Will the NDP Adopt a Pro-BDS Platform?
For The Real News Network, I interviewed this week Canadian author and activist Nora Loreto about the leadership contests in the Conservative Party and the NDP. The interview can be viewed here: [...]
27 Former Attorneys of Wall Street Law Firm Sullivan & Cromwell Call on Trump’s Nominee for SEC Chair to Denounce Trump’s Travel Ban
I have joined 26 other former attorneys of Sullivan & Cromwell in signing an open letter to Jay Clayton, a Sullivan & Cromwell partner who has been named by Donald Trump to head the U.S. [...]
Standing Up For Human Decency
[A slightly modified version of this op-ed first appeared in The Gazette, the student newspaper at Western University in London, Ontario.] In June 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israel began its [...]
Building Pipelines Leads to Growth – Not in Jobs, But Carbon Emissions
In 2012, NASA scientist James Hansen wrote in the New York Times that, if Canada continues to exploit the vast oil reserves in its tar sands, then it’s “game over for the [...]
From Electoral Reform to Middle East Policy, Justin Trudeau Flouts Public Opinion
On the Real News, I discuss the Trudeau government’s disregard for public opinion in regard to electoral reform and Israel/Palestine. My interview can be seen here: [...]
EKOS Poll Part 2: The vast majority of Canadians are receptive to sanctions and boycotts on Israel
NEWS RELEASE March 1, 2017 A second batch of results from an EKOS survey of Canadians’ attitudes towards Israel reveals a dramatic schism between Canadian government policy and Canadians’ deep [...]
Survey Shows Support Growing For Palestinians Among Canadians
On the Real News, with Earl Washburn of EKOS Research Associates, Dimitri explains why the Canadian government’s lavish support for Israel is undemocratic: [...]
The Great Divide: Public Opinion vs. Canadian Government Policy on Israel/Palestine
(This op-ed was originally published in Ricochet Media) In the first all-party leaders’ debate in Canada’s 2015 federal election, Stephen Harper, arguably the most pro-Israel Prime Minister in [...]
New EKOS Poll Shows Dramatic Disconnect Between Public Opinion and Canadian Government Policy on Israel/Palestine
Several weeks ago, a coalition comprised of Canadians for Justice and Peace, Independent Jewish Voices Canada, Murray Dobbin and yours truly commissioned a poll from EKOS Research Associates [...]
In the Trump Era, Is Canada’s Trade Relationship with the U.S. a Blessing or a Curse?
Following the first meeting between Trump and Trudeau, I discuss with Canadian author and social activist Nora Loreto whether the economic integration of Canada and the United States is a [...]
