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Last week, the message of the two-hour live-TV presidential meeting in Cairo was clear: Egyptian views out there to solve the nation's water crises with Ethiopia are as mediocre as that of the government's or even worse; some were calling for the use of force.
In 2011, Ethiopia seizing on Egypt's post-revolution political uncertainty put into motion its plans to build a massive $4.8 billion hydropower dam - known as the Grand Renaissance Dam - along the Blue Nile river within its own borders despite Egypt's opposition to the project. When built, the dam could mean massive food, water and electric power shortages for Egypt.
In a Global interview with Laura Stone, I am quoted as saying that Stephen Harper is "not Canadian."
It's certainly not another version of the Arab Spring; Turkey is a fully democratic country.
Which Syrians should be uppermost in diplomats' minds?
Crime Prevention Ottawa recently held a public workshop based on preliminary undertakings in an exploratory study on sexual violence and social media among young people. The principals in this exploratory study are Jordan Fairbairn, a Carleton Ph.D. student, and professors Rena Bivens of Carleton and Myrna Dawson of the University of Guelph.
Alternative views via independent not-for-profit media are so important today as ever.
It seems that, when governments decide that it is time for sacrifices to be made, the poor are called upon first. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty followed this principle on his way out the door, leaving social assistance recipients with new burdens. He cut discretionary welfare funding to local governments. Let's take a look at Ottawa as an example of the consequences.
The average cost of producing a single generic pill is less than ten cents. That is what people attending the "Rethinking Drug Coverage" conference in Ottawa held on May 24 and 25 were told. The conference was sponsored by the Canadian Health Coalition and the Carleton University School of Public Policy and Administration. Available at the conference was a report by Carleton professor Marc-André Gagnon, The Economic Case for Universal Pharmacare, published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Institut de recherche et d'informations socio-économiques.
Harper seeks to calm Duffy affair.
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