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March 1, 2001

Has neo-conservatism failed?

Something in the Canadian soul loves defeat. This paper was originally written for the University of Manitoba’s “ Delta Marsh retreat.” Presenting it last October in a former hunting lodge...

William Watson
  • Global Affairs
March 1, 2001

Multilateral intervention forces

I want to describe the military needs and perspectives required if successful intervention is to take place by means of multilateral intervention forces. The easy part of this assignment is to...

Robin Gagnon
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March 1, 2001

La gouvernance en opérations militaires : nouvelles considérations

De toute leur histoire, c’est depuis 1989 que les Forces canadiennes (FC) ont été impliquées dans le plus grand nombre de missions, et les conflits dans lesquels elles interviennent...

J. O. Michel Maisonneuve
  • Economy
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March 1, 2001

Will Canada’s forces have what they need when they need it?

The easy answer to the question posed in the title of this article is “No.” The difficult part is figuring out why not, and whether there is any way...

Brian MacDonald
  • Global Affairs
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March 1, 2001

Military needs and perspectives

The Canadian Forces are already experiencing a considerable state of flux and uncertainty. How they will be structured and equipped in 20 years simply is not clear. Part of the...

John Marteinson
  • Global Affairs
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March 1, 2001

Defence and security: the next generation

Recent changes at the Department of National Defence, including changes in responsibility, have greatly enhanced the reputation of the Canadian Forces and the Department. Yet many informed Canadians worry about...

Douglas Bland
  • Media & culture
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March 1, 2001

Que doit-on faire ? Les gouvernements, les médias et l’appui du public

L’utilisation de l’outil militaire à des fins de politique étrangère est sans doute le geste le plus compliqué et le plus risqué qu’un gouvernement démocratique puisse poser. Il est compliqué,...

Jocelyn Coulon
  • Global Affairs
March 1, 2001

Responding to crises: are current policies and practices the answer?

Before dissecting the capabilities of the UN, I’d like to start by calling attention to Canada’s extraordinary contribution to the UN in general and to peacekeeping in particular. In...

Julian Harston
  • Politics
March 1, 2001

The military should get involved in the debate

In 1967 Maclean’s magazine ran a contest in which Peter C. Newman asked people to finish the following sentence, “As Canadian as… .” The second runner-up was: “As Canadian as...

Hugh Segal
  • Economy
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March 1, 2001

Why do highly skilled Canadians stay in Canada?

In earlier pieces, including one in the September 1999 issue of Policy Options, one of us (DeVoretz) has argued that in the 1990s the human capital transfer from Canada to...

Don J. DeVoretz, Chona Iturralde
  • Economy
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March 1, 2001

Has rising inequality hurt the middle class?

One of the things I admire most about Canada is its commitment to equality as a social value. You simply couldn’t have a meeting like this one in the...

Robert Frank
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March 1, 2001

Is the International Space Station really worth it?

The International Space Station (ISS), which was the subject of last month’s cover section in Policy Options, is currently going through one of its busiest phases ever. Most of...

Denis Legacey
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March 1, 2001

Want a flat tax that might actually might work? Try (gulp) Russia

Ever since Milton Friedman suggested the idea of a 23.5 per cent flat-rate income tax for American taxpayers in his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, economists and politicians have tried...

Michael Taube

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