Mission Canadian
Satellite campuses abroad aren’t just offering degrees, they’re selling our values
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Alcohol Studies, the Sandy Five, & a riot over Obama
View ArticleSchulich School of Business targets India
Western business schools scramble to set up overseas
View ArticleThe city of gold turns to dust
Only yesterday, it seems, Dubai was the glittering jewel of the United Arab Emirates, heralded as the first modern Arabian metropolis, a 21st-century socio-political model, globalization in action. Now...
View ArticleSame story, different ending
NATHAN DENETTE/CP Three years ago it was 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez who was murdered. Twenty years ago it might have been me. The circumstances were different but we both refused unconditional submission....
View ArticleMeili Faille’s Muslim Brotherhood junket
Among the many junkets Canadian MPs accepted last year from foreign governments and various lobbies was one “cultural and economic exchange” to the United Arab Emirates taken by Bloc Quebecois MP Meili...
View ArticleForeign Affairs Clue
While the Harper government blames Michael Ignatieff, ambassadors interviewed by Canadian Press don’t mention the opposition leader. Instead, African ambassadors tell Canadian Press it was the Harper...
View ArticleStratego
India and China reportedly supported Portugal over Canada in the security council vote, while an official with the United Arab Emirates admits the UAE lobbied against Canada. Shashishekhar Gavai,...
View ArticleChoose your own adventure
The Harper government is talking, isn’t talking and is prepared to talk with the United Arab Emirates, not there’s anything to talk about. … on Thursday, International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan...
View ArticleThe Commons: A matter of principle
The Scene. “My question is for the government,” Bob Rae said. The Speaker having just called a start to Question Period, that seemed appropriate. And this being the Liberal foreign affairs critic’s...
View ArticleSpare the rod, spoil the family
Getty Images The definition of what constitutes “beating” one’s family members is now a bit clearer in the United Arab Emirates. According to the country’s Supreme Court, a man has the right to...
View ArticleLoose lips
The Defence Minister attempts to demonstrate his government isn’t nearly as secretive as its detractors allege. According to Mr. Proussalidis, Mr. MacKay walked up to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and...
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These engineering students will come to Canada to finish their degrees | University of Waterloo The new campus of the University of Waterloo has lots of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Iranian students, but...
View Article‘Defence policy if necessary, but not necessarily defence policy’
Randall Wakelam wonders about what we’re doing and where we’re going. Conventional wisdom was that voters have, at most, a six-month memory for inexplicable government decisions. Do politicians today...
View ArticleFlying into trouble
Using its Airbus A380s, Emirates wants to offer daily flights to Toronto; Rovinescu accuses Emirates of being a foreign predator | Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images; Darryl Dyck/CP In early...
View ArticleGood news, bad news
Taiwan’s Wang Yu-chi (left) meets China’s Zhang Zhijun, marking the highest-level talks between Taiwan and China in 65 years. Good news Power to the people The Harper government unveiled a retooled...
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