Paul Martin, the Prime Minister of Canada, addressed the nation last night on national television and radio. The precedents for this sort of action are, in 1995, pre-Quebec Sovereignty Referendum, before that, the Meech Lake Accord crisis with Mulroney… going way back, the imposition of the War Measures Act by Trudeau… there may have been …
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Blame Canada
This is just too indicative of the confrontational nature that political pundits and writers (of which I will freely admit I am one) have resorted in their columns and opinion pieces. From Sean Incognito this morning: Frederic Smith, writing for the Bismarck Tribune, thunders: “There should be a way to punish Canada and the province …
International Policy Statement: Diplomacy in UN
As we saw in my first post, there are some substantive changes to how Foreign Affairs will be presenting itself abroad and domestically. Obviously one of the most important forums in which Foreign Affairs can effect global change is the UN and while much of what has been said about the UN in the Statement …
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