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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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Open Letter to the Prime Minister on Saudi Arms Deal
April 27, 2016
At a well-attended press conference on Parliament Hill today, Roy Culpeper (Group of 78), Peggy Mason (Rideau Institute), Alex Neve (Amnesty International Canada) and Cesar Jaramillo (Project Ploughshares) released an OPEN LETTER to the Prime Minister on the Saudi arms deal 25 April 2016 . The letter had been signed by a total of 15 Canadian […]
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Defence Military Procurement: What’s your policy?
August 26, 2015
Marie-Danielle Smith, writing for Embassy News, discusses the lack of attention given to the issue of defence procurement in the Canadian election thus far. (“Defence procurement an elephant in the war room”, Embassy News, 26 August 2015). Though it may seem to have been ignored up to now, it won’t be long before it gets […]
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The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper’s Warmongering
August 10, 2015
Michael Welton, writing for CounterPunch, reviews Yves Englers, “The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy (2012)” (“The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper’s Warmongering”, CounterPunch, 7 August 2015). While Engler’s book was written in 2012, Welton makes clear that this hard hitting critique of Harper’s foreign policy is more relevant than ever as the Prime Minister trumpets his […]
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