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Mason: Let’s leave this ill-considered military mission altogether
February 9, 2016
On February 8th the Liberal government revealed its new plan for the role Canada will play in the coalition against Islamic State. President of the Rideau Institute, Peggy Mason, was invited by The Citizen to provide an analysis of the new plan. The resulting commentary is reproduced in its entirety below. The U.S.-led coalition against […]
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Canada must do its part to rein in the global arms industry
October 30, 2015
New Era A new era has been ushered in with the resounding election victory of the Justin Trudeau Liberals. Their official campaign platform includes many commitments for which Ceasefire.ca supporters have fought long and hard, including: Restoring the Canada the world knew before Harper, the Canada committed to constructive multilateralism, to problem solving, to […]
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Harper will not be part of the solution to Russia – Ukraine crisis
October 5, 2015
Chris Westdal, a Rideau Institute Senior Advisor, also has the distinction of having been the only Canadian Ambassador to both Ukraine and Russia. He recently gave a talk to the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, entitled: RussiaWeHardlyKnewYe In this brilliant article, Westdal briefly surveys the “train wreck” […]
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Peggy Mason: Countering Islamic State: A failing strategy
April 3, 2015
By Peggy Mason CCPA Monitor, April 1, 2015 The U.S.-led air campaign being waged in Iraq and Syria against Islamic State features a cast of regional allies, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, whose repressive governance, gross human rights abuses and stifling of political dissent fuel the very terrorism the West says […]
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