G20Article - Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Global tax opposition surprising, influential
Not only did Canadian opposition to a global bank tax blindside at least one European country, but experts and diplomats say as host of the G20 summit in June, Canada could seriously challenge efforts to implement uniform international financial regulations.
Article - Monday, March 1, 2010
Toward a new world order
The West's bullying approach to developing nations won't work anymore -- global power is shifting to Asia. This is the first in a four-part series of articles examining how the world will manage a shift in power and influence from west to east.
Article - Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Setting a gameplan for our changing reality
Whether it was at a recent foreign policy conference in Ottawa organized by the Canadian International Council, or at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the consensus was remarkably similar: The world is in the midst of great change. The challenge is to figure out what combination of countries can deal with the big global issues as the United States is no longer the hyperpower, but no other country can fill its shoes to lead.
Article - Saturday, February 6, 2010
Arctic G7 meeting ends with cautious optimism
Flaherty says there are 'good signs' that the worst is over at wrap-up of Iqaluit meeting designed to encourage frank discussion of global economy
Article - Wednesday, January 27, 2010
With plight of mothers, Harper seeks new G8 course
Stephen Harper is highlighting the healthcare plight of mothers and infants in the developing world as a means of transforming the role of the G8 club of wealthy countries.
Article - Tuesday, January 19, 2010
G7 to scrap tradition of final statement
Absence of defined position after next month's meeting gives nod to G20 as the final word on global economy
Article - Thursday, January 14, 2010
Canada looks for ways to keep G7 alive, sees loss of stature in new G20
OTTAWA — When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty welcomes his G7 colleagues in Iqaluit next month, one purpose of the two-day meeting will be to ensure it is not the last of its kind.
Article - Friday, January 8, 2010
Corrupt India still has a long way to go
India’s remarkable rise in recent years notwithstanding, a controversy now roiling the country is a metaphor for the civic and institutional degeneration that continues to cloud its prospects to join the ranks of the developed democracies. It is a tale of impunity for the powerful that, by puncturing a hole in the much vaunted claim of the primacy of the rule of law in India, offers a cautionary corrective to the irrational exuberance about that country.
Article - Sunday, November 29, 2009
Ottawa plans G8 first, G20 second
OTTAWA — When it comes to summits, chronological order matters.
The federal government has decided to hold the G8 summit before the G20 - an arrangement that risks upsetting emerging economies, analysts say.
Article - Monday, November 16, 2009
Two is the loneliest number
U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to China this week will get people talking about how what the world really needs is a Group of Two. Sure, the Group of 20 was only anointed the world's pre-eminent economic policy group in September. But nothing of consequence will get done at the G20 unless the United States and China go along, so why not put them in a room and let them sort out their differences?