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When spin becomes fact in foreign affairs
What’s the difference between fact and political spin in Canada’s “national” newspaper? Not much if a recent Globe and Mail article is any indication. In an article about the overthrow of Egyptian...
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Inequality thrives where cars dominate
A recent study looking at how social mobility varies across US cities found that the poor are less likely to rise the socio-economic ladder the more residents are geographically segregated. In other...
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Morality be damned in Canada’s support for Israel
The extremism of Canada’s support for Israel just keeps growing. The latest example is the Conservative government in Ottawa helping convince theEuropean Union to list Hizballah’s military wing as a...
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Harper promotes Canadian militarism
The Conservatives’ militarism is unrelenting. Last month the Harper government launched a Civil Military Leadership Pilot Initiative at the University of Alberta. The program “allow[s] people to...
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Ottawa lines up with Washington against rest of hemisphere
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird’s recent mission to Latin America cannot mask Canada’s unprecedented diplomatic isolation in the hemisphere. Despite shifting ‘aid’ to the region and claiming to...
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Conservative’s Syria policy is make war not peace
The Obama administration is looking to attack Syria. If they go forward without UN approval, the US would once again be violating international law and would likely inflame a conflict that’s already...
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Canada’s chemical weapons problem: credibility
Somewhere in the Lester B. Pearson Building, Canada’s foreign affairs headquarters, must be a meeting room with the inscription “The World Should Do as We Say, Not As We Do” or perhaps “Hypocrites ‘R...
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Harper’s love affair with monarchy
Harper’s Conservatives have a thing for monarchy, the more absolute the better, it seems. At home they’ve put up portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and added the moniker “royal” to the Canadian Navy and...
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Ottawa’s friendship with Egyptian military not helpful
Once again Conservative ideology has trumped what’s right. Prominent Toronto filmmaker/professor John Greyson and London, Ontario, physician/professor Tarek Loubani have been locked up in an Egyptian...
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What is Ottawa’s position on the UN veto?
We support the UN veto, except when used against something we want. That seems to be Ottawa’s position towards the ability of the five permanent members of the Security Council to veto resolutions....
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Condemning is easy, but understanding is necessary
There are no shades of grey, no nuance or even cause and effect in the simplistic world view proclaimed by the current Canadian government. The Conservatives’ response to the horrific attack in...
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NDP should move to the left on its foreign policy
Is the NDP the solution or part of the problem for those us who promote a Canadian foreign policy that favours ordinary people around the world? While pushing arms control measures and oversight of...
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Canada: An investment bully
Should the “right” of a foreign corporation to make a profit trump governments’ attempts to create local jobs, improve environmental regulations or establish laws that raise royalty rates? Most...
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Illegal in Canada, but okay in Israel?
In Canada it is illegal to restrict the sale of property to certain ethnic or religious groups but many of our business people and politicians promote an organization that does exactly that in Israel....
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Conservatives, capitalists and more
The Harper Conservatives have forcefully championed the interests of international investors and corporations, but it has not been enough for the “greed is good” business pundits who earn their living...
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What would a people’s trade agreement look like?
What would a trade agreement intended to benefit all Canadians look like? This is of more than academic concern right now as the Harper Conservative government will eventually unveil the full details...
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CETA is more than a trade deal and not in a good way
Since announcing the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) three weeks ago, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have repeatedly labelled those questioning the deal as “anti-trade.” But this...
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Make Harper pay for his environmental crimes
Will Supertyphoon Haiyan serve as a wake-up call for Canadians? Can environmental activists connect the dots between Harper’s climate crimes and the death and destruction caused by the most powerful...
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The real story about Canada’s role in Haiti
Step one for everyone trying to make the world a better place should be listening to those they wish to help. This is certainly true in the case of Haiti, a long-time target of Canadian ‘aid’. But,...
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Harper raising funds for racist organization
At the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Sunday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will help raise funds for an organization that practices discriminatory land use policies long outlawed in this...
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