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Justin Trudeau must face up to Afghan detainee torture allegations

January 10, 2018

We believe this is unfinished business of the most serious kind — accountability for alleged complicity in torture — the only appropriate remedy for which is a public inquiry. – Peggy Mason In September 2015, in the midst of the federal election campaign, the Rideau Institute released a report — Torture of Afghan Detainees: Canada’s […]

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We call on Canada to step up on nuclear disarmament

November 2, 2016

The following article by RI President and former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament, Peggy Mason, appeared in the influential Hill Times Wednesday, 2 Nov 2016. It elaborates on her earlier Statement released immediately after UN First Committee vote. Canada Says No to Historic UN Vote on Nuclear Disarmament The negotiation to be launched by this resolution […]

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Open Letter to PM urging Public Inquiry on Afghan Detainee Transfers

June 8, 2016

Signed by 41 human rights experts, former and current parliamentarians and other eminent Canadians, an Open Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was just released by the Rideau Institute, further to their earlier report, entitled: Torture of Afghan Detainees: Canada’s Alleged Complicity and the Need for a Public Inquiry, (Omar Sabry, September, 2015, Rideau Institute […]

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Mason: Let’s leave this ill-considered military mission altogether

February 9, 2016

On February 8th the Liberal government revealed its new plan for the role Canada will play in the coalition against Islamic State. President of the Rideau Institute, Peggy Mason, was invited by The Citizen to provide an analysis of the new plan. The resulting commentary is reproduced in its entirety below. The U.S.-led coalition against […]

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