February, 10, 2012
| November 9, 2011 From time to time this paper has reported on the impact that expensive and time-delayed DNA testing has had on keeping families, especially African refugee families, from being reunited with their children. | |
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| November 9, 2011 The global campaign against so-called conflict minerals is gathering pace, with Canada playing a central role. | |
| November 9, 2011 In multilateral diplomacy, as with other forms of international relations, states frequently are inclined to defer dealing with problems, rather than undertake the heavy lifting that is often required to resolve them. | |
| November 9, 2011 Canada has a laudable program for granting immigration status to people on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. What is not laudable, however, is the government's insistence on charging an exorbitant fee to access the program. Many individuals most in need of humanitarian and compassionate relief are not able to access it because they simply do not have the $550-per-adult charged by the government. | |
| November 9, 2011 Central to the success of all democratic societies are the laws which regulate the daily interactions of citizens and the associated mechanisms through which transgressors are judged and punished. Throughout history the laws societies gave themselves evolved on the basis of reason, and in the process they shed those elements of law that found foundation in faith, myth and emphasis on retribution and revenge for transgressors. | |
| November 2, 2011 Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent the weekend at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Australia encouraging other Commonwealth leaders to focus on democracy and human rights. | |
| November 2, 2011 As leaders of the world's top economies huddle in France, food security is on their agenda.
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| November 2, 2011 Haiti has been labelled fragile, failing, failed and collapsed for some two centuries. And with diplomatic relations extending back to the mid 1950s, Canada is one of Haiti's most enduring partners. Indeed, the Canadian government's current financial commitment to Haiti (2006-2012) totals more than $1 billion, making Haiti the largest beneficiary of its development assistance in the Americas. | |
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