http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opedsCanadian International Councilhttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/moreneededtosupportcanadianstudiesinchina<div><p>There are over 400 Canadian studies centres worldwide in nearly 40 countries. The first Canadian studies programs in China began in 1984, with the goal of providing educational, cultural, business and governmental elites with a deeper awareness of Canada, how it functions as a multicultural society and to provide background understanding of…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:25:01 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/moreneededtosupportcanadianstudiesinchinahttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/itstimeforanenergycouncil<div><p>Canadians are not simply consumers of energy. We are also major exporters of various forms of energy -- including electricity. In 2008, electricity exports to the United States totalled 55.7 terawatt hours, valued at $3.8-billion. Yet there is scope for significant increases in Canadian exports of electricity to the United States because of two…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:21:30 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/itstimeforanenergycouncilhttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/copenhagenaccordofferskeyopportunity<div><p>The successful implementation of the Copenhagen Accord on climate change is arguably more critical for Canada than for any other country. This is because it offers an opportunity to shift the focus from Canada not meeting its Kyoto target to Canada playing a proactive role as a constructive contributor to the Accord.</p> <p>The Canadian government has…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:42:55 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/copenhagenaccordofferskeyopportunityhttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/addressinghemisphericsecuritythreatsthelistofaccom<div><p><strong>The list of accomplishments is long, but incomplete</strong></p> <p>The militarization and intensified violence of the Mexican government's crackdown on the narcotics cartels; the recent major efforts by Jamaican police to bring to justice organized criminals in Kingston; a 50-year civil conflict in Colombia that has claimed thousands of lives; Central American…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:56:06 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/addressinghemisphericsecuritythreatsthelistofaccomhttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/canadaneedsnewforeignpolicy<div><p>Canadian foreign policy has been adrift for some time. The days of its golden age when Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in ending the Suez conflict after Britain and France invaded Egypt in 1956 are long gone.</p> <p>For at least the past 30 years and arguably longer, Canada has been seeking a position in the world that…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:05:14 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/canadaneedsnewforeignpolicyhttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/opencanadatotheworldsnewways<div><p>Will the G8 and G20 summits mark a high-water mark for Canadian involvement in international affairs, or a moment when Canada repositions itself at the centre of the action? Everyone knows massive changes are sweeping aside the old ways. It's pretty well assured we won't be hosting a G8 again, and Canada's next G20, should it continue to exist,…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:12:12 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/opencanadatotheworldsnewwayshttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/astrongermexicoisgoodforcanada<div><p>Mexican President Felipe Calderon's visit to this country this week comes at a crucial time both for Mexico and for the bilateral relationship with Canada.</p> <p>At home, Mr. Calderon faces enormous challenges in his war on the drug cartels, an opposition-dominated Congress that is blocking or watering down much of his ambitious liberal reform agenda,…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Tue, 25 May 2010 18:59:48 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/astrongermexicoisgoodforcanadahttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/cidaandthemoneydoublers<div><p>Much ink has been spilled over Canada's so-called G8 initiative on maternal and child health for the developing world. Many have urged the government forward on this laudable mission, while others-demonized as spiteful people with a narrow domestic agenda-have railed against the government's exclusion of funding for abortion. <br /><br /> The facts behind…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Wed, 19 May 2010 16:37:15 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/cidaandthemoneydoublershttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/indialandofshortfuses<div><p>December 19, 2009 - National Post, Douglas Goold, Op-ed--</p> <p>India is in a sorrowful and angry mood. Having just passed the first anniversary of the "26/11" terrorist bombings in Mumbai, it continues to deal with a growing list of apparently Pakistani-inspired spies and terrorists.<br/> <br/> The feeling was palpable on the streets of Mumbai, where I…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:47:10 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/indialandofshortfuseshttp://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/howtodealwithchina<div><p>December 1, 2009 - Ottawa Citizen, Charles Burton, Op-ed--</p> <p>There is a high degree of consensus across all federal parties that Canada's priorities with regard to China are, first, to promote our prosperity through trade and investment between our countries and, second, to encourage high-quality Chinese immigrants to move to Canada.</p> <p>We also want…</p></div><strong> - Author: Canadian International Council Administrator</strong>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:50:07 +0000http://www.onlinecic.org/blogs/opeds/howtodealwithchina