CanadaArticle - Monday, July 19, 2010
Global Insider: India-Canada Relations
India and Canada signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Toronto late last month. In an e-mail interview, Ernie Regehr, a Centre for International Governance Innovation fellow, co-founder of Project Ploughshares, and adjunct associate professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, explains broader India-Canada relations.
Article - Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Letter to Editor: Why free trade works
Jim Stanford’s contention that free-trade agreements caused a faster rise in Canadian imports than exports, and that they “pigeon-hole” Canada as a resource exporter (Canada-EU Trade Talks: Jumping From One Sinking Ship To Another – July 12),
Article - Friday, July 9, 2010
The last thing we need is a G12 competing with a G8
Ottawa must ensure that a G12 competing with the G8 is not the follow-up or, worse, the result of the summits just held in Canada. That would be a major setback. The last thing the world needs is a rival G12. But if we persist in excluding China, India and other major developing countries, that’s the result we’ll face, writes CIGI Distinguished Fellow Gordon Smith
Article - Monday, July 5, 2010
Canada’s Chance to Lead Global Food Aid Reforms
The rules that govern international food aid need serious overhaul, and Canada is well placed to do something about it. CIGI Chair Jennifer Clapp discusses Canada’s strong reputation as a leader in advancing global food security and its unique opportunity to press for meaningful renegotiation of the Food Aid Convention.
Article - Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Divisions widen among G20 members
The G20 has had an impressive run at going big, in terms of collective action.
Publication - Tuesday, June 29, 2010
National Perspectives on Global Leadership: Canada
Andrew F. Cooper reflects on the relevance of the Huntsville G8 Summit and Toronto G20 Summit and their implications for Canada.
Article - Tuesday, June 29, 2010
G20 challenged by rogue protesters and bankers alike
Compare a Black Bloc hooligan lobbing an incendiary bomb into police cruiser, during the Toronto summit, to a Wall Street investment banker tossing a collateralized debt instrument based on flimsy mortgages into the investment system. Both devices explode. But there’s no confusing the two people in a police line-up, writes CIGI Senior Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Fred Kuntz.
Article - Monday, June 28, 2010
G20’s plan for deficit cutting draws fire from Paul Krugman
For the economies whose leaders signed on to Sunday’s communiqué, the hard work is just beginning.
Article - Monday, June 28, 2010
Do-little G20 summit leaves markets unperturbed
Stock markets perked up on Monday after world leaders failed to agree on a global bank levy and softened the timetable for new capital requirements at a do-little G20 summit in Canada which posed questions about the forum's effectiveness.
Article - Monday, June 28, 2010
Deficits: You can go your own way
It is always easier to get unity in the early days of a crisis. Fear concentrates the minds of leaders.