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Ukraine grain deal, climate crisis, China report and RI summer recess
July 24, 2022
The UN and Turkey broker a Russia-Ukraine deal on grain exports, the climate crisis worsens, China threat inflation helps no one and we are going on a summer break!
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A foreign policy worthy of Canadians
October 21, 2019
Canada needs a government that is not just willing but eager to ensure we do our part in tackling the myriad challenges facing our global community. We are all in this together, at home and in the wider world beyond Canada.
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Crime of aggression can now be prosecuted by ICC
July 23, 2018
In a July 17th statement, on the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, Chrystia Freeland, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, praised Canada’s role in establishing the International Criminal Court: The ICC plays a pivotal role in obtaining justice for victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression. We thank the numerous Canadians who pushed for […]
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The beginning of the end of nuclear weapons?
March 23, 2018
“Future historians may record summer 2017 as the beginning of the end of the nuclear age.” So begins a masterful article by Paul Meyer and Tom Sauer on how the historic Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, aka the Ban Treaty, came about and its implications for bringing humanity closer to a world without […]
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