February 8th, 2010 | Published in Blog, On Foreign Policy
There is hardly a more controversial subject in Canada than the conflict in the Middle East. It is understandable why. Lives are at stake and frustrations have been building for decades. Given Canada’s diversity, we feel the pain amongst us here as the conflict over there seems endless and hopeless.
Canada, a country with a history [...]
January 15th, 2010 | Published in Blog, On Foreign Policy
One cannot be genuinely passionate about politics, unless they really care about the wellbeing of their fellow humans. The news reports and images of the devastation in Haiti are heartbreaking. They reminds us all that unpredictable disasters can strike quickly and their ramifications can last a lifetime.
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the [...]
January 8th, 2010 | Published in Blog, On Foreign Policy, On The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Noble words such as human rights, justice, fairness, equality and human dignity are thrown around on a daily basis by commentators, politicians and activists when trying to further their cause. However, the true litmus test of commitment to those values is consistency.
There are some human rights champions who will turn a blind eye, or even [...]
November 19th, 2009 | Published in Blog, On Diversity, On Foreign Policy
In the summer of 2006, during the Israel/Lebanon military conflict, the Conservatives used the crisis to fill their own coffers by sending out a fundraising appeal that mentioned the conflict. Now, the Conservatives are exploiting the Middle East conflict again to attract votes. They are sending out flyers into Jewish neighbourhoods (racial profiling?) claiming that [...]
Click here to read more.September 29th, 2009 | Published in Blog, On Foreign Policy
Today, the UN Human Rights Council is discussing the recent report prepared by Richard Goldstone, a South African jurist and former UN war crimes prosecutor. Mr. Goldstone led a UN inquiry into the January Gaza conflict and found that both Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
These findings [...]
September 24th, 2009 | Published in Blog, On Foreign Policy, On Politics
It appears to me that we spend more time analyzing what tricks does Stephen Harper has up his sleeve rather than try to understand what his policies are.
There is constant curiosity about his next political chess move but very few questions about his vision and his ideas.
Yesterday was a great example of this. Much of [...]
