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Terry & David Jones, the consummate diplomats, are with us from Washington on their annual fact-finding mission which always turns up more facts about Ottawa and Quebec than we can ever unearth. We can, of course, quiz them in turn about the buzz in The Nation’s Capitol […]

June 18
South Africa’s Mbeki meets with Mugabe, Tsvangirai : South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has been designated to mediate Zimbabwe’s political crisis, on Wednesday met separately with President Robert Mugabe and his political opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai. USA TODAY/Associated Press
More political opponents killed in Zimbabwe
Four political opponents of Robert […]

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June 17
Feds under fire over Kyoto Protocol in court and at UN
(National Post) OTTAWA — The Harper government is fighting off challenges in court and at the United Nations for allegedly not meeting its obligations under the […]

We are particularly incensed by this utterly myopic move, yet another indication of the Conservative government’s lack of understanding, if not antipathy towards almost anything of an international nature. We have had the pleasure and privilege of working over several years with MI’s extremely competent staff and can attest to the relevance […]

U.S. Presidential Campaign: Candidates & Issues
John McCain: Economic Stimulus Plan
Barack Obama: The Economy
June 13
Obama Moves To The Center
Obama’s most provocative move in terms of economic policy has been to hire Jason Furman, who runs the relatively centrist Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution as his staff director for economic policy.
Furman brings with him, […]

Ron Meisels will introduce his colleague and friend Jonathan Arter, Senior Executive Analyst at the late Ian Notley’s firm, Yelton Fiscal Inc, who will be the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Montreal Chapter of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts. (You wouldn’t expect Ron to bring a […]

June 9
China Issue to Live on After US Carbon Bill Death
(Planet Ark/Reuters) NEW YORK - The US climate bill may be dead but one thorny element of it — possible tariffs on energy-intensive imports from rapidly developing countries like China — will fester as lawmakers form new greenhouse legislation.
Introduced to the US Congress by industrial […]

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June 03, 2008
ChinaDialogue.net
Different countries have divergent approaches to international trade, and these are changing the way food is bought and sold. As world leaders meet in Rome this week to discuss soaring prices, C Paskal considers China’s approach.
There is global concern over the security implications of […]

This week we welcome two special guests with very different areas of expertise.
Louise Des Trois Maisons will introduce Jean-Claude Marsan, architect, professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Planning of Université de Montréal, writer, city planner, researcher and candidate for Mayor of Outremont in 2007 …, who has […]

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June 3
Superdelegate Declarations Push Obama Closer to Goal
The 16-month primary campaign, which wound through every state and U.S. territory, drew to its final hours with a burst of announcements — delegate by delegate — that pushed Mr. Obama closer to crossing the threshold […]