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From Xi with love - A New Year greeting to the new POTUS: Samir Saran in the ORF

As a new American President prepares to assume office, China has sent him a greeting card with three messages conveying the terms of...

 

January 13, 2021 at 5:25 pm read more

We Better Hear the Hoi Polloi: Peter Menzies in Covivium

Politicians and bureaucrats caught flouting COVID restrictions should get over their embarrassment and heed the pandemic suffering of working people, writes Peter Menzies...

 

January 12, 2021 at 10:45 pm read more

Canada is not immune to Capitol Hill riots: Marcus Kolga in the Toronto Star

While Canada is not immune from the political unrest witnessed in the United States, we may still minimize the risk by developing a...

 

January 12, 2021 at 10:33 pm read more

Military efforts at home are increasingly the norm. A Joint Task Force Canada is the next logical step: Christian Leuprecht in the Globe and Mail

Evidently, domestic operations are no longer a part-time sideshow, yet the CAF still responds to emergencies with pick-up teams, writes Christian Leuprecht in...

 

January 11, 2021 at 5:08 pm read more

The world must do more to fight China’s crackdown in Hong Kong: Nathan Law in the Washington Post

It’s time for the world to stand up and defend our shared universal values with them, not with feeble words but with real...

 

January 11, 2021 at 4:58 pm read more

Beijing is ramping up the pressure on Taiwan to undermine Tsai Ing-wen’s achievements: J. Michael Cole in South China Morning Post

Beijing aims to discredit the Tsai administration, erode Taiwan’s institutions and aggravate a polarised society with a view to assisting its local partners,...

 

January 11, 2021 at 4:45 pm read more

Canada should refuse to accept Sri Lankan Air Marshal Dias as high commissioner: Sarah Teich and David Matas for iPolitics

If Dias showed up in Canada as a private individual, one could argue he would be prosecutable under this country's Crimes Against Humanity...

 

January 8, 2021 at 5:21 pm read more

The 'Hong Kong canary' is dead: J. Michael Cole in the Globe and Mail

With Hong Kong all but lost, gutted and isolated, the canary is now Taiwan, the successful democracy of 23.5 million people that stands...

 

January 8, 2021 at 5:00 pm read more

Chaos in the Capitol: Elliot Tepper on CTV News

 MLI Research Advisory Board member Elliot Tepper joined CTV News to discuss the chaos that rocked the U.S. Capitol. "There was a...

 

January 8, 2021 at 3:14 pm read more

The real story behind Canada's cash mountain: Philip Cross in the Financial Post

What emerges is a picture of a household sector saving much more during the pandemic than corporations, writes Philip Cross in the Financial...

 

January 8, 2021 at 2:51 pm read more
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  • Use COVID pause to reconsider drug-price regulation: Nigel Rawson and John Adams in the Financial Post

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    Canadians need Ottawa to work with the pharmaceutical industry, clinicians and patients to improve access to new medicines and vaccines, write Nigel Rawson...

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  • Assessing the Trump administration's record on Taiwan: New commentary by J. Michael Cole

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    OTTAWA, ON (January 19, 2020): With the US presidency about the change hands, many around the world wonder what changes the incoming Biden...

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  • EP. 57 - The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar

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    Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar In the latest episode of Pod Bless...

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  • Blackness test for Ottawa grants a throwback to colonialism: Jamil Jivani in the National Post

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    Having government officials measure “Blackness” feels like a throwback to colonialism. The dehumanizing act of questioning a Black person’s Blackness remains far too...

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  • US overcompensating for storming of Capitol with inauguration security: Leuprecht

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    The huge security rollout in Washington, DC, ahead of the presidential inauguration on January 20 is because there is not a good grasp...

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EP. 57 - The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar

Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Pod Bless Canada · The Future of Brexit with Blair Gibbs and Shuvaloy Majumdar In the latest episode of Pod Bless...

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