real threat is not American isolationism, but the Trump administration’s relentless […]
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The too-often ignored legacy of George H. W. Bush
December 12, 2018
We will never learn the real lessons if we do not face up to the true legacy of departed American presidents. While many argue it is impolite to speak ill of the dead, we agree with Peter Certo at the Institute for Policy Studies that an honest assessment of the legacy of America’s 41st President, […]
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A new look at Iran and an update on the Saudi/Yemen nightmare
December 4, 2018
At last a careful and reasoned examination of the many, mainly baseless, charges that Donald Trump has levelled against Iran to justify America’s abrogation of the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the JCPOA. See: Iran: Does President Trump Have a Case? (Peter Jenkins on lobelog.com, 28 November 2018). In response to Trump’s claim that Iran seeks to hold […]
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Law reform needed to ensure Canada meets global arms trade standards
December 4, 2018
Status Report on Bill C-47 For all those of you following the passage of Bill C-47, the legislation to permit Canada to join the Arms Trade Treaty, we are pleased to attach the updated Civil Society Brief presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and International Trade on 21 November 2018. “The government of Canada […]
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