Canadian Politics

On April 5, 2023, I participated in a panel discussion at the Valdai Club in Moscow. In our discussion, which was focused on de-dollarization, I was joined by Professor Radhika Desai of the [...]

On April 3, 2023, while in Moscow, I joined Yves Engler on Canadian Foreign Policy Hour to discuss the latest pro-NATO propaganda published by a Canadian University. With the obvious goal of [...]

A Canadian university has produced yet another piece of glossy, pro-NATO propaganda masquerading as academic analysis. In concert with the University of Maryland, the University of Regina’s [...]

In advance of my upcoming journey to Russia, the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War held a webinar on March 18, 2023 in which I discussed with fellow peace activists my reasons for travelling to [...]

On March 18, 2023, the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War held an online event in which it invited me to explain why I have decided to travel to Russia in the weeks ahead. Below is the text of [...]

In two recent articles, Canada’s Globe and Mail unwittingly exposed its double standard on the use of anonymous sources. When anonymous sources level allegations against a Western government, the [...]

At an event in Montreal on February 10, 2023, I and fellow lawyer, John Philpot, called out Canada’s Minister of International Development (and ex-Defence Minister), Harjit Sajjan, for [...]

On January 23, 2023 in Ottawa, Canada , Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, attempted to wax eloquent about Canada’s foreign policy, claiming it to be [...]

On January 23, 2023, in an event organized by the Ottawa Peace Council, I was joined by Tamara Lorincz and Yves Engler for a discussion about the paths to peace in Ukraine. Among other things, I [...]

Anti-imperialists often respond to criticisms of the West’s official enemies (China, Russia, Iran, etc.) by pointing to the crimes of Western governments and their non-Western proxies. In the [...]