Russia-Ukraine-China and Canadian threads
Recent allegations of Chinese interference in our democratic institutions have added to the complex interplay of ethnicity and politics in Canada. There is an echo here of Igor Gouzenko’s revelations of Soviet espionage in Canada in 1946, which led to the imprisonment of a Jewish Polish-born Communist MP, writes Nelson Wiseman.
Ideological conformity blinds Western nations in pursuit of global domination, writes Wakefield, Que., reader
March 20 was the 20th anniversary of what former UN secretary general Kofi Annan called the illegal invasion of Iraq by America, Britain, and the “Coalition of the Willing.” Based on a pair of fictions—the presence of weapons of mass destruction and Iraq’s connection to al-Qaeda and 9/11—the invasion had a devastating impact in the region resulting in hundreds of […]
Equality before the law has been compromised in two of the world’s putative great democracies: the United States and Israel
The GOP needs to wake up to the likelihood that Trump’s next photo-op might well be a mug-shot. And if they really do think that a twice-impeached, indicted presidential candidate is the ticket back to the White House, they should remember that the electorate will have the final say.
‘Bonjour Canada’: Biden trumpets Canada-U.S. ties, continental co-operation, plays down disputes
‘Our destinies are intertwined and they’re inseparable,’ says President Joe Biden of Canada-U.S. relations during a more than 30-minute address to Parliament.
A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers
The Hill Times spoke with more than a dozen current and former government officials, analysts, and insiders. They weigh in on who has influence on Canada’s foreign policy.
Canada should focus on fixes, not fights, during Biden visit: Tory MP
President Joe Biden will be the first American president to visit Ottawa since 2016.
Is the Liberals’ House Affairs Committee filibuster a crack in this minority Parliament?
A dysfunctional Parliament that gets bogged down in games of parliamentary procedure doesn’t likely have a long lifespan.
What the world needs now is multilateral reform
Chrystia Freeland should pay attention to the warnings of Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister and now Australian ambassador to the United States. ‘We have entered a new, uncharted era where there are, as yet, no new rules of the road. China has reached a similar conclusion. The time has therefore come to craft some new ones before it’s too late.’
Increased longevity needed for Canada’s foreign minister, says past top diplomat Baird
Canada has had 13 foreign affairs ministers and two acting ministers over the last 23 years.
Public inquiry ‘not useful’ to investigate foreign interference, it could harm international relations, national defence, national security, says Wark
Wesley Wark says the government should have taken a more mature approach and outlined what it knows about Chinese interference, how it’s been tracked, and the steps it’s taking to prevent it. But he also said the focus has been on the ‘wrong issues.’ Wark says the threat of democratic interference by authoritarian countries like China and Russia are real and longstanding and he says the big dangers from foreign-state actor interference are two-fold.
