Canadian governments have failed to offer any significant strategies to keep the country competitive
Say you’re a store owner and your competitor across the street offers everything at lower prices, with higher quality and a friendlier attitude. You’re in trouble. If your competitor was on the other side of the city, things might be a bit better. But across the street? That’s roughly where Canada finds itself in relation…
From Canada’s viewpoint, considerations like global security, freedom, human rights and democracy support Taiwan’s case
The next big trade hullabaloo in the topsy-turvy world of international trade is fermenting: which countries will be invited to join the second membership round of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Taiwan’s application is a potential flashpoint. The clumsily-named CPTPP rose from the ashes of the Trans-Pacific Partnership after the United States…
Freedom and democracy are not stand-alone structures. For stability, they require institutional infrastructure, in particular, the rule of law and tolerance
For the first time in decades, basic human freedom is under attack globally. Journalists and opposition leaders are killed in Russia. China’s Communist Party stifles dissent on the mainland while threatening the rule of law in Hong Kong. Tens of thousands are arrested in Turkey on dubious grounds after a failed coup. Venezuela descends into…
Known to be both dictatorial and inflexible
The Myanmar miracle marches on, but don’t stop holding your breath. Great hazards are emerging ahead. Still, the most recent shockingly good news is that former military dictator Than Shwe has declared the woman he kept under house arrest during his 20 years in power, Aung San Suu Kyi, “the future leader of the country.”…