February, 10, 2012
| October 5, 2011 Speech gives greater glimpse of Conservative 'principled' worldview.
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| October 5, 2011 It was most encouraging to see Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his British counterpart David Cameron recently devote part of their time together in Ottawa reflecting on Afghanistan and discussing how to prevent other failing states from collapsing into mayhem and economic ruin. | |
| October 5, 2011 Last week, British Defence Secretary Liam Fox did something that we could never imagine Defence Minister Peter MacKay doing-—he blamed his own military for something. | |
| October 5, 2011 They didn't invite the city fathers of Ferrol, the birthplace of General Francisco Franco, the bloody tyrant who ruled Spain from 1938 to 1973, so the conference can't just have been about fascist dictators. They didn't invite the mayor of Tokyo, hometown of General Hideki Tojo, who led Japan into the Second World War, so it wasn't just about bad men who were leaders in that war. So what WAS it about? | |
| September 28, 2011 All last week, the Union Jack was interspersed with the Maple Leaf throughout the Parliamentary District. This is the practice when world leaders visit, but the notable presence, draped all over the boulevards of downtown Ottawa, was also a signpost for where the government chose to direct its criticism in the current global financial crisis. | |
| September 28, 2011 At a ceremony in Ottawa last Monday, Ministers Jason Kenney and John Baird signed the declaration known as the Ottawa Protocol. The Protocol resulted from a conference of parliamentarians from over 40 countries, held in Ottawa last November. | |
| September 28, 2011 When it comes to the Arctic, co-operation between the European Union and Canada dates back to the 1990s, when the two entities developed Northern policies. Over the years, these relations evolved in parallel, and at times interconnected ways—and it was only in the late 2000s that they became hindered by the seal hunt. | |
| September 21, 2011 Dicki Chhoyang is information and international relations minister in Tibet's new parliament-in-exile.
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