Ten Good Reads to to Cozy Up with This Winter

 As the year wraps up, the weather gets colder, and the days get shorter, why not light your fireplace and curl up with a good book? Here are Ottawa Life Magazine’s top ten reading picks for this season in no particular order. From thought-provoking political memoirs to enchanting and heartfelt

China and the United States step up to get world vaccinated

 In a world spanned by polarizing politics, China and the U.S. are united on this one thing: global access to vaccinations must be a priority to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, China set the stage to address inequalities in vaccine distributions by organizing the first International Forum on Vaccine Cooperation.

Canada embargoes Turkey arms and locks itself out of future defence procurements

 On April 12, 2021 Canadian, Foreign Minister Marc Garneau announced that the federal government was ending all arms sales to Turkey as a result of the last year’s conflict in the contested area of Nagorno-Karabakh. During the war, Turkish backed Azeri troops retook most of the contested region after a month

Analysis Paralysis – Marc Garneau

 ABOVE: 737 Boeing Max 8 (photo credit: Caribb via flickr) Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau's befuddled and perplexing response to the safety concerns being raised from around the world regarding the safety and reliability of the 737 Boeing Max 8 is being attributed to the influence of Boeing and its lobbyists'

Liberals Have Plenty of Talent to Make Up Gender-Balanced Cabinet

 Photo by Jean-Marc Carisse. Justin Trudeau promises to have gender parity in his cabinet. He announced that in his Democracy package back in June and, when asked about this on the weekend, he reaffirmed his position. So who are the women who could make up his cabinet? In a 30-member cabinet, Trudeau

Back to the Future: The Fall and Possible Rise of the Liberal Party of Canada

 By Dan Donovan and Simon Vodrey It has come down to this. On Election Night, May 2011, the once great Liberal Party of Canada was pummeled. It seemed unbelievable that the “Natural Governing Party of Canada” had fallen from grace with a loud thud, placing third in the polls, unable