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C-315 a modest but important step in the right direction on Taiwan: Shuvaloy Majumdar and J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy

C-315 proposes setting policy with Taiwan that, while still on the basis of informal relations, would be much clearer. While not without its challenges,...

The Liberals' slippery climate goals: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

Liberals pulled imaginary emissions levels out of the air and then made exaggerated claims about a new policy when in fact nothing changed,...

Provincial COVID Misery Index

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Marcus Kolga

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Canada + allies must quickly "recognize that transnational repression is an existential risk to the world’s democracies" - including right here at home. Honoured to co-author this with my amazing colleagues and friends @kshahrooz and @memarsadeghi. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/a…

6:43 pm · July 27, 2021

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

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#China has "established an environment where Canadian policy-makers are subject to promises of personal benefit in return for not inhibiting PRC interests in Canada," warns @cburton001. "Canadians are right to demand transparency." #cdnpoli #cdnfp macdonaldlaurier.ca/canada-lo…

6:30 pm · July 27, 2021

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#C315 proposes setting policy with #Taiwan that "would be much clearer. While not without its challenges, the legislation is a modest but important step in the right direction," write @shuvmajumdar and @JMichaelCole1. #cdnpoli #cdnfp macdonaldlaurier.ca/c-315-mod…

5:25 pm · July 27, 2021

Shuvaloy Majumdar

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NEW: 100 years ago the Communist Party of China emerged; recognized by Canada 50 years ago, and at Taiwan’s expense. We aren’t in the 1970s anymore. Read @JMichaelCole1 and my first collaboration, on Canadian MP @Cooper4SAE’s Bill C-315 here. #cdnfp #cdnpoli @MLInstitute twitter.com/jmichaelcole1/…

4:38 pm · July 27, 2021

Nathan Law 羅冠聰

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It's a political show trial. The right to a jury trial is denied. The government handpicked the judges. The judicial system in Hong Kong is weaponized to suppress. Guilty verdict in first Hong Kong trial held under national security law theguardian.com/world/2021/ju…

7:52 am · July 27, 2021

C-315 a modest but important step in the right direction on Taiwan: Shuvaloy Majumdar and J. Michael Cole for Inside Policy

C-315 proposes setting policy with Taiwan that, while still on the basis of informal relations, would be much clearer. While not without its challenges,...

The Liberals' slippery climate goals: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

Liberals pulled imaginary emissions levels out of the air and then made exaggerated claims about a new policy when in fact nothing changed,...

Defending and detoxifying Canada’s information environment: Marcus Kolga in the Star

All federal political parties should commit to detoxifying our information environment and defending our democracy and society against malign foreign manipulation. The immediate...

Canada must respond to use of child soldiers in Tigray: Ann Fitz-Gerald and Hugh Segal for Inside Policy

Many in the West quickly lined up against the Ethiopian government in its conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. But reports of...

The foiled kidnapping plot against Masih Alinejad and other Iran critics: Kaveh Shahrooz on CBC

Following news of the Iranian government's involvement in a plot to kidnap regime critic and human rights activist Masih Alinejad, MLI Senior...

Ontario a leader on COVID-19 vaccinations, but still trails all other provinces in opening up: MLI’s Provincial COVID Misery Index

OTTAWA, ON (July 19, 2021): Even as Canada’s vaccine picture improves by the day and COVID-19 cases and deaths dwindle, the pace of...

Ontario hurt by slow opening despite being a leader in COVID vaccinations: MLI Provincial COVID-19 Misery Index (July 19 Update)

The Provincial COVID Misery Index (PCMI) is a comprehensive tool designed to compare the impacts of the pandemic and governments’ responses to it...

Ontario a leader on COVID-19 vaccinations, but still trails all other provinces in opening up: MLI’s Provincial COVID Misery Index

OTTAWA, ON (July 19, 2021): Even as Canada’s vaccine picture improves by the day and COVID-19 cases and deaths dwindle, the pace of...

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