Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Paul Weinberg TORONTO, Jul 16, 2010 (IPS) – Canada’s parliament is so broken and dysfunctional that the country is in danger of becoming "the laughing stock" of the world. So says Peter Russell, a University of Toronto political scientist and author, and he is not alone. [...]
Canada Wants G8 to Champion Maternal and Child Health
April 26, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN By J. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) – Maternal and child health in the world’s poorest regions is an important development priority for Canada at the upcoming G8 June summit in Huntsville, Ontario. But it will not be an easy ride for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The G8 (Group [...]
Canada 2031 – Toward Unique Diversity
April 15, 2010 By
By Suresh Jaura* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TORONTO (IDN) – “India is people of one nation celebrating diversity. Canada will be a unique example of diversity – bringing the world together as a nation," says India-born Harinder S. Takhar, Ontario’s Minister of Government Services, commenting on the Statistics Canada study. The 78-page study, titled Projections of the [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE: In Canada, No News is Bad News
March 17, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 16 (IPS) – Canada’s climate researchers are being muzzled, their funding slashed, research stations closed, findings ignored and advice on the critical issue of the century unsought by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government, according to a 40-page report by a coalition of 60 non-governmental [...]
POLITICS: Realities Collide at Halifax ”War Conference”
November 23, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Anthony Fenton HALIFAX, Canada, Nov 22 (IPS) – While the world’s top military elites gather inside a fortified hotel to discuss NATO’s future, protesters question the organisation’s legitimacy, secrecy, and the lack of democratic debate about the increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan. An imposing ‘United States of America’-emblazoned aircraft [...]
CANADA: Ontario Aggressively Woos Green Power Investors
October 28, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Peter Gorrie* – IPS/IFEJ TORONTO, Oct 28 (IPS) – A ”feed-in tariff” offering guaranteed premium prices for electricity from wind, solar, biomass and other green sources promises to attract large-scale international investors and developers, especially those aiming to erect wind turbines, to Canada’s most populous province. With the tariff [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE: Twilight of the Fossil Fuel Era?
June 5, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 5 (IPS) – The world has turned a green corner toward a more sustainable future, with investments in clean energy outpacing fossil fuel power generation for the first time. Despite the global economic crisis, a record 155 billion dollars was invested in clean energy [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE: ”Things Happen Much Faster in the Arctic”
December 13, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Stephen Leahy QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Dec 13 (IPS) – In just a few summers from now, the Arctic Ocean will lose its protective cover of ice for the first time in a million years, according to some experts attending the International Arctic Change conference here. A summer ice-free Arctic [...]
BIODIVERSITY: Ten-Year Probe Reveals Oceans in Peril
November 11, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 11 (IPS) – A thousand points of light are being shone into the dark ocean depths as scientists from 82 countries work to complete the decade-long global research effort called the Census of Marine Life. ”It’s been a remarkable time of exciting new discoveries [...]
BIODIVERSITY: The Real Price of Farmed Salmon
November 10, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 10 (IPS) – Salmon aquaculture is devastating the world’s oceans and an international coalition of scientists, Canadian First Nations and tourism operators have called for a global moratorium. ”We’ve seen a regional collapse of all sea life in the 20 years since the salmon [...]
