Category Archives: Discussion

Bruce Campbell Calls Out Mark Carney’s Inaction on Climate

On October 9, 2025, G78 Board member and author Burce Campbell published a blog in The Conversation entitled “Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat”.  The article reminds readers of the Carney’s speech to central bankers a decade ago arguing that climate change is a threat to international financial stability… Continue Reading Bruce Campbell Calls Out Mark Carney’s Inaction on Climate

Can the United Nations Stop Israel? Canada Can Lead

Can the United Nations stop Israel’s crimes against humanity in Gaza? In the September 17, 2025 edition of The Hill Times, G78 Chair Ted Jackson and Board member Gord Breedyk make the case that: “Alone or with others, Canada can immediately call on the UN General Assembly to convene an emergency special meeting” where members states would “develop recommendations… Continue Reading Can the United Nations Stop Israel? Canada Can Lead

Join us for this keynote address: Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World – Dani Rodrik

Drawing from his upcoming book Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate (2025), Dani Rodrik will outline how we can create economies that redistribute wealth to create a healthier and more socially-just world. Dani Rodrik is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the Harvard… Continue Reading Join us for this keynote address: Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World – Dani Rodrik

Massey Lecturer Alex Neve Speaking September 19-October 30

At a time when Human Rights are being gutted around the world, Alex Neve discusses how we have failed to make these rights truly universal and how we might renew these rights in a world filled with conflict and divisiveness.  Alex Neve is a human rights lawyer who served as Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada from 2000 to… Continue Reading Massey Lecturer Alex Neve Speaking September 19-October 30

11 Canadian Senators on Gaza: “Canada must do more. We cannot look away”

On June 25, 2025, eleven Canadian Senators – ten of whom are women – from five provinces issued a powerful statement urging Canada to uphold international humanitarian law in Gaza. “Respectfully, we call on the Government of Canada to immediately: 1. Protect and Fund Humanitarian Relief in Gaza, including UNRWA 2. Impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel… Continue Reading 11 Canadian Senators on Gaza: “Canada must do more. We cannot look away”

Deregulation, Privatization, and Fiscal Austerity: Remembering Why the Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster Happened

G78 Board member Bruce Campbell recently wrote a commemorative article for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (https://www.policyalternatives.ca/) to mark the 12th anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. “On July 6, 2013, a train carrying 72 tank cars of toxic shale oil derailed and exploded. It killed 47 people, spilling six million litres of oil—obliterating the centre of… Continue Reading Deregulation, Privatization, and Fiscal Austerity: Remembering Why the Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster Happened

Thomas Homer-Dixon: New Analytic Tools for Defending Canadian Democracy

A poster to invite folks to attend the webinar with Thomas Homer-Dixon and Ted Jackson

Economic precarity, the ingenuity gap, message distortion, and fragmentation of belief communities—these are four core factors driving the decline of democracy globally and in Canada. If we’re going to save, and even deepen, Canadian democracy, we must assess and respond to these issues through three lenses: worldviews, institutions, and technologies. That was the message of Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon,… Continue Reading Thomas Homer-Dixon: New Analytic Tools for Defending Canadian Democracy

December 9, 2020 Recording – Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era Book Launch

The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. discusses his newly released book, Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era. This event was hosted by Group of 78, in collaboration with PeaceQuest Speakers: Welcoming remarks by Roy Culpeper, Chair, Group of 78 Moderation by Steve Staples, Chairperson, PeaceQuest Leadership and Education Initiative Presentation by Senator Douglas Roche (ret.), Canada’s former UN… Continue Reading December 9, 2020 Recording – Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era Book Launch