An important facet of Canadian foreign policy is advancing the interests of mining companies. In Mongolia it’s largely all Global Affairs Canada does. Canadian ambassador…
Like a stopped watch that tells the correct time twice a day, Pierre Poilievre is right about Canada’s ‘public’ broadcaster. CBC is a government-funded media outlet…
What do you call it when a Canadian ambassador justifies the placing of a bomb in a café to kill a prominent member of the media and which injures dozens of others? Diplomacy? Last week Canada’s ambassador to the UN excused blowing up a Russian cafe to kill a pro-war commentator. Bob Rae’s statement highlights Ottawa’s escalation of tensions.
Recently the federal government restricted academics from collaborating with Chinese counterparts who have ties to their country’s military. Yet Canadian universities advertise US military grants. …
Would the world be better off if the NDP didn’t have the position of foreign affairs critic? I began thinking about this question after seeing…
The business of war is very profitable for a few weapons makers and generals who end their careers as high paid shills. Wayne Eyre, Canada’s…
Many Peruvians have taken to the streets to oppose last week’s removal of elected president Pedro Castillo. Ottawa has supported the ouster of the former…
McPherson’s position on Ukraine and dalliance with Irwin Cotler highlight how little difference there is between the parties on foreign policy. Canada’s political and media elites all agree that we are a great moral force that should dictate to the rest of the world. And damn all evidence to the contrary.
Almost everyone says they oppose war in principle, but few are willing to face the opprobrium that comes with confronting militarist nationalism. A week ago…
An important, if rarely mentioned, rule of Canadian foreign policy is the more impoverished a nation, the greater the gap is likely to be between…
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is right when he states, “We believe Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories is at the centre of the challenges facing the Palestinian and Israeli people.” In response the pro-Israel lobby has smeared him with accusations of anti-Semitism. We need to support Singh’s position on Palestine but also to tell him the NDP needs to withdraw from the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group.
What is the federal government asking us to commemorate when it declared Monday a holiday (for federal public sector workers) to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s…
