I guess the world does need more Canada; who’d a thunk him, eh? The prime minister is in “the decision-makers”. I didn’t notice any Canadians in the other categories. Mark…
Source: Mark Collins – PM Justin Trudeau Makes Foreign Policy’s “leading global thinkers of 2016”
Former British ambassador Charles Crawford writes a nice piece: So, Farewell Then Fidel Castro While basking on the sunny South Carolina beaches I took time out to write a piece for National Intere…
Source: Mark Collins – PM Trudeau’s Envoi to Fidelissimo…and Twitter Reactions
Further to the end of an earlier post, … Chinese business leaders laud ‘golden era’ for Canadian relations Canada, China at dawn of golden decade [at Chicom mouthpiece, Global Times] Oh, that…
That’s the China-Pacific Partnership–a NY Times story on important talks with little public profile: China’s Influence Grows in Ashes of Trans-Pacific Trade Pact A toxic political war o…
Four tweets: 1) Defence: 2) NAFTA: 3) Keystone XL: 4) Climate change: Lots on the bilateral plate for our government and prime minister–and then there’s always softwood lumber, eh? Mark…
More trial-ballooning from the government (another recent example here on shipbuilding): Canada peacekeepers seem set for Central African Republic deployment before end of year The government’s dec…
Source: Mark Collins – Africa: UN’s CAR MINUSCA Mission to be Canadian Forces’ Schwerpunkt?
Further to this post, Under His Thumb? Proposed Canadian Parliamentary Security/Intel Review Committee The prime minister’s thumb it appears… it looks like the Library of Parliament agrees wi…
Source: Mark Collins – Under PM’s Thumb: Proposed Canadian Parliamentary Security/Intel Review Committee
Further to this post, B.C. LNG Heartbreak, Petronas Section will the consortium of government-owned Asian companies led by the Malaysians actually green light the project? Market conditions are not…
Source: Mark Collins – B.C. LNG Heartbreak Averted, for Now–Will Petronas et al. Go Ahead?
The start and end of a Globe and Mail editorial (the paper is being seriously realistic about the Chicoms–see links near end of the post): Here’s the question that should occur to you as you …
Source: Mark Collins – The Dragon and the Beaver: Ottawa in Cloud Cuckoo Land
First the case of the Iranian-Canadian (also Irish) professor imprisoned in Iran: …A renowned anthropologist, Professor Hoodfar has published widely on gender and development, Islamic family …
Source: Mark Collins – Homa Hoodfar, or, the Iran the Canadian Government Wants to Engage
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