Rideau Institute President Peggy Mason and Group of 78 Chair Roy Culpeper sent a joint letter on behalf of their respective non-governmental organizations to Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in light of recent changes to Bill C-47, the legislation to enable Canada to …
Minister Goodale: Bill C-59 needs further amendments
Bill C-59 was supposed to fix the myriad problems created by its predecessor, the infamous Bill C-51, now Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015. Not so say civil society leaders Micheal Vonn and Tim McSorely: “Canadians were told that the new law …
Why Canada is right to send peacekeepers to Mali
20 months after the Justin Trudeau government formally pledged that Canada would re-engage in UN peacekeeping with up to 600 soldiers, 150 police and the provision of specialized equipment, an actual commitment to an actual mission was finally announced. The …
The beginning of the end of nuclear weapons?
“Future historians may record summer 2017 as the beginning of the end of the nuclear age.” So begins a masterful article by Paul Meyer and Tom Sauer on how the historic Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, aka the …
What evidence does the UK actually have that Russia is behind the nerve agent attack?
Is it happening all over again? Are technical experts being coerced by politicians to sign on to what are, at best, misleading statements? Here is a summary of the official story right off of the BBC website: “The British government is expelling …
RI President on CBC Power and Politics
On Tuesday March 6th Rideau Institute President Peggy Mason was interviewed by Terry Milewski on CBC’s Power and Politics about yet another Canadian failure to respond to a UN request for Canadian peacekeepers. To watch this interview click: RI President …
Bill C-47 leaves majority of Canada’s military exports unregulated
In her address to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament on 28 February last, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland discussed Bill C-47, Canada’s legislation for accession to the Arms Trade Treaty: Canadians are rightly concerned about how arms could be used to …
Resistance growing against shocking rise in human rights abuses globally
Amnesty International, the prestigious global human rights body, has this week released its annual audit of human rights around the world. Throughout 2017, millions across the world experienced the bitter fruits of a rising politics of demonization. Its ultimate consequences …
Offensive Cyber Operations Endanger Us All
There is increasing debate and concern over the actions of states and non-state actors alike in the cyber domain. Annegret Bendiek and Ben Wagner, associates of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), outline key challenges and the …
Nuclear Dangers and How to Dispel Them
Now, after thirty years of an apparent easing of nuclear tensions since the end of the cold war, fear of nuclear war is real and pressing. – Professor Paul Rogers In his latest article for Opendemocracy.net, A Quick Guide to …
Paul Rogers: Dangerous Signals in Trump’s State of the Union Address
In this trenchant analysis, Professor Paul Rogers, who has been cataloguing the manifest failures of the “war on terror” since its inception, demonstrates how President Trump appears determined to continue this folly. [George W. Bush] crafted not a new American …
Real opportunities exist for great power cooperation on missile defence
If nuclear disarmament progress is to stand a chance, it is essential that the major nuclear powers find ways of defusing their dispute over missile defence. – Ernie Regehr In his timely Simons Foundation briefing paper, BMD: Cooperative Protection …
