Who is Peter Kent? Known to many because of his background as a journalist, (or as a talking head, as some call him), he shot out on the political scene in English Canada as Israel bombed Gaza to bits. the a-team dvd download Kent is Canada’s junior minister for foreign affairs. After the holiday lull, [...]
“We are not going to continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals,” said US President Barack Obama two weeks ago, referring to the controversial US prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Obama plans to shut down the prison, where over four hundred men are detained and which does not conform to international [...]
Canada’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Peter Kent isn’t the only former journalist testing his chops as a politician these days. The New York Times carried a story today about journalists who made the jump to work with Barack Obama. “An unusual number of journalists from prominent, mainstream organizations started new government jobs in [...]
Finishing off his first overseas trip as a Canadian official, Peter Kent visited El Salvador, Central America’s most densely populated country, and home to the delectable pupusa. There, he fulfilled a foreign policy agenda that seeks to ensure stability for Canadian investors in El Salvador, while guaranteeing a consistent stream of temporary migrant workers from [...]
After a visit to Nicaragua, Peter Kent, Canada’s junior foreign affairs minister continued on to Guatemala, Central America’s most populous country, and the site of one of the most horrific wars in the Western Hemisphere. Kent participated in a high profile ceremony with President Alvaro Colom, where he announced a $10 million donation from the [...]
It’s been a whirlwind workweek for Peter Kent, who on Monday kicked off his first field trip as Canada’s minister of state for the Americas. The junior minister post is a new position created by the Conservatives in order to fulfill their plan to re-engage in Latin America. Kent started off his week in a [...]
Canada’s junior minister of foreign affairs has made a point of pointing fingers lately. For that matter, so has Canada, which was the only country on the United Nations’ Human Rights Council that voted against a motion condemning Israel for its recent attacks on the Gaza Strip. The vote before the Geneva-based body shows the [...]
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