Category Archives: Canada-US relations

Hubris and misdiagnosis in Burney and Hampson’s “How Obama Lost Canada”

Posted on June 27, 2012 by bhaggart

I see Derek Burney and Fen Osler Hampson, both of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, have an article in Foreign Affairs with the provocative title “How Obama Lost Canada” (h/t Michael Forbes). It takes the … Continue reading →

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All politics are domestic, oil and copyright edition

Posted on November 13, 2011 by bhaggart

I see that Howard Knopf is wondering if the passage of Bill C-11, Canada’s latest kick at the copyright-reform can, will be affected by the Obama administration’s decision to delay any decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline until 2013. Michael Geist, … Continue reading →

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Bill C-11 and digital locks: The National Post comes out swinging

Posted on October 28, 2011 by bhaggart

Shorter National Post: Banning the breaking of digital locks, as the Copyright Modernization Act proposes, has little to do with copyright and impairs individuals’ private-property rights. That’s about 100% correct. It’s a bad proposal that has little, if anything, to do with … Continue reading →

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What border-security agreements can and can’t deliver

Posted on September 10, 2011 by bhaggart

According to the Globe and Mail, Canada and the United States have reached an agreement on that border-security deal they announced back in February. Interesting that the agreement will likely be announced almost 10 years to the day that the … Continue reading →

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So why did Canada cave to the U.S. on copyright?

Posted on September 4, 2011 by bhaggart

If there were any remaining doubts about the role that the United States has played in convincing Canada to change its position on how to implement the World Intellectual Property Organization Internet treaties, last week’s dump of the remaining (unredacted) … Continue reading →

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