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Trudeau's new 'democracy' minister is personally committed to electoral reform
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Karl Nerenberg
| January 11, 2017

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The prime minister has removed a very young and inexperienced minister from the Democratic Institutions portfolio and replaced her with another who is even younger and less experienced.

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'Canada is back' to isolating itself from world opinion on Palestinian rights
By
Yves Engler
| November 22, 2016

How can you identify a Canadian Liberal? They talk to the left, but walk to the right.

Under Justin Trudeau, "Canada is back" to isolating itself from world opinion on Palestinian rights.

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Dion's sugarcoated Saudi visit unlikely to improve human rights record
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Shenaz Kermalli
| June 10, 2016

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It's remarkable how easy it is for a government to sugarcoat a visit to one of the world's most repressive regimes when a juicy $15-billion civilian and military contract is on the table.

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Four ways to prove Canada is serious about ending torture

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Saudi arms deal sheds unsavoury light on Liberal foreign policy

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The unbearable lightness of Stéphane Dion

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At the end of May, the Trudeau team and, specifically, its piffle of a global affairs minister, Stéphane Dion, will likely fail two significant foreign policy tests that will challenge their ability to comply with domestic and international law. One deals with an individual war criminal, while the other is a massive terrorism and torture trade show coming to Ottawa.

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Dion's dubious defence of Saudi arms deal raises more questions than it answers
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Shenaz Kermalli
| April 22, 2016

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The fact that foreign minister Stéphane Dion chose to sit down with the editorial board of one of Canada's largest newspapers on Monday to discuss the controversial $15-billion arms deal between Saudi Arabia and Canada is as encouraging as it is revealing.

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Canadians detained abroad need more than 'responsible conviction'

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Stéphane Dion's lectures do little to distance Liberals from Harper's disastrous policy on Israel
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Colter Louwerse
| February 10, 2016

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Canada now says open to dialogue with Russia, but what does this signal?
By
Roger Annis
| February 1, 2016

A shift in the attitude of the Canadian government towards Russia has been announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Dion.

On Wednesday, January 27, Dion announced to the House of Commons in Ottawa that he would visit Ukraine in the coming days. Under opposition party haranguing, he restated views expressed to journalists one day earlier that it was time for a shift in relations with Russia, specifically that at minimum, his government will reopen communication with Russian counterparts.

Dion told the House, "Our foreign policy will stop being ideological and irrational and will be effective for our allies and for Canadians."

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