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It’s time for a Women, Peace and Security Ambassador for Canada
September 17, 2018
In the lead up to the UN International Day of Peace on 21 September, it is timely to consider a Private Member’s Motion now before Parliament, that might just gain enough traction for the Justin Trudeau government to take note. Introduced in February 2018 by MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj, the key paragraph of Motion 163 reads: [R]eaffirm Canada’s commitment to build […]
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Senate report chooses human rights over weapons exports
September 10, 2018
On 4 September the Rideauinstitute.ca blog discussed key pieces of legislation upcoming in the Senate, including in particular Bill C-47, on Canada’s arms export policy, and highlighted the key role that civil society can and must play in strengthening it. For this vital effort, civil society has received an enormous boost in the form of the June […]
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Canadian civil society gears up for crucial Senate hearings
September 4, 2018
There are three key pieces of legislation before the Canadian Senate, which resumes sitting in mid-September. They are: Bill C-47 – legislation to enable Canada to become party to the global Arms Trade Treaty Bill C-71 – legislation to better regulate ownership, transport and sale of domestic firearms Bill C-59 – legislation intended to remedy many of the […]
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Even under Trump’s (non-) leadership, NATO members continue familiar pattern of servility
August 27, 2018
For a remarkably honest and clear-eyed assessment of post-Cold war NATO, one need look no further than Tony Wood’s article in the New York Review of Books: Rhetorical differences aside, successive US governments have always been clear that NATO is not a gathering of peers. Its function has been to bind European states into an […]
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