Archives: Commentaries

Friday, April 15, 2011

Commentary: “Investment and the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: the oil sands controversy” by Lorand Bartels and Caroline Henckels

Commentary (April 2011) by Lorand Bartels, University Lecturer in Law and Caroline Henckels, PhD student (University of Cambridge) After almost two years of negotiation on a Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) the parties are hopeful that an agreement will be concluded later in 2011. The CETA has been controversial –... More

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Commentary: “Canada-Europe Free Trade: The economic sovereignty of Quebec (and other provinces) is not threatened!” by Jason Langrish and Patrick Leblond / Commentaire : Libre-échange Canada-Europe: La souveraineté économique du Québec (et des autres provinces) n’est pas menacée! par Jason Langrish et Patrick Leblond

Commentary (February 2011) by Jason Langrish, Executive Director, Canada-Europe Roundtable for Business and Patrick Leblond, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. Ce bref commentaire revisite les conclusions du rapport de L’Institut de Recherche Économique Contemporaine (IREC) sur les... More

Monday, November 1, 2010

Commentary: Free Trade with Europe will not destroy 150,000 jobs

Commentary (November 2010) By Patrick Leblond, University of Ottawa In a study recently published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, economist Jim Stanford concluded that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union should cost the Canadian economy a minimum of 28, 043 jobs. This commentary... More

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Commentary: “Sky-high: Charges on Canadian Air Services through the Gold-plated Roof” by Mark Glynn

Commentary (April 2010) by Mark Glynn under the supervision of Professor Armand de Mestral, Jean Monnet Chair in the Law of International Economic Integration Canada has committed to a ground-breaking progressive dismantling of all government regulation of market access in the Canada-EU transatlantic air services market. However in order for this... More

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Commentary: “Canada and the EU towards an international standoff? The increasingly troublesome Czech visa saga” by Oliver Schmidtke

Commentary (September 2009) by Oliver Schmidtke, University of... More

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Commentary: “Europeanizing Canada’s Citizenship Regime?” by Inder Marwah and Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos

Commentary (May 2009) by Inder Marwah, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto and Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough and the School of Public Policy and... More

Friday, January 30, 2009

Commentary: “The euro is ten years old!” by Patrick Leblond / Commentaire : L’euro a dix ans ! par Patrick Leblond

Commentary (January 2009) by Patrick Leblond, University of Ottawa English Version Ten years ago, on January 1, 1999, eleven European Union (EU) Member States signed up to a single currency, the euro. The decision to create a single currency in Europe was made in 1993 with the signing of the Maastricht treaty. This commentary looks... More

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Commentary: Open skies negotiations between Canada and the EU By Armand de Mestral

Commentary (October 2008) By Armand de Mestral, Jean Monnet Professor of Law at McGill University. In 2007, after concluding negotiations with the United States, the European Commission invited Canada to negotiate a new single air transport services agreement with the EU, to replace Canada’s existing agreements with seventeen EU Member States... More

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Commentary: “The Charge of the Lite Brigade: the EU in Afghanistan” By David Long

Commentary (October 2008) By David Long, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University The European nations’s involvement in Afghanistan is shaped by their participation in the NATO-led ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) operation. Though 25 of 27 European Union nations are engaged in the mission, the reality... More

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Commentary: EU-Canada Economic Partnership: Where Next? By Kurt Hübner and Armand de Mestral

Commentary (October 2008) By Kurt Hübner and Armand de... More

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