The Hill TimesMonday October 11, 2021, p.19 Canada needs to demonstrate sincerity in its climate adaptation actions It is not too late. Canada can still pledge to increase its contribution, by doubling it again to $2-billion a year. That would still amount to less than half its fair share, but would reflect much greater sincerity in its commitment… Continue Reading Opinion piece by G78 Chair, Roy Culpeper
Hill Times By ROY CULPEPER, LAURA MACDONALD, AND SAM VAN OORT MAY 15, 2020 The pandemic and its economic repercussions promise to be with us for some time. Canada should support a new issuance of SDRs as the case in favour of using them to assist the poorest countries strengthens over the next year. In March, Kristalina Georgieva, managing director… Continue Reading Financial crisis and the pandemic: is it time for international money?
The Group of 78’s Working Group on Climate Change is working to raise the issue in the upcoming federal election. The actions include circulating the messages and recommendations from last year’s policy conference to politicians as well as producing short articles or “op-eds” for the media. The group of 78 invites citizen participation by providing a list of questions… Continue Reading Climate Action: Questions for Candidates in the 2019 Federal Election
The Group of 78, 2016 conference Report is now available! Limits to Armed Intervention Lessons from Africa, the Middle East & Afghanistan A special thank you to the Rapporteur team for all of their hard work. Coordinator: Richard Harmston The Group of 78 is most grateful to the following graduate students from Carleton University who produced the summaries… Continue Reading 2016 Conference Report Now Available!
Open Letter to the Prime Minister April 26, 2016 The G78’s Thematic Working Group on Arms Control drafted a letter to the Prime Minister expressing our profound concern about the authorization of exports of Light Armoured Vehicles worth $15 billion to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We solicited considerable support for this letter from NGOs in the Human… Continue Reading Saudi Arms Deal: Open Letter to the Prime Minister
Group of 78 Statement on Iran Adopted by the Board of Directors March 26, 2013 Principal Points: Avoid the use of military force; work with other states and through international organizations – particularly the United Nations – to ensure that acts of war and violence are precluded from all avenues to resolve the outstanding issues associated with Iran.… Continue Reading Group of 78 Statement on Iran
Group of 78 Endorsement of Statement by the World Federalists Movement – Canada The following statement by the World Federalist Movement – Canada was endorsed by the Group of 78 Board on March 26, 2013. G78 Endorsement of WFM Statement 2013-03-26 (PDF) Benchmarks for effective Canadian policy in Mali While Prime Minister Harper and the opposition parties have… Continue Reading Group of 78 Endorses WFM Benchmarks for Effective Canadian Policy in Mali
March 25, 2011 The Group of 78 has endorsed the Voices-Voix declaration on democracy, free speech and transparency in Canada.