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In the 2009 British political satire, In the Loop, one line in particular stands out in a screenplay that was nominated for an Academy Award. When a British minister inadvertently ignites speculation of an imminent war with an undisclosed Middle Eastern country, his meeting with American officials at the British foreign office is hastily arranged. Speaking on the phone about who will likely be attending, the British “director of diplomacy” remarks they needn’t worry about the Canadians as “they’re just happy to be there. They always look surprised when they’re invited.”
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Lisa Taylor, “Opinion: A rough lesson in civics,” Toronto Star, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. www.thestar.com.
The violence perpetrated by police, however, was reported in the New York Times and the Guardian (with a reporter from the latter having been beaten and arrested despite showing police his press credentials). See Ian Austen, “Police in Toronto criticized for treatment of protesters, many peaceful,” The New York Times, Sunday, June 27, 2010, www.nytimes.com;
and John Hilary, “May Toronto’s G20 be the last,” The Guardian, Sunday, June 27, 2010, www.theguardian.co.uk.
Robert E. Denton, Jr. “Television as an instrument of war,” in Denton, ed., The Media and the Persian Gulf War (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993), p. 33.
Brendan Kennedy, “G20 police action ‘unjustified’,” Toronto Star, Saturday, June 25, 2011, A1.
Megan Cotton-Kinch, “Journalism & democracy”, Speak Up! Speak Out! Public Dialogue and the Politics of Dissent conference presentation, Wilfrid Laurier University, Saturday, March, 19, 2011.
Catherine Bush, The Rules of Engagement (Toronto: HarperFlamingo Canada, 2000), p. 154.
William E. Connolly, Identity\Difference: Democratic Negotiations of Political Paradox (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, 1991), p. 158.
Nevzat Soguk, States and Strangers: Refugees and Displacements of Statecraft (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 1999), pp.18–19.
See Giorgio Agamben, Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Stanford, CA: Standford University Press, 1998), pp. 126–135.
Allan Thompson, “Chretien condemns Canadian’s execution, rift with Vietnam widens as Ottawa steps up pressure,” Toronto Star, May 2, 2000.
Michael Dillon and Julian Reid, “Global Governance, Liberal Peace, and Complex Emergency,” Alternatives, January 25, 2000, p. 131.
Jenny Edkins, “Sovereign power, zones of indistinction, and the camp,” Alternatives, January 25, 2000, p. 7.
Quoted in Kathleen Kenna, “Faulder gets last minute reprieve,” Toronto Star, Thursday December 10, 1998, p. A12.
See Valerie Lawton, “B.C. pair take extradition fight to Supreme Court,” Toronto Star, Wednesday, May 24, 2000, p. A2.
Ibid. See also, Janice Tibbetts, “Supreme Court gives intervenor status to Italy,” The National Post, April 17, 2000.
Tracy Lamourie quoted in Brian Shields, “Baby killer looks to Canada for mercy,” The Beacon News, Saturday, October 7, 2000. See http://ccadp.org/news2000.htm.
See Kirk Makin, “Top court speaks out against execution,” Globe and Mail, Friday, February 16, 2001, pp. A1, A9.
See William Safire, “K angaroo Courts,” The New York Times, November 26, 2001.
Joan Bryden, “Tories deny hidden agenda on death penalty,” Globe and Mail, November 3, 2007, p. A4. Also see “Tories abandon Canadians on death rows,” Toronto Star, November 1, 2007, www.thestar.com.
See “Canadian on death row suing Tory government,” The Globe and Mail, November 28, 2007, p. A7; and Kirk Martin, “Death-row killer in U.S. turns to Canadian court,” The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2008, p. A5.
Campbell Clark and Colin Frieze, “Canada to aid man in Saudi jail,” The Globe and Mail, March 5, 2008, p. A7.
Garfield Pardy, quoted in Kirk Makin, “Ottawa’s stand on clemency bids decried,” The Globe and Mail, March 5, 2008, p. A7.
Quoted in Galloway “Ottawa hurting case of Canadian facing beheading, MPs say,” The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2008, p. A5.
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Molloy, P. (2012). Introduction. In: Canada/US and Other Unfriendly Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137031457_1
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