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Wednesday Night Salon #1352: The Perils of Dumb Democracy
January 30, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night Salon #1352: The Perils of Dumb Democracy

Despite fearsome weather conditions a loyal and enthusiastic band gathered for an unusual evening in that discussion was ...

2008 Canadian Constitutional Affairs Conference
January 30, 2008, 1 Comment

The 2008 Canadian Constitutional Affairs Conference – organized by a group of students from the Laval and McGill Facul ...

Why a U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis Is Felt Around the World
January 27, 2008, 1 Comment

Analysis of the 2007 Financial Subprime Crisis, by Jacques de Larosière “Markets have been surprised by the erupt ...

Wednesday Night #1351
January 23, 2008, 1 Comment

23 January 2008 We are delighted that at the suggestion of Consul General Mary Marshall, U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins w ...

The Education of Ben Bernanke
January 19, 2008, 3 Comments

January 20, 2008 By ROGER LOWENSTEIN (NYT Magazine) Ben Bernanke’s first exposure to monetary policy was reading the w ...

Three Rs for surviving environmental change
January 18, 2008, Comments Off on Three Rs for surviving environmental change

January 18, 2008 Cleo Paskal No country is ready for natural disasters. In fact, some of the world’s richest nations a ...

How the U.S. election process works: David Jones
January 15, 2008, Comments Off on How the U.S. election process works: David Jones

We are grateful to David for his excellent election primer for all who are confused by the process (particularly the rol ...

Kenya: Commentary on underlying conflicts
January 10, 2008, Comments Off on Kenya: Commentary on underlying conflicts

January 10, 2008 We are extremely grateful to our friend Philip Osano for his lucid and detailed personal observations o ...

Wednesday Night Salon #1349 – emerging markets
January 9, 2008, 1 Comment

9 January 2008   The Report The Primaries Predictably, the 2008 U.S. elections was a major topic for this Wednesday ...

"Uneasy Neighbo(u)rs" by David Jones & David Kilgour
January 3, 2008, 4 Comments

Uneasy Neighbo(u)rs: Canada, the USA and the Dynamic of State, Industry and Culture For Americans, the Canadian emphasis ...