February, 10, 2012
| September 21, 2011 Canada helped create the G20. Can it now re-energize its child before the forum joins the G8 in ineffectiveness?
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| September 21, 2011 Many Canadians were stunned by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's unilateral action to order Canadian diplomatic missions abroad to henceforth prominently display portraits of the British monarch. | |
| September 21, 2011 Contrary to explicit direction issued by successive Ministers of National Defence, the Ottawa defence bureaucracy failed to increase the strength of the militia (Army Reserve) to the total number ordered and modified the role of the militia without approval. | |
| September 21, 2011 Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that if he does not see human rights progress in Sri Lanka, he will boycott the 2013 Commonwealth summit in Colombo. | |
| September 14, 2011 Canada may need a few good reasons to justify why the Commons should reinstate two controversial police-power clauses that were once briefly part of the law of the land. One allowed police to arrest people and imprison them for three days without laying charges if police suspected a terrorist act could be committed. The other permitted a judge to force a witness to testify in secret about relationships and intentions under penalty of imprisonment. | |
| September 14, 2011 Vote may prompt fallout from growing Muslim population.
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| September 14, 2011 Human smuggling bill is set for committee. Let the fireworks begin.
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| September 14, 2011 Parliament is unlikely to spend much time debating international development this fall. That does not mean, however, that there won't be important decisions to make behind the scenes regarding Canadian aid policy. | |
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