The Globe at the Weekend podcast returns! Today starts our CANZUK podcast featuring host and CRCC founder Isaac Anderson and panelists Brent Cameron, author of the Case for Commonwealth David Parker, entrepreneur and political campaigner who helped get elected Erin O’Toole, as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and …
Read More »The Fall of Empires
Empires rise because a group of people becomes more prosperous than their neighbours. This enhanced prosperity is usually the result of the superior management of the economy, society and resources. Relative prosperity gives the group the ability to project power. As can be seen from the graph below, we are …
Read More »EU law is bunk
The interaction of sovereign nation states has always been a matter of power and self-interest. Britain lost sight of this during the Tony Blair years and tried to implement a so called “Ethical Foreign Policy”, which led to us performing some of the most unethical acts in our history, such …
Read More »Lunging toward the finish line
For those who have been pushing for Commonwealth free trade – specifically CANZUK as an initial phase – recent events have given much hope and buoyed spirits. There is an adage in show business that it takes years to become an overnight sensation, and a lot of intrepid souls know …
Read More »Its (Not) All About The Money: 2020 – UK & Commonwealth Vision Introduction
The Brexit debate has been monopolised by the focus on how the future EU-UK relationship will function, or not function, as the case may be. Despite the mass use of time and effort, not much has been fleshed out. As such, as we approach Brexit Day, we must examine the …
Read More »Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition recognizes Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela
Trinidad and Tobago is a member of the Commonwealth and is mere miles away from Venezuela. They have been greatly impacted by refugees and their Government has recognized the Maduro regime. The author is the International Affairs Officer of the United National Congress (Opposition party /former Government) of Trinidad and Tobago. …
Read More »Time to Choose
The second edition of Brent H. Cameron’s book, “The Case for Commonwealth Free Trade: Options for a new globalization is available now on Amazon worldwide. In 2009, I had the opportunity to have a long and private conversation. My family was on vacation and our excursion took us in proximity to someone …
Read More »A moment of decision
The second edition of Brent H. Cameron’s book, “The Case for Commonwealth Free Trade: Options for a new globalization is available now on Amazon worldwide. It is approaching the end of 2018, and the end of our comfortable complacency. Here, in Canada, we are entering a period of great uncertainty as our …
Read More »Trump the usurper
American politics was supposed to continue to be a dynastic struggle between the Clintons and the Bushes. It was supposed to be this way as that would mean nothing would change. Trump is a usurper. It is for this reason above all that he is so hated by the liberal …
Read More »Brexit and Aviation – ICAO, European Common Aviation Area and Open Skies
International air transport is governed by the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO), not the EU. Rights such as overflight, access to Air Traffic Control, access to ground services are governed internationally. The ICAO also governs market access and the EU and UK are committed to providing access to airlines from …
Read More »Better to be a dragon than a bear: the Chinese Russian relationship.
Part 1 Russia famously was described by Winston Churchill as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. What is less frequently noted is that Churchill went on to solve his riddle. The key to understanding Russian actions was to look at Russian national interest. But is this not …
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