Canadian Politics
Governor General Louise Arbour: the Laurentian default
Mark Carney's pick for Governor General is a 79-year-old Montreal jurist who endorsed a charter calling for the elimination of Zionism, led the UN's push to…
Israel
24 posts on Israel from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Awkward tweet from the UN
A one state solution tweet that could have come from Hamas. Amazingly, it came from the United Nations. The @UN later corrected their tweet: On Day of…
Canadian Media
Canadian and American Olympic broadcasts lash out against the IOC
Both CTV and NBC had choice words for the International Olympic Committee when Israeli athletes walked into the Olympic stadium during the opening ceremonies…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Syria now on UN human rights committee
Maariv via The Weekly Standard, A short time after UNESCO, the UN’s organization for education and science, accepted the Palestinian Authority as a full member…
Conservative Party of Canada
The Bev Oda “not” scandal
Another government scandal is brewing, cooked up by entitlement seekers and the opposition. KAIROS, an aid organization with a penchant for getting involved in…
New Democratic Party of Canada
The tolerant NDP
Libby Davies voices her opinion on Israel: This drew strong condemnation from Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and from Liberal foreign affairs…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Why political comms staffers exist
Today, a press release from the department of foreign affairs – received via email from dept: Canada Concerned by Israel’s Decision to Set up Independent…
CBC
CBC.ca mails it in
June 6th, 2010: Chilly in Montreal today with a high/low of 12/11C. Not chilly enough for parkas, toques and for the trees to be bare of leaves on a June day.…
New Democratic Party of Canada
NDP convention — Saturday summary
Today, the NDP got down to business and discussed policy, policy and more policy. In fact, the difference with Liberal policy conventions and NDP policy…