Argentina’s Century Long Inflationary Tale
Decades of political turmoil and governmental ineptitude have crippled Argentina’s economy, and have permanently ruined the public's trust in the government, to such an extent that even drastic and sound economic policies are barely…
Read More...
Read More...
Awaiting “Never again”: The Persecution of Uyghur Muslims
Spanning over 9.5 million square kilometers, encompassing over 1.3 billion people and a rich history, China is far from a homogeneous society, in both people and land. However, under President Xi Jinping’s rule, China has made its beliefs…
Read More...
Read More...
Infringing Copyright Infringement: How the Digital Age challenges Intellectual Property
With the exponential growth of business ventures all across the world, safeguarding your product prior to its launch in the global economy has never been more imperative. Whether you are a big enterprise seeking to sell an invention or an…
Read More...
Read More...
Franco-phony: Assimilation in the 2018 Québec election
In both Canada and France, assimilation has long been considered an intrinsic part of immigration. It is considered easier for immigrants to adapt to the preexisting cultural norms of their new homes than for the host culture to adapt in…
Read More...
Read More...
Brett Kavanaugh in the Time of Me Too
As the swing vote on the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy could not be pinned ideologically one way or the other. In practice, however, he sided with the Liberal justices on a number of key issues, including same-sex marriage and…
Read More...
Read More...
LGBTI Rights in Latin America: A(nother) Pending Debt
On June 30th, the 17th edition of the Marcha del Orgullo Gay (Gay Pride Parade) took place in Peru. Like most years, thousands of Peruvians (Lima, the capital city, hosted roughly 50,000) who either belong to or support the LGBTI community,…
Read More...
Read More...
Maoist Plan or Marshall Plan?
In early September 2018, Chinese leaders met with leaders from nearly every African nation at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, a program which has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in Africa over the last twenty years, and…
Read More...
Read More...
Reality Check: Alternative Energy is Not a ‘Magic Solution’
Renewable energy is the name of the game in today’s global environment, as political, business and scientific leaders rush to propose innovative solutions to the world’s impending environmental crisis. Aside from the obvious temporal…
Read More...
Read More...
The Charter, Courts, and Democracy
In the post-Charter era, there has been a significant academic, and increasingly public, debate surrounding the role the Supreme Court should play in Canadian society. Since 1982, the Court has found itself at the epicentre of numerous…
Read More...
Read More...
I See Fire – Account of a National Tragedy
I was swimming when I first heard about the fires. I had decided to capitalize on a free weekend, and took a ferry to enjoy the islands my country was so famed for. Swimming past a middle-aged couple paddling somberly, I caught some…
Read More...
Read More...