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C’est avec fierté et beaucoup d’émotion que je réponds aujourd’hui aÌ€ l’appel du destin qui prend parfois un tournant que l’on n’aurait pas osé imaginer. Sachez com- bien je...

While there are many definitions of philanthropy, most agree that a philanthropic act is one that links an individual (private) act of giving and a common (public) benefit. Every...

Germany is not about to collapse, economically or politically. The economic crisis is real, the unemployment level unacceptably high and the growth rate minimal for too many years, but...

It is unfortunate that almost the only time Canadians and even Americans pay any serious attention to the bilateral relationship is when there is a key irritant in play....

Despite the goodwill expressed in countless personal ways by Canadians responding as true neighbours to the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, relations between our countries are, in my view, at...

The summer of 2005 witnessed yet another episode in the long-running Canada-US softwood lumber soap opera. The US decision in August to ignore a North American Free Trade Agreement...

”œAvoid self-righteousness like the devil,” John F. Kennedy used to say, quoting British military historian Liddell Hart, ”œnothing is so self-blinding.” We haven’t quite been following that advice in...

It is an article of faith in Canada that because of the signifi- cant disparity between Canadian and American economic power, Canada is always better off settling trade disputes...

Une personne qui n’aurait commencé aÌ€ s’intéresser aux relations canado-américaines dans le secteur agroalimentaire que récemment porterait suÌ‚rement un jugement sévé€re sur l’état de ces relations. La couverture médiatique...

I’m often asked: ”œWhat do Americans think of us?” The short answer is ”œthey don’t.” If we Canadians have an almost malevolent infatuation with our southern neigh- bours, Americans,...

Le commerce international a apporté d’importants avantages macroéconomiques au cours des dernié€res décennies, tant en termes de création de richesse que de réduction des inégalités économiques. De 1990 aÌ€...

Four years ago the World Trade Organization (WTO) launched negotiations to further reduce global trade barriers. In December 2005 in Hong Kong, Canada’s trade and agriculture ministers will join...

« J’aurais tré€s bien pu rester, gagner la prochaine élection et faire la souveraineté », disait un Bernard Landry déçu de ses successeurs poten- tiels dans une entrevue accordée aÌ€...

On the morning of September 11, 2001, two stories were competing for the headlines in Kabul. The first story concerned the confused aftermath of an event that had taken...

To most of us in the west, Afghanistan is the new Middle East; a place so beset by political upheaval, violent religious extremism and external power struggles that it’s...

It is always difficult to know in the short run whether the election of a new government will trigger a change of kind or a change in degree in...

It is always difficult to know in the short run whether the election of a new government will trigger a change of kind or a change in degree in...

You can add my name to the list of people who are getting sick and tired of hearing about how Islam is a ”œreligion of peace.” Anyone who agrees...