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Canada to ban asbestos by 2018
December 15, 2016
The Canadian government today announced that it will legislate a comprehensive ban on asbestos and asbestos-containing products by 2018. Commenting on the decision is Kathleen Ruff, RI Board member and award winning ban activist: The Trudeau government is to be praised for finally ending Canada’s long and shameful history as global propagandist and marketeer for […]
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A shift to sustainable peace and common security
November 24, 2016
Eleven leading civil society organizations today publicly launched their submission to the Defence Policy Review, entitled “A Shift to Sustainable Peace and Common Security.” All members of Parliament and the Press Gallery received copies. The launch also featured an Op Ed in the Toronto Star entitled Why UN Peacekeeping is worth the risks (Peggy Mason, […]
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UN Common Security Principles should guide PM’s dealings with Trump
November 17, 2016
This comment by Rideau Institute President Peggy Mason first appeared in the Open Canada online forum, Seven Foreign Policy Wishes for the Trump Administration (OpenCanada.org, 16 Nov 2016). President-elect Donald Trump has called NATO “obsolete” and “outmoded” and has warned its members to stop freeloading or the U.S. will no longer “protect” them. NATO governments […]
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“This Remembrance Day I’ll wear two poppies: one red and one white”
November 10, 2016
First posted on Ceasefire.ca on 11 November 2014, we are grateful to share this insightful commentary again this year. Note that, since being elected, the Liberal government has responded to the criticisms about veterans’ treatment referenced below. Malcolm French, a veteran who served for 25 years with the Royal Canadian Naval Reserves, discusses on CBC […]
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