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Conflict minerals
July 24, 2010, Comments Off on Conflict minerals

With thanks to David Kilgour for bringing this to our attention. This is the first time that we have seen the topic rais ...

Wednesday Night #1481
July 21, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1481

Wednesday-Night.com for photos and more Ron Meisels was warmly congratulated on the recent announcement of the Caldwell ...

Stateless persons
July 4, 2010, Comments Off on Stateless persons

Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons Refugees International – Statelessness An estimated 12 mill ...

Liberals and the NDP
June 17, 2010, Comments Off on Liberals and the NDP

Two views on the proposal that the Liberals and NDP merge Norman Spector: Why a Liberal-NDP merger makes sense Perusing ...

Influence peddling and lobbyists in Washington
June 15, 2010, 1 Comment

Amidst all the stories that are too similar to be noteworthy, this remarkable documentary “Obama’s Deal̶ ...

West Wing Wednesday Night #27 June 9, 2010
June 9, 2010, 1 Comment

by now you know the drill… fun and dynamic conversation awaits you on the second Wednesday of the month – June 9th i ...

Wednesday Night #1475
June 9, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1475

Good policy is not the property of any political party and good ideas that are in the interests of the country need to b ...

Mulroney – Schreiber
June 2, 2010, Comments Off on Mulroney – Schreiber

Schreiber-Mulroney affair: the main players and for real junkies, the CBC offers an interesting backgrounder Parsing the ...

Afghanistan post 2009 elections
June 2, 2010, 1 Comment

Afghan elections 2009; Hamid Karzai More on Afghanistan Afghan “peace jirga” is marked by rockets, suicide a ...

Wednesday Night #1474
June 2, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1474

In Japan, new boss meets same problems as old boss The ruling Democratic Party of Japan selected Japanese Finance Minist ...