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Daniel Léger was introduced and spoke briefly about his doctoral subject,  “Neo-conservatism and the philosophical, moral and political differences between it and realism”,  mentioning that Bill Kristol had sat on his committee. A lively debate explored whether the neo-cons’ view of the world is more common-sense based vis à vis the […]

Gordon Smith* comments on M D Nalapat
The last thing we need is a G12 competing with a G8
We must get beyond summit fatigue to better manage global interdependence
An important article was circulated this week by Xinhua, China’s official news agency, following on the G8/G20 meetings in Canada and the announcement that France will play host […]

David Mitchell’s unexpected arrival afforded everyone the opportunity to congratulate (through him) his son Parker Mitchell and George Rotor, co-founders of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) , who  next week will receive honorary Doctorates from Queen’s University Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Patrick Mercier  is […]

The evening opened with introductions of new faces, including Marie-Claude Johnson, a partner at M.R.C.N.R. strategic consultants; Susan Sproule, international development consultant, who has recently returned from Guyana where she was managing an educational training project; accountant Dahlia Zubaida and her husband, Philip Lowee of Megahydro, a private renewable energy company; Paul Shrivastava’s daughter, Claudia, […]

NAFTA
Background: Mapping the New North American Reality
Stephen Blank, Stephanie R. Golob, Guy Stanley - Co-Chairs, Study Group
The papers in this series were written by participants in a project sponsored by the PanAmerican Partnership for Business Education, an alliance of four North American business schools. In cooperation with HEC-Montreal and the IRPP, the Partnership hosted […]

There is a linkage in tonight’s discussion that centers on infallibility - or the perception thereof - whether it be related to major institutions on Wall Street, the Catholic Church (Pope), or even the off-shore drilling systems
Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
Viewing the aerial photos of the spreading oil that threatens the coastline of Louisiana […]

October 2008
The Conference Board of Canada has published Canada’s Pathways Toward Global Innovation Success: Report of the Leaders’ Panel on Innovation-Based Commerce, Conference Board of Canada, Report by Guy Stanley
McGill plays important role in new global cancer-research network
International Cancer Genome Consortium plans to sequence 25,000 cancer genomes
A new network was announced today by the International […]

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Although 1467 was apparently a ‘common’ year with no earth-shattering events (aside from the fact that Pope Paul II arrested and tortured some of the abbreviators - we too would like to arrest ‘abbreviators’ on Facebook, Twitter, et al.), Wednesday Night #1467 was certainly not ‘common’.
Earlier Guy Stanley […]

Diana, who arrived from the David Suzuki Foundation fundraiser at which Thomas Friedman of the New York Times was the speaker, described the event and the main themes of the speech. She remarked that Mr. Friedman is an even more dynamic speaker in person than in TV interviews (even Charlie Rose) and that his presentation, […]

Our Democracy is Broken: How do we fix it?
CPAC’s Peter Van Dusen moderates a head-to-head debate between Maclean’s Andrew Coyne and Paul Wells on the state of Canada’s democracy. Guest panelists … including former NDP leader Ed Broadbent, former prime minister’s chief of staff Eddie Goldenberg, author John Ralston Saul and conservative commentator Rick Anderson. […]