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Diplomacy in all its elegance benefits the National Capital Region’s Children’s Wish Foundation

| January 5, 2014 | 0 Comments
Diplomacy in all its elegance benefits the National Capital Region’s Children’s Wish Foundation

It’s one of the Ottawa Diplomatic Association’s most elegant events of the year and also one of its best networking opportunities. The annual black-tie diplomatic ball has become such a popular event that it sold out three weeks beforehand. The ball began in 2011 as the brainchild of former Zambian high commissioner Nevers Mumba, as […]

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CARE Canada: A powerful catalyst for change

| January 5, 2014 | 0 Comments
CARE Canada: A powerful catalyst for change

When we talk about development, we don’t usually think of little grocery stores. However, in a small village in Pakistan’s Punjab province, one little shop is testament to how an international organization can inspire a community. But before we get to the store, we need to talk roads. In Pakistan, CARE Canada is currently administering […]

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Canada’s religious freedom ambassador: ‘Human rights are not a Western liberal democracy preserve.‘

| January 5, 2014 | 0 Comments
Canada’s religious freedom ambassador:  ‘Human rights are not a Western liberal democracy preserve.‘

Andrew Bennett is Canada’s first ambassador to the office of religious freedom, a position he accepted in February 2013. A devout Catholic, he  studied history at Dalhousie University and McGill University and completed a PhD in political science at the University of Edinburgh. He then worked for Natural Resources Canada, Export Development Canada, the Privy […]

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Indonesia: Canada’s interests in the Asia-Pacific’s Muslim juggernaut

| January 5, 2014 | 0 Comments
Indonesia: Canada’s interests in the Asia-Pacific’s Muslim juggernaut

During this century, all eyes have focused on Asia’s two giants, China and India. But there is another juggernaut in the making. It’s Indonesia. It’s the world’s fourth biggest country by population — a staggering 250 million and growing. It is also predominantly Muslim. Over the past several years, Indonesia’s economy has been racing along […]

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A condo full of Croatian culture

| September 30, 2013 | 0 Comments
A condo full of Croatian culture

Croatia’s Ambassador Veselko Grubisic, his wife, Marta, and their three children live on Sussex Drive, or the capital’s Mile of History, as it is known. Their heritage condominium is a stone’s throw away from the National Gallery, across the street from the U.S. embassy and strategically located on the edge of the vibrant ByWard Market. […]

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Need a Dublin lawyer?

| September 30, 2013 | 0 Comments
Need a Dublin lawyer?

  Ireland’s food history and culture can be traced back to prehistoric times. That it’s  an island at the very western edge of Europe meant the influence of other countries did not play much of a role in Irish cuisine until recently. As such, traditional dishes still figure prominently in a cuisine that has evolved […]

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Solutions for inhumane slaughterhouse practices

| September 30, 2013 | 0 Comments
Solutions for inhumane slaughterhouse practices

The XL Foods E. coli outbreak in the fall of 2012 was a vivid reminder for many Canadians of the reality and risks of industrial slaughter. Accompanying the daily news updates on the outbreak — in total, there were 18 confirmed cases — were glimpses into the scope and speed of modern slaughter plants. XL […]

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The hard lives of animals on Canada’s factory farms

| September 30, 2013 | 0 Comments
The hard lives of animals on Canada’s factory farms

Concentrated feeding animal operations — more commonly referred to as factory farms — first began to appear around the 1920s. Industrialization was speeding up everything from transportation to communication, while, at the same time, medical discoveries such as insulin and penicillin were dramatically improving the quality of human and animal health. Farmers realized they could […]

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Loblaw-led coalition of grocers drive phase-out of sow stalls by 2022

| September 30, 2013 | 0 Comments
Loblaw-led coalition of grocers drive phase-out of sow stalls by 2022

  As the country’s largest food retailer, Loblaw has a very real impact on what and how Canadians eat. Over the past several years, animal welfare has been on our corporate social responsibility agenda as part of our sourcing-with-integrity principle. We have spent time investigating the issues with various stakeholders; we’ve visited numerous farms, dedicated […]

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The EU vs. Canada: Fixing factory farms by granting ‘The 5 Freedoms’

| September 30, 2013 | 0 Comments
The EU vs. Canada: Fixing factory  farms by granting ‘The 5 Freedoms’

Globally, the number of land animals killed each year for food exceeds 65 billion, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. In the United States alone, 10 billion land animals are killed for food. In Canada, the number is 700 million. These statistics are unfathomable — a bit like the national debt. Standards for […]

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