When Just Going to the Movies is Dangerous: Indian Diaspora Targeted in Canada
In Canada, you might think that going to the movies would be a relaxing and pleasant pastime. If that’s what you think, you would be wrong
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Author of In Defence of Copyright (Cormorant Books) available here.
Hugh Stephens is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Executive Fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, and an associate faculty member in the School of Business at Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC. Previously, he was Senior Vice President (Public Policy) for Asia-Pacific for Time Warner and prior to joining Time Warner in 2000, he spent 30 years in the Canadian foreign service. His last Ottawa assignment was as Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy and Communications in DFAIT. He also served abroad as Canadian Representative in Taiwan (Executive Director-Canadian Trade Office in Taipei), Counsellor and Chargé d’affaires at the Canadian Embassies in Seoul, Korea and Islamabad, Pakistan, among a number of other overseas and headquarters assignments. He is a former president of the Victoria branch of the Canadian International Council.
Most Recent Posts
As Creator’s Rights Face New Challenges, Canada Needs to Keep Pace with International Developments
No nation is an island when it comes to copyright or broader issues such as regulating Artificial Intelligence
Canada-China Relations Reach an All-Time Low
After More Than 50 Years of Concerted Diplomatic Effort, What Went Wrong?
Canada’s Indo-Pacific future
Canada must diversify its relationships in the region to avoid over-dependence on China or getting stuck in the role of junior partner to the United States.
Canada’s dilemma over Meng Wanzhou and Huawei
With the detention of two Canadians in China, Canada is
squarely caught in a China-US trade dispute. Is there much it can do?
The trouble with Canada’s ‘progressive’ trade strategy
The Liberal government’s attempts to make trade
more inclusive hit a wall this week in Beijing. Hugh Stephens breaks down the
idea of ‘progressive trade’ and asks whether it is worth its weight in
marketing.
Why Canada dug in its heels over the TPP11 in Vietnam
After a confusing week at the APEC Summit, Hugh
Stephens breaks down Canada’s strategic ‘Da Nang Moment’ and what’s next for
the revised Trans Pacific Partnership.
Why Arctic sea routes won’t be the preferred shipping choice
Climate change may be
opening up northern sea routes, but implications for global shipping may be
less advantageous than for Canada’s relations with Asia.
Will Trudeau follow his father’s footsteps when it comes to China?
Pierre Trudeau considered the development of Canadian-Chinese relations imperative while in government. Will Justin Trudeau take a similar approach?
Canada and Australia in Asia: Two nations, two approaches
Canada may never be able to match Australia’s Asia-Pacific strategy, but there is much we can learn from them, argues Hugh Stephens.