Today we examine why a foreign influence transparency registry will be much more likely to stifle legitimate political debate than to curtail harmful foreign state interference in Canada.
Foreign Influence Registry is a danger to Canadian democracy
Ukraine and the Good Friday Agreement, Afghan accountability and an Israeli reckoning
We examine a new Ukraine peace plan direct from the American mainstream, consider impressive steps by Australia to hold its military accountable and outline what Canada can do to help Israel change direction before it is too late.
Reasserting our common humanity
The UN Charter commits all member states to urgently pursue a peaceful resolution to armed conflicts. At this holy time for three great religions, let us reassert our common humanity and redouble our peacemaking efforts.
Some federal budget good news, more CSIS problems and more Ukraine quagmire
No big defence spending increases, funding for implementing measures to allow humanitarian organizations to operate in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and more oversight of CSIS are all good news stories from the 2023 federal budget. And the Ukraine update offers yet more arguments for a diplomatic push now.
More Iraq war lessons, Canada and Israel and another AUKUS update
Media cheerleading and intelligence failures that helped sell the Iraq war are now being replicated in the Ukraine war and in relation to China’s activities in Canada. We find more media failings in our AUKUS nuclear sub update and welcome Canada finally speaking out against Israeli extremism.
Bad China policy, internal threats to Canadian democracy and Ukraine war update
Bad American policy toward China is being weaponized in Canada by an unholy alliance of CSIS leaks, media hype and political malfeasance. And we have the latest on Ukraine.