Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau asks for Temporary Foreign Worker permits
The Liberal crusade against Temporary Foreign Workers hit a snag this afternoon after James Moore revealed in Question Period that Justin Trudeau once…
China
13 posts on China from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Stephen Harper
Dragon’s Den? More like Pigs at the Trough
While Brian Lilley wants to cut the Department of Status of Women, I take a look at axing Stephen Harper’s silly corporate welfare “investment”. Why does China…
Canadian Media
Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy
I note that Kai Nagata of “I’m-not-a-CTV-corporate-whore” fame has released a new video this morning on behalf of The Tyee and the Tides Foundation accusing…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Wait, what?
From the Vancouver Sun, Twelve of the world’s poorest countries – including Afghanistan, Pakistan and seven nations in Africa – are going to be hit as the…
Climate and Environment
Canada out of the Kyoto Protocol
Was Canada ever even in? The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 in the city of the same name in Japan. The United States was the only holdout at the time, with…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
China’s new stealth fighter?
Pictures alleging to be of a new Chinese fighter jet hit a few aviation forums this Monday. Is this plane China’s new fifth-generation stealth fighter? As the…
Liberal Party of Canada
Michael Ignatieff silent on Nobel Prize Committee’s “Megaphone Diplomacy” with China
Jailed Chinese pro-democracy dissident Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Xiaobo was arrested in 2008 for being an author of “Charter 08”, a…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
What’s on the agenda for G8/G20?
China Prior to the G8, Prime Minister Harper will hold bilateral with President Hu from China on June 24th who is in Canada for a state visit. The visit will…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Universal or selective human rights?
This week, the Prime Minister is in China to supposedly thaw relations he has been criticized for frosting since the years he was in opposition criticizing the…