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Canada keeps the peace no more: Steven Staples comments on Canadian contributions to peacekeeping
June 12, 2012
On Friday, June 8, the Globe and Mail published, “Blue helmets cast aside, Canada keeps the peace no more,” and Steven Staples commented: “The need is greater than ever but Canada’s contribution has never been lower, the Harper government doesn’t regard peacekeeping as a route to enhancing Canada’s international stature.” The author, Paul Koring, notes […]
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Alternative Federal Budget 2012 calls for greater social program spending and reductions in defence spending
March 14, 2012
With the 2012 Federal Budget only two weeks away, The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), in coordination with the Rideau Institute and more than 30 other Canadian civil society organizations, has offered a different vision for Canada’s future. Titled A Budget for the Rest of Us, the 2012 Alternative Federal Budget provides a road […]
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Michael Byers Op-ed: “Should Canada focus on keeping the peace? Yes”
November 17, 2011
Canadian soldiers have served nobly in the defence of our country. During the Cold War their principal duty was, not to make the peace, but to guard against the Soviet threat.
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Dorn’s peacekeeping technology book among “Top 20 Foreign Policy Books of 2011”
October 7, 2011
Embassy has looked back over the foreign policy and political books published since September 2010 to find out which ones have entered into the public consciousness, which have influenced political debate in Canada, and which ones should have. By Carl Meyer
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