The 29th annual United Nations climate conference, COP29, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, is set to focus on negotiating financial commitments from wealthy nations like Canada to support developing countries in combating climate change. Historically high-emitting nations, including Canada, the U.S., Japan, and Western European countries, bear a disproportionate responsibility for climate change, having contributed about…
Canada, as a middle power, finds itself navigating complex geopolitical dynamics among major global players like China, the European Union, and the United States. This often places Canada in a defensive or reactive stance. The Meng Wanzhou-two-Michaels affair exemplifies this, illustrating how Canada was caught between China and the U.S. Similarly, Canadian governments have had…
A year of national service, either in the military or as a civilian, will be mandatory for all 18-year-olds in the United Kingdom if Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party wins the July 4 national election. Thirty thousand teenagers would enlist in the armed forces, while the remaining minors would volunteer and work for nonprofit organizations. The…
