August, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Harper, Howard Meeting a Chance to Take Stock
Embassy Newsweekly
Experts say that while Prime Minister Stephen Harper has had to abandon some of the lessons he learned from "kindred spirit" Australian Prime Minister John Howard, there is foreign policy convergence in some key areas.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Irak: le gouvernement au bord de la désintégration
La Presse
Le gouvernement irakien a perdu hier cinq autres ministres, et la coalition de Nouri al-Maliki chancelle au bord de la paralysie, voire de la désintégration. Mais un expert canadien n'y voit que «l'aggravation du long chaos ingérable» qu'est devenu l'Irak depuis l'invasion états-unienne de mars 2003.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Americans rethinking free trade
The Toronto Star, (Republished August 8 in the Penticton Herald and Kelowna's Daily Courier)
Canada entered the free trade era warily. Many residents still have doubts about the 19-year-old Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement. But most would rather live with it than lose it.