One of my big takeaways from my latest #Ukraine visit is the need to change strategy. Current war strategy is focussed on 'defending Ukraine'. This is now a strategy for defeat and must evolve. 1/10 🧵🇺🇦
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At the DPRK Panel of Experts veto initiative debate today, Ambassador Bob Rae delivered a statement reiterating Canada’s great disappointment concerning Russia’s use of the veto to weaken global non-proliferation efforts.

New Crisis Group report on famine in Gaza says Israeli aid distribution has been a fiasco and that Israel is trying to work around the international system in order to play favorites among big families who agree to its agenda.

The strategy risks consequences similar to…

Nimmons n Nine was his group in the 50’s, he also produced a great version of Oscar Peterson’s Canadiana Suite and later his own quartet. Listen to “Holly”, a tribute to his daughter.

Today is #VimyRidgeDay . The Battle of Vimy Ridge is recognized by many as a defining event for Canada. During this First World War battle, all four divisions of the Canadian Corps fought together for the first time and delivered victory. #MilitaryHistory #CanadianHistory

I played in his band at U of T in the late 80s. He truly was a lovely man and a great musician.

.Bob Rae My latest: Millions of lives are at stake in Sudan | The Kingston Whig Standard #Sudan
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Phil Nimmons was a musical genius and a truly lovely man, a jazz clarinetist who kept playing and kept giving back. Arlene Perly Rae and I send love to his family and will be listening to his music tonight and the time ahead.

We are saddened to learn that Phil Nimmons, the legendary musician who was widely respected as an elder statesman of Canadian jazz, has died at the age of 100. We send our condolences to the Nimmons family. jazz.fm/phil-nimmons-o…

“Four out of five members who responded to the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China annual working conditions survey said they had experienced 'interference, harassment or violence' while trying to do their jobs in China during the past year.”

I just came back a trip around the resistance territories of southern Karenni state (Myanmar).

During my time I went to the frontlines, visited IDP camps in the jungles, stayed the night at an abandoned junta base, met resistance fighters, refugees and community leaders.

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In Ojibwe our word for eclipse is still makadewapikizi. Video from Hamilton region.

🎯 My law of appeasement says that trying not to escalate only leads to escalation by your enemy on his terms. Deterrence is the way to prevent escalation, and deterrence requires strength and strategic consistency.

Civilians have a moral and legal right to aid. We need a paradigm shift, and a sustained ceasefire, in Gaza.

I spoke with Ali Velshi: msnbc.com/ali-velshi/wat…

The #Myanmar junta denies the existence of #Rohingya & targets them for #genocide , and now in its weakened state, conscripts them to fight. This is not only a rights-abusing strategy, it’s also a losing one.

Thanks to Jonathan Head for the reportage.

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Alors que nos départs assistés d'Haïti touchent à leur fin, nous avons constaté un afflux de demandes à la dernière minute. 

Pour ceux qui ont manqué le vol d'aujourd'hui, sachez que nous aurons un vol supplémentaire cette semaine.

In Ojibwe our word for eclipse is makadewapikizi.

We stand with the people of Rwanda to honour the victims & survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, which began 30 years ago today.

The people of Rwanda have shown immense courage & our thoughts are with all those who continue to live with the trauma this Kwibuka.

'Double tap' means aiming for civilians, waiting for rescue crews, then striking again. Terror tactic of Russia known from Syria, applied now for two years in Ukraine.

The Russian brutal attack on civilians knows no limits. This is an attack on us all.