February, 2007

Thursday, February 15, 2007

World bodies must re-align to meet climate crisis

The Record

The science of climate change has accumulated over many decades to become compelling, but the politics has changed with such a startling suddenness that previously skeptical leaders in Canada, as well as Australia and the United States, are scrambling to catch up with the firming convictions of their electorates that serious action is urgently needed.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Canada's Role in Afghanistan: What's Missing in Senate report

Toronto Star

To win 'hearts and minds,' the corrupt and incompetent Karzai regime must be reined in.

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Liberian leader works toward normalcy

Hany Besada
The Record

Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, is shown during her inauguration at the Capitol Building in Monrovia, Liberia last January.

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Climate change and global leadership

The Hindu

THE SCIENCE of climate change has accumulated over many decades to become compelling. The politics has changed with a startling suddenness so that previously sceptical leaders in Australia, Canada, and the United States, for example, are scrambling to catch up with the firming convictions of their electorates that serious action is urgently needed.

Thursday, February 8, 2007

What is camouflaged by Somalia's illusion of peace?

Hany Besada
Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

There has never been a better time for Somalia's leaders to use the opportunity given to them by recent events and establish the lasting peace that has eluded them for the past 16 years.

Saturday, February 3, 2007

Solutions will cost Canada

The Record

Now that humans are being blamed for the increase in global temperatures, it's time to do something about it. But is Canada prepared to take action.