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Canada needs a world class centre focused on strengthening international peace and security
October 28, 2019
In an earlier blog post we highlighted one of the Liberal Party’s foreign policy campaign pledges and the conditions under which we would support it. We wrote: Perhaps the most interesting new [Liberal campaign] proposal — and one which could yield long term results in strengthening Canadian foreign policy development — is the promise to: […]
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Some new foreign policy promises from the Trudeau Liberals. Are they credible?
October 6, 2019
Three new Liberal campaign promises will strengthen Canada’s contribution to international peace and security if and only if they are actually fully implemented. So the Prime Minister needs to demonstrate these commitments are credible.
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Majority of Canadians say NO to selling arms to despots
July 14, 2016
A new poll by NANOS Research shows a strong majority of Canadians oppose selling military goods to Saudi Arabia, China, and Algeria, countries in the top ten buyers of defence and security gear from Canada, but with dismal human rights records. Saudi Arabia, as we have reported many times over, consistently ranks among the “worst […]
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New Liberal Party policy on nuclear disarmament
June 2, 2016
Due in large measure to the tireless efforts of Judith (Judy) Berlyn, long-time peace activist and member of the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party of Canada, an extremely progressive resolution calling for Canada to take a leadership role in advancing global efforts toward nuclear disarmament was adopted at the recent federal Liberal policy convention […]
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