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Political Corner: Irish border negotiations need to be handled more delicately than Brexit was
February 25, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate Three years and two prime ministers later, the United Kingdom successfully left the European Union on January 31. The rest of the year is going to be filled with UK-EU free trade talks. These talks are going to determine the future of the UK’s relationship with the Union and are taking place against the backdrop of the UK’s transition period out of the EU. The goal of the talks will be to negotiate a free trade deal to protect the UK’s economy once they finally leave the EU. At the same time, there are also going…
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Political Corner: World leaders can’t continue to shrug off wildfires while courting Big Coal
January 26, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate Last year, the world watched as forest fires in the Amazon led to some of the worst environmental damage the world has seen in recent decades. Throughout all of the devastation, there was a hope through…
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Political Corner: Canada’s stance on the Rohingya genocide is all talk
January 14, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate In late August 2017, a genocide began against the Rohingya Muslim minority living in Myanmar. The catalyst for the genocide was an alleged terror attack carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army that resulted in…
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Political Corner: India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill is a horrific case of Islamophobia
January 5, 2020By: Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer Under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, the Hindu nationalist group Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has undergone a tremendous effort to institutionalise the persecution of Muslims in India. Further fulfilling this agenda, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB)…
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The protests in Chile are yet another example of civil unrest due to rising inequality
November 15, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate It seems that the entire world is protesting right now. From Lebanon to Catalonia and Iraq to Pakistan, protests seemed to constantly erupt throughout October. One of the most prominent protests to emerge is the one…
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Political Corner: The withdrawal of US troops from Syria aids only ISIS
November 4, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate Since the beginning of October, US troops have been pulled from the northeast area of Syria. They were in the area providing support to the Syrian Kurds who have been fighting as part of the Global…
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Political Corner: The Polish elections present a teachable moment for left-wing opposition parties
October 27, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate With Canadian voters now recovering from our own election cycle, it is easy to forget about the politics of other countries and their potential repercussions. One example is Poland, which has also held parliamentary elections…
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We shouldn’t be normalizing the ethnocide of Chinese Uyghurs
October 26, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Genocides and ethnic cleansing are not a thing of the past, and clearly neither are internment camps. In the province of Xinjiang in China, officials are currently holding an estimated 3 million Uyghur, Kazakh, and other…
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Political Corner: India’s imperialist actions in Kashmir are a betrayal and a violation of human rights
October 7, 2019By: Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer The Kashmir valley is a highly contested region which is shared by India, Pakistan, and China. The Indian-administered part, collectively called the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), is a Muslim majority state with a special…
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The US’ response to the Saudi oil strikes makes little political sense
September 29, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate On September 14, a drone strike critically damaged two of Saudi Arabia’s oil manufacturing infrastructure. The attack was allegedly carried out by Houthi rebels, a group that appeared after the Arab Spring and are fighting for…
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