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David Jones: Canada’s claim to the Northwest Passage
Canada is ‘Arctic superpower’: Cannon      
Downplaying Russia’s recent […]

See related posts under Environment & Energy ; Arctic ; Biofuels ; Oil ; Canada & the Climate Change Conference (Bali) ; Liquid Asset The Canadian dean of the discipline, the University of Alberta’s David Schindler, wrote in 2006 that Alberta, along with Saskatchewan and Manitoba, will soon face “a crisis in water […]

Canada-U.S. post 2008 elections ; Israel
I believe that American leadership has been wanting but is still wanted. We must use what has been called ‘smart power,’ the full range of tools at our disposal — diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal and cultural, picking the right tool or combination of tools for each situation. …  Foreign […]

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David Jones: Ambassador Jacobson and the Passing Baton
… this is what Canadians should desire in a U.S. ambassador—an individual who, when giving a speech or conveying a private demarche, is clearly appreciated as a “connected” member of the administration and […]

The Arctic’s oil reserves mapped
(BBC) An estimated 30% of the world’s undiscovered gas and 13% of its undiscovered oil may be in the Arctic, according to a map published on Friday. According to the new map, the majority of oil is likely to be found underwater, on continental shelves. Surrounding nations, including Russia, United States, […]

Melting ice could cause gravity shift
Northern hemisphere sea levels ‘will rise the most’ if Antarctic sheet disintegrates
The melting of one of the world’s largest ice sheets would alter the Earth’s field of gravity and even its rotation in space so much that it would cause sea levels along some coasts to rise faster than […]

T H E  R E P O R T
John Mavridis introduced his friend Jean  Lalonde, CEO of Pleio Health Support Systems, Inc.—which has pioneered a system for helping people with newly-diagnosed conditions to adhere to medication regimes.The original way in which Jean put together the initial concept of the company could be an inspiration to […]

Background on UN Convention of Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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Giant mass of Antarctic ice ’set for collapse’
(New Scientist) The ESA reported that an ice bridge between two islands protecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf from the open ocean has now collapsed, […]

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Wednesday Nighters were intrigued by the cover story in The Suburban trumpeting Wajsman for Mayor, and brought by the Man of the Cover. He assured all that the story was for real and that, tired of […]

Growth is not the Holy Grail. What if we changed the nature of our society and everyone reduced their level of expectations
Despite the serious nature of the topics, the general ambiance was one of levity, no doubt sparked by everyone’s curiosity regarding the identity of the mysterious Montreal billionaire (we didn’t know we had any […]