Magazine

November/December 2006: Canada as a New Imperial Power?

Volume 40, Number 6

Is Canada a new imperial power? The idea may sound strange for a nation of hockey-loving hosers, but there might just be something to it. Our new issue takes on the question by looking at Canada’s approach to foreign policy — partnerships in American military exploits and democracy promotion, a growing alliance with Israel, questionable practices by CIDA and Canadian-based mining companies in developing nations, and a growing focus on militarism rather than diplomacy. Also inside: a personal dimension by Mel Watkins, Elizabeth May’s Green Party, Cuba After Fidel, and Rupert Murdoch vs. MySpace anarchy.

• Regulars

• Editorial: The New Canadian Militarism
• The Horowitz Paragraph
  by Gad Horowitz
• Québec Communiqué
  by Pierre Dostie
• Indian Country
  by Kahentinetha Horn
• Vulture Culture
  by Ed Janzen

• Opening Arguments

• On the Edge
  by Lesley Hughes
• Teachers Changing the World
• Cuba After Castro
  by Saul Landau
• Elizabeth May’s Green Party
  by Murray Dobbin

• Canada: A New Imperial Power?

• Empire’s Ally: Canadian Foreign Policy
  by Greg Albo
• Organizing The Canada-Israel Alliance
  by Daniel Freeman-Maloy
• Canada’s Contribution to “Democracy Promotion”
  by Anthony Fenton
• Digging up Canadian Dirt in Colombia
  by Chris Arsenault
• As Generals Send the Nation To War
  Vern Huffman interviews Scott Taylor
• Barrick’s Gold
  by Richard Acuña
• Is Canada an Imperialist State?
  by Cy Gonick
• A Modest Proposal to Curb State Terror
  by Harry Glasbeek

• All That’s Left

• Personal Dimension
  by Mel Watkins
• Games for People Who Want to Change the World
  by Paul Ryan Hiebert
• Unpacking the Passive Refugee
  by Theresa Wolfwood
• Drawing the Lessons of 9/11
  by Sid Shniad
• Wal-Town
  by Tracey Lindeman
• Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame
  by Errol Black
• Dubmatix
  by Erin Millar