#At Michael Kovrig’s trial, the world had Canada’s back

#At Michael Kovrig’s trial, the world had Canada’s back

“#At Michael Kovrig’s trial, the world had Canada’s back” Outside the courthouse in Beijing, a phalanx of foreign diplomats took a silent stand for the Canadian who faces almost certain conviction On March 22, a small army of diplomats stood in protest outside the courthouse in Beijing, China, where Michael Kovrig—one of the “two Michaels”—was…

Read More
#Emmanuel Macron, l’ENA, and the old weird France

#Emmanuel Macron, l’ENA, and the old weird France

“#Emmanuel Macron, l’ENA, and the old weird France” We haven’t updated you on French President Emmanuel Macron in a while. It’s not going great. The next presidential election is a year away and polls suggest Macron could lose to Marine Le Pen, leader of the populist Ralliement National, the successor to her father Jean-Marie Le…

Read More
#Soleiman Faqiri died after 11 days in a prison cell. A new podcast lays bare what happened.

#Soleiman Faqiri died after 11 days in a prison cell. A new podcast lays bare what happened.

“#Soleiman Faqiri died after 11 days in a prison cell. A new podcast lays bare what happened.” Craig Offman: Filmmaker Yusuf Zine hosts the TVO series ‘Unascertained,’ a methodical and moving reconstruction of events leading to Faqiri’s death In December 2016, Soleiman Faqiri entered a Lindsay, Ont., prison unharmed. Eleven days later, the 30-year-old was…

Read More
#Who’s really got Ottawa’s ear?

#Who’s really got Ottawa’s ear?

“#Who’s really got Ottawa’s ear?” Last May, in what we now know was merely the opening chapter of the pandemic, Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) posted one of the high-level help wanted ads that regularly go up on the federal government’s procurement website. ISED was seeking someone to analyze “key strategic industrial sectors,” model…

Read More