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Ukraine update, COP15 and the China reset, and gun control in Canada
December 11, 2022
Today we consider a new briefing on keeping the door open to diplomacy in Ukraine, the implications of Canada’s China policy for the pivotal Montreal Summit on Biodiversity and the definitional challenge for assault-style rifles in Bill C-21.
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Conflict resolution, cluster munitions and Canada
May 31, 2021
There is much that Canada can do to help conflict resolution processes in Libya, Ukraine, Yemen and elsewhere. Here at home FM Garneau should work to bring Canada into full compliance with our Cluster Munitions Treaty obligations.
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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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Trudeau government: Room for improvement on key security issues
July 5, 2016
As we finish our Canada Day celebrations and the first long weekend of summer, it is a fitting time to provide a mid-term evaluation of some of the issues we have been tracking over the last few months. Arms Trade Treaty First the good news: Foreign Minister Dion announced June 30th, that on June 17th […]
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