Yesterday’s webinar with Dennis Howlett, Daniel Komesch, and Toby Sanger covered a lot of ground about the reasons why International Tax Reform is necessary and how it can create opportunities for a fairer global economy. Daniel’s Inequality Report from Oxfam offered sobering views of the levels of inequality taking place in the world, and the impacts of rampant… Continue Reading International Tax Reform Webinar now available
Former Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy offered criticism of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘jigsaw puzzle’ approach to foreign policy in his recent opinion piece published on September 16 in The Star which is now available on his blog as Canadian Foreign Policy – A Jigsaw Puzzle? Rather than the ‘new, full foreign policy’ that was promised in the 2025 Liberal election… Continue Reading Lloyd Axworthy: Canadian Foreign Policy – A Jigsaw Puzzle approach
A couple of weeks ago, Dan Smith, a keynote speaker for the Group of 78’s 2026 Annual Policy Conference in Ottawa on October 10, wrote a blog post in which he discussed whether the rhetoric used to discuss certain regional conflicts keeps us from acting on them. His post Are ‘forever wars’ forever? may make you re-think how… Continue Reading The Rhetoric of Conflict – is ‘forever’ really forever?
In January 2026, OXFAM published its Annual Inequalities Report. Daniel Komesch, from OXFAM Canada will discuss this report during our upcoming conversation regarding International Tax Reform on Thursday September 17 at 1 PM ET. We encourage you to look through the report so that you are better informed about global inequality, as well as how International Tax Reform… Continue Reading Daniel Komesch: OXFAM Annual Inequalities Report informs International Tax Reform
Robert Reich, former American Secretary of Labor, Director of Policy for the Federal Trade Commission, and advisor to presidents, and Inequality Media Civic Action premiered their latest video on September 6, 2026. This video debunks the concerns of those who are afraid that a wealth tax would affect them while also explaining who it would affect and how.… Continue Reading What Would a 2% Wealth Tax on Billionaires Accomplish?
On August 3, Jayati Ghosh, writing for Project Syndicate, wrote about how the proposed United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could make “global tax cooperation more inclusive and effective.” Jayati’s article explains how both developed and developing nations would be able to seize more tax revenue from both multinational corporations and uber-rich individuals to be able to… Continue Reading Jayati Ghosh: The Case for a ‘Pay-Where-You-Play’ Tax System
At 1:00 PM September 17, the Group of 78 will host a webinar in which we will be discussing the importance of International Tax Reform to create a fairer global economy. This is especially important in view of the long-term impacts on global poverty in developing nations. Daniel Komesch is the Manager of Policy and Advocacy at Oxfam… Continue Reading Daniel Komesch (Oxfam Canada) joins International Tax Reform Webinar
On September 3, the European Network on Debt and Development (eurodad) issued a report on the United Nations Tax Convention negotiations which took place in New York in early August. To read more of the analysis of what happened, and what needs to happen, read the report HERE.
Writing in The Conversation on August 31, 2026, Adam Muller, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manitoba and G78 Board member, published an article entitled: The UN says Israel is targeting Palestinian children. Here’s why the ‘bias’ defence doesn’t hold up. Professor Muller reports on a United Nations commission that earlier this year collected… Continue Reading Adam Muller: The UN reports that Israel is killing Palestinian children; Israel’s “bias defence” doesn’t hold up
The University of Ottawa’s Common Law Section is hosting a screening of the film The Veto, “a documentary examining the veto power of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the consequences of its use in the face of the gravest international crimes.” “Following the film, there will be an inter-active panel discussion with Tim… Continue Reading The UN Security Council Veto: The Damage It Causes and Prospects for Change-See the Film The Veto on September 21