May 1, 2005
All Quebec’s fault, again? Quebec public opinion and Canada’s rejection of missile defence
When Paul Martin announced his government’s decision not to support the US plan to start deploying a system of ballistic missile defence (BMD), all eyes turned to Quebec public...
May 1, 2005
When politics trumps security: a Washington vantage point
The flare-up over Canadian non-participation in North American missile defence is now fading. Shortly, it will be just another memorably unpleas- ant chapter in recent politico-military bilateral relationship between the...
May 1, 2005
National missile defence: a wise decision for the moment
Prime Minister Paul Martin’s tempered February 24 refusal to participate in the proposed US continental missile defence was the third such measured Canadian rejection. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, facing...
May 1, 2005
From Kabul to Konduz: lessons for Canadian reconstruction of Afghanistan
Until now, the focus of Canada’s military deployment in Afghanistan has centred on the capital, Kabul, where Canadian forces based at Camp Julien have focused their efforts on a...
May 1, 2005
Nationalism left and right
One of the more unusual fea- tures of the Canadian political landscape, seldom explicitly noted, is that nationalist sentiment is far more pronounced on the left than it is...
May 1, 2005
More to space than rocket science: Canada’s civilian space program
Published in 1967 with the unassuming title ”œUpper Atmosphere and Space Programs in Canada,” the so-called Chapman Report has effectively been the defining document for Canada’s civilian space program...
May 1, 2005
Getting It Done (book excerpt)
On April 23, 1986 a group of about twenty officials from the Prime Minister’s Office, the Privy Council Office, the Trade Negotiations Office, and External Affairs gathered in the...
May 1, 2005
Getting It Done (book review)
Years ago a very successful and respected senior foreign service officer only half jokingly said to me that his memoirs would be titled ”œFrom Innocence to Irrelevance: The Life...
May 1, 2005
Sinistrose
À la mi-mars, alors que les étu- diants québécois manifestaient en nombre record pour dénon- cer les coupures au programme de pré‚ts et bourses, les lycéens français prenaient aussi la...
May 1, 2005
Discours LaFontaine-Baldwin 2005 : « Libérer du besoin » – De la charité à la justice
Il y a peu d’idées qui ont été aussi puissantes et qui ont connu une fortune aussi grande que les « quatre libertés » de Franklin Roosevelt. Au moment...
May 1, 2005
The decline and irrelevance of Canada’s political parties
Canada’s political parties are dying. Oh, sure they have shaken themselves into activity for the duration of this election. The parliamentary caucuses they elect will then take the stage,...
May 1, 2005
La visite du président Bush en Europe : quelles leçons, pour qui?
Le Canada et le Royaume-Uni auraient pu se sentir vexés. Le président Bush a parlé de sa tournée européenne comme de son premier voyage aÌ€ l’étranger depuis sa réélection,...
May 1, 2005
Defending the United States and Canada, in North America and abroad
The recent debates in Canada as to whether or not there should be a North American perimeter strike me as increasingly sterile and miss the point that a perimeter...
May 1, 2005
Muddling through on missile defence: the politics of indecision
In a press conference on February 24, Prime Minister Paul Martin ended years of speculation as to whether Ottawa would support Washington’s plan to develop a system to shoot...
May 1, 2005
Canada and North American maritime security: the home and away game at sea
In its recently released statements on foreign and defence policy, the Canadian government stressed its intention to enhance security cooperation with the United States, drawing particular attention to the...