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Federal Court allows Abousfian Abdelrazik to sue foreign affairs minister
Monday, September 20, 2010 The Sudanese-Canadian, who was trapped in Khartoum for years and accused of being a terrorist, is suing Lawrence Cannon and seeking $24 million in damages from the Crown for...
View ArticleWords of wisdom for Canada's new foreign minister
Dear Minister Baird.I wonder if you might entertain a few Polonius-like chestnuts about your daunting new gig from a world-weary older chap.Of course you'd be the first to recognize that where you're...
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Harper's reckless foreign policy in the Middle East
Monday, February 13, 2012It is hard to credit the latest statements and actions by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. On both Iran and Israel, Baird seems to almost deliberately seek to humiliate...
View ArticleMali: War threatened as Touareg leaders declare independence
The new, interim president of Mali is holding out the possibility of "all out war" against the rebellion of the oppressed, Touareg nationality that has swept the north of the western African...
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Canada's ruined reputation: no applause for John Baird at the UN
Is this show currently playing? December 1, 2012 A comparison of the reception received by five consecutive speakers at the UN General Assembly, 44th Plenary Meeting, Question of Palestine on November...
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John Baird resigns. Who will Harper get to replace him?
Like this article? Chip in to keep stories likes these coming.Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird is leaving politics.They say he wants to make some money while he is still young. It might surprise...
View ArticleWhy do you think John Baird resigned?
To the surpise of many (including possibly Stephen Harper) Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird resigned.There has been a great deal of speculation about why Baird left the Conservatives so close to...
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Cabinet shuffle: Nicholson to Foreign Affairs (bizarre!), Poilievre to...
Like this article? Chip in to keep stories likes these coming.Rob Nicholson, Stephen Harper's new Foreign Affairs Minister, is not only fluently unilingual, he has never shown much in the way of charm,...
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Canada should hold investigation into its role in assassination of Congo's...
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View ArticleSkepticism, not pacifism, is NDP's best approach to foreign war
In trying to rally his dispirited troops the other day, interim NDP leader Tom Mulcair made the following somewhat surprising statement: The party's "core values," so he told his applauding caucus, are...
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