The U.S. and Canada: A Love-Hate Relationship
Police brutality, gun violence, and a pandemic… It is not hard to see the cookpot of 2020 boiling over, especially when it comes to Canada-U.S. relations. Canada and the U.S. More
Will Trudeau’s ‘Charm Offensive’ Win Canada a UN Security Council Seat?
In March 2016, Canada began its campaign for a United Nations Security Council seat. In a tight competition to win one of only two seats, Canada is up against Ireland More
Flight 752: A Breakdown of the Trudeau Government’s Handling of the Crisis
A few days after the U.S.-authorized drone strike on January 3rd, which killed Iranian General Qassim Suleimani, Iran retaliated by targeting US troops based in Iraq with ballistic missiles. These More
The Endless War: Canada’s Role in Afghanistan
The United States’ initial decision to invade Afghanistan came after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, where members of terrorist group Al Qaeda hijacked four American planes and used them to More
Chrystia Freeland’s Imprint on Foreign Affairs
Through the numerous scandals faced by the Prime Minister and his cabinet during the last four years, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has been a consistent beam of light for More
The Parties on Foreign Policy
On October 1, Canadian federal party leaders were scheduled to have a Munk Debate on foreign policy, which, along with the Macleans CTV debate, Justin Trudeau declined to attend. Despite More
Canada’s Bid for a UN Security Council Seat: A Double-Edged Sword?
In 2021, UN member states will vote to confirm which country will take up a seat on the body’s coveted Security Council. In March 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced More
Canada’s China Canola Crisis
The diplomatic dispute between Canada and China took a turn for the worse during the month of March. First, Richardson International, a major Canadian canola exporter, had its registration to More
5G, Five Eyes, Five Arrests (so far): A Novel Strategy to Contain China Yields Mixed Results
It was a midsummer evening this past July when a storm began to brew in Nova Scotia. In the months to come, a handful of relatively unknown bureaucrats would carefully More
Op-Ed: Two-Faced Trudeau? Cannabis Legalization and the War on Drugs
This op-ed presents only the opinion of the author and is not an endorsement from the McGill Journal of Political Studies, nor the McGill Political Science Students’ Association. Recreational cannabis More