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Canada deserves a thoughtful and intelligent foreign policy in the Middle East

For almost three weeks, the Egyptian people took peacefully to the streets to change the system that deprived them of their rights and freedoms. Canadians and peoples around the world stood up in solidarity with the people, but not Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Not only was he slow in addressing the uprising but when he finally did, it was to publicly express his support for President Hosni Mubarak, insisting that he wanted "those in power in Egypt to lead change."

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The pros and cons of foreign investment

The Investment Canada Act, implemented in 1985 by the government of Brian Mulroney, replaced the Foreign Investment Review Agency, which had become a potent symbol of Pierre Trudeau's interventionism. While the new act was explicitly intended to welcome foreign investment (including takeovers) with open arms, it included a "net benefit" test to supposedly protect Canadian interests.

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Federal Court allows Abousfian Abdelrazik to sue foreign affairs minister

Abousfian Abdelrazik, a portrait, September 2010. © Darren Ell 2010/www.darrenell.com

In a decision that must have added a certain edge to the next Cabinet meeting after it was announced, the Federal Court of Canada on Aug. 30 gave the green light to a $3-million lawsuit brought by Abousfian Abdelrazik against Lawrence Cannon, minister of foreign affairs. Abdelrazik is suing Cannon for misfeasance in public office, intentional infliction of mental suffering and breaches of his charter rights to mobility and to life, liberty and security of the person.

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Six more hire Abousfian Abdelrazik in defiance of UN Security Council

Abousfian Abdelrazik arrives home after six years of imposed exile.

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June 1, 2010

The open rebellion against a UN Security Council "terrorist" list is growing in Canada. The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) are the latest labour organizations to announce that they will hire Abousfian Abdelrazik despite Canadian law saying that it is illegal to do so.

When the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), the Canadian section of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), announced at a press conference on 18 May that they, together with the Windsor District Labour Council, were hiring Abousfian Abdelrazik, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon was forced to respond.

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Gerry Caplan

The dangerous consequences of Harper's position on Iran

| January 30, 2012
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Another Canadian foreign policy is possible: Alternatives to Harper's militarism

The many Canadians who support our country's role as a peacemaker in the global community are likely to remain frustrated for the next four years. For the past two decades there has been an unheralded shift in emphasis towards war fighting and preparing for irregular war on an ongoing basis.

Given the ascendancy of militarism, it may now seem pointless to try to make the case for peace, the prevention of armed conflict and the protection of civilians. On the contrary, it is vital during these dark years that we keep these goals alive, and not succumb to the notion that it is a naïve and impossible dream.

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Haiti on the second anniversary of the earthquake

| January 13, 2012
Derrick O'Keefe

Remember Haiti: Solidarity still needed two years after the earthquake

| January 11, 2012
Progressive Voices

Professional sports and militarism: Tyler Shipley

January 5, 2012
| We speak with musician, freelance journalist and political activist Tyler Shipley on the militarization of the NHL and other sports leagues in North America.

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Gerry Caplan

Brain drain makes Africa a generous donor

| December 5, 2011
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