Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : La petite histoire d’une procédure parlementaire inusitée) On 2 June 1898, the Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, introduced Bill C-160, An Act Respecting the North-Western, Northern and North-Eastern Boundaries of the Province of Quebec. He began… Read More ›
Reading Time: 9 minutes (Disponible en français : Cadre de lutte antiterroriste du Canada) Canada is not immune to terrorism. According to Global Affairs Canada, a number of international and domestic terrorist groups are present in Canada. Some are engaged in terrorist activity here,… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Une stratégie économique pour la Francophonie internationale) International Francophonie Day is celebrated every March 20, the date on which the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) was created. While it has essentially been a cultural, educational… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : La réponse internationale à l’État islamique en Irak et au Levant) The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : La Stratégie d’approvisionnement en matière de défense du Canada) In February 2014, the Government of Canada unveiled its Defence Procurement Strategy (DPS), a multi-point plan to reform the Canadian defence procurement system. The Strategy has three… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes Note: This publication was updated in February, 2020: Resilience and Strain: Canada–U.S. Relations in 2020 (Disponible en français : La relation canado-américaine : vivre à l’ombre d’un géant) As U.S. President John F. Kennedy said about the relationship between Canada… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes (Disponible en français : Le contexte international de la protection des réfugiés) More people than ever before have been displaced from their homes around the world as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations. The United… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›