Laudable Laudato Si and its Political Implications for the US
Published at the end of last May, Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si was a forceful call to recognize the human impact on climate change and how it will affect the world’s most vulnerable populations the severest. To ensure that his…
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Democratic Debate Madness
Tuesday night’s Democratic debate sponsored by CNN was interesting, to say the least. Yours truly was unfortunately flying back from Atlanta during the debate but I have since caught up with what happened and let me tell you, it was pretty…
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The Candidates on University Tuition Rates: Canadian Federal Elections 2015
MIR Online interviewed candidates and party representatives in the Ville Marie - Île des Soeurs - Le Sud Ouest riding in order to help students make informed voting decisions. In this video, the candidates discuss their party's education …
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The Death Penalty and Human Rights: An Interesting Dynamic
When most people think of the phrase “human rights” it often brings to mind campaigns to protect minority groups or prevent civilian casualties of war. This seems natural, as these are undeniably important and pressing issues and are quite…
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“They Played Him Like a Chump”: Workers, the Canadian Election and the TPP
For the first post of WOTW, I thought I’d start right here at home in Canada because there's no better time to talk about an important issue than the election season. Next week on Monday, October 19th, people go to the polls to cast their…
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Some Weak Tea for the Third Intifada
Mahmood Abbas, President of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Palestine’s ruling party, did the world community a favour by chucking a barrel of oil into the fire that is Middle East chaos. At the 70th session of the…
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The Power of the Pope: Can Humanity Unite for the Greater Good?
You don’t need to be Catholic to hear the validity and urgency of Pope Francis’ words. The power of the Pope’s call to action transcends not only the differences between people and policies of foreign countries, but also, more…
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Appointment of Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Key Human Rights Council Position: A Mere ‘Procedural…
US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Powers says that the recent promotion of Saudi Arabian Ambassador Faisal bin Hassan Trad to the Consultative Group of the Human Rights Council is nothing more than a “procedural position” that…
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The Candidates on the Environment: Canadian Federal Elections 2015
MIR Online interviewed candidates and party representatives in the Ville Marie - Île des Soeurs - Le Sud Ouest riding in order to help students make informed voting decisions. In this video, the candidates discuss their party's…
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Russia and the Baltics: A Series on Russia’s Hard and Soft Pressures and Responses to it
This will be the first article of a series analyzing Russia's uses of hard and soft pressures to expand its sphere of interest in the Baltics, and how the world has been responding to these exhibits of Russian expansionist fantasies.
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