Bob’s Personal Take on Today’s Current Affairs
On a clear afternoon headed north from Charles de Gaulle airport to Vimy Ridge, signs all clearly marked for the Canadian memorial, we drove through a tree lined lane to …
Read More →Pakistan’s flood has not receded from large parts of the country, although the world’s media has begun losing interest. For North Americans to better understand what has happened, imagine Lake …
Read More →Have just spent several days in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, talking to people about the ceasefire agreement, the current political stalemate, and the drafting of the new constitution. This is my …
Read More →Canadians have been caught up in the drama of the arrival of a small boat with 500 people aboard. They have traveled for several months on the Pacific Ocean, turned …
Read More →Statement on Air India Bombing “Time flies/Suns rise and shadows fall /Let it pass by/ Love reigns forever over all.” These are the words found at the Air India memorial …
Read More →Munir Sheikh’s principled decision to resign as Chief Statistician is yet another reflection of what the Harper government is really all about: control, control, control. Public servants rightly pride themselves …
Read More →Notes for speech to Americas Conference Our foreign policy should reflect both our interests and our values. The debate as to whether what we do in the world should be …
Read More →Rob Nicholson has to be one of the most fiercely partisan Justice Ministers we’ve had in a long time. His press release after the Supreme Court’s Khadr decision said nothing …
Read More →An early start to the day took us to Alexandria, which is on the Mediterranean. A moving day. We began by heading due west on the coast to El Alamein, …
Read More →The decision by Prime Minister Harper to miss any appearance at the United Nations the same week as the presence of senior leaders around the world, including President Barack Obama …
Read More →