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• Constitutional Protection of the Right to Strike

  By loprespub on March 12, 2015

  

  Reading Time: 3 minutes (Disponible en français : La protection constitutionnelle du droit de grève) On 30 January 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized a constitutional protection of the right to strike, ruling that it is an indispensable part of collective bargaining. The… Read More ›

• Parliament and the First World War – 3. Quagmire

  By loprespub on December 8, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 3. L’embourbement) This is the third in a series of three articles.  No peace in sight By the time Parliament was prorogued on 15 April 1915, about 33,000 Canadian… Read More ›

• Parliament and the First World War – 2. Initial Enthusiasm

  By loprespub on October 3, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 2. L’enthousiasme des débuts) This is the second in a series of three articles.    Canada at war From the moment Great Britain declared war on 4 August 1914,… Read More ›

• Canada-China: Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement comes into force

  By loprespub on September 30, 2014

  

  Reading Time: 3 minutes Pascal Tremblay Economics, Resources and International Affairs Division 30 September 2014 (Disponible en français: Canada-Chine : L’accord sur la promotion et la protection des investissements entre en vigueur) Between 2003 and 2013, China’s direct investment in Canada increased from $216 million… Read More ›

• Parliament and the First World War – 1. Before the Storm: From Discord to Unity

  By loprespub on September 23, 2014

  

  Reading Time: < 1 minute (Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 1. Prélude à l’orage : De la discorde à l’unité) At the start of the 20th century, all industrialized nations were engaged, to varying degrees, in an arms… Read More ›