Editorial We have to fight back Shortly after the Ontario provincial elections last year, we reminded our readers in an editorial that people usually get the government they deserve. We were referring, of course, to the not-so-Progressive Conservative government of Premier Doug Ford and the fact that many people in the Black community had declared […]
By David Jessop In a more normal world, a Communication produced by the European Commission (EC) setting out the main elements of Europe’s future policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) might only be of passing interest. However, at a time when international relations are in flux, and Washington has claimed the right to […]
In her book, Holding the Bully’s Coat: Canada and the US Empire, journalist Linda McQuaig gave details of a 2003 meeting held in Ottawa which was chaired by Denis Paradis, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’s Secretary of State for Latin America. The “Ottawa Initiative on Haiti” sought ways of deposing Haiti’s democratically elected President Jean Bertrand […]
Increased Polarization on Attitudes to Immigration Reshaping the Political Landscape in Canada Spacial Report. According to the Ecos Research of Ottawa the attitudes of people in Canada, on immigration have never been a critical a ballot booth issue. Unlike in America or Europe, where they have been deeply divisive the differences in Canada have been […]
CARIFORUM-UK EPA offers news opportunities By David Jessop A few days ago, the British government published the text of the CARIFORUM-UK Economic Partnership Agreement (UK EPA) that will govern trade in goods and services with the Caribbean, assuming Britain leaves the European Union sometime later this year. The agreement has the effect of replicating the intent […]
Editorial Taking care of his own From whom was Premier Doug Ford taking advice when he decided to slash the budget of Legal Aid Ontario by 30 per cent and eliminate funding for refugee and immigration law services? Was it former Ontario Premier Mike Harris? We ask these questions because this backward, wrong-headed idea by […]
A cold wind starts to blow By David Jessop New winds are blowing through the Caribbean. Some may welcome what they bring; others may not. Four events in the last fourteen days illustrate how the region is being captured, probably irretrievably, by a new if so far ill-defined cold war that involves the US, China, […]
Editorial Reclaiming the festival Some people describe The Caribbean Camera as the “Carnival paper.” Of course, we do publish more news about the Toronto Caribbean carnival than any other paper in Canada’s largest city. And for us, Caribana is never a forgotten word. But while we present our readers with a wide range of stories […]
Editorial Remember Grenada Many of our readers will remember the invasion of Grenada by the United States back in 1983. Some preferred to call it an “intervention.” But invasion it was. Grenada, the spice island in the Eastern Caribbean, became the focus of world attention when leftist Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several persons loyal […]
By David Jessop From Iraq, through Libya to Syria, the approach to regime change by the US and its allies has been to support the removal of a disliked government with little serious thought as to the broader consequences. Absent in these and other lower intensity conflicts has been any informed long-term thinking or planning […]
