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		Comment on Canada’s Foreign Policy in an Interregnum: From Comfortable Ally to Strategic Middle Power by Canada’s Foreign Policy in an Interregnum: From Comfortable Ally to Strategic Middle Power &#8211; Meanwhile&#8230; back up North		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2026/04/canadas-foreign-policy-in-an-interregnum-from-comfortable-ally-to-strategic-middle-power/#comment-57</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Canada’s Foreign Policy in an Interregnum: From Comfortable Ally to Strategic Middle Power &#8211; Meanwhile&#8230; back up North]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] Read the rest of the article here. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		Comment on Time for Canadian International Development NGOs to Rethink their Business Model by Canadian Development NGOs: A Time for “Principled, Intentional, and Courageous Transformation” &#8211; Group of 78 &#8211; Le Groupe des 78		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2026/01/time-for-canadian-international-development-ngos-to-rethink-their-business-model/#comment-56</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Canadian Development NGOs: A Time for “Principled, Intentional, and Courageous Transformation” &#8211; Group of 78 &#8211; Le Groupe des 78]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] “This is not a time for caution or nostalgia. It is a time for principled, intentional, and courageous transformation.”  Writing on the McLeod Group platform, Cuso International CEO Nicolas Moyer argues that, in the face of serious cuts to aid budgets, Canadian NGOs must not only rethink their business models, they must move boldly and quickly to actually change how they work by restructuring, streamlining, sunsetting some programs, and perhaps merging.  “The organizations willing to reimagine themselves for the next decade,” he writes,” will be the ones that continue to deliver meaningful impact long after the current disruptions have passed.” Read the full blog here: https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2026/01/time-for-canadian-international-development-ngos-to-rethink-their&#8230; [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] “This is not a time for caution or nostalgia. It is a time for principled, intentional, and courageous transformation.”  Writing on the McLeod Group platform, Cuso International CEO Nicolas Moyer argues that, in the face of serious cuts to aid budgets, Canadian NGOs must not only rethink their business models, they must move boldly and quickly to actually change how they work by restructuring, streamlining, sunsetting some programs, and perhaps merging.  “The organizations willing to reimagine themselves for the next decade,” he writes,” will be the ones that continue to deliver meaningful impact long after the current disruptions have passed.” Read the full blog here: https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2026/01/time-for-canadian-international-development-ngos-to-rethink-their&#8230; [&#8230;]</p>
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		Comment on Pierre the Ripper? Reflections on Mark Bourrie’s biography of the Conservative leader by On Pierre Poilievre&#8217;s ties to the right-wing international movement, Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) &#124;		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2025/04/pierre-the-ripper-reflections-on-mark-bourries-biography-of-the-conservative-leader/#comment-52</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[On Pierre Poilievre&#8217;s ties to the right-wing international movement, Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) &#124;]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 01:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] And here [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		Comment on The Future of Canada’s Global Engagement: Beyond a Rules-Based International Order? by A New Age for Canadian Grand Strategy: Standing up for Ourselves &#124; CDA Institute		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2022/04/the-future-of-canadas-global-engagement-beyond-a-rules-based-international-order/#comment-51</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A New Age for Canadian Grand Strategy: Standing up for Ourselves &#124; CDA Institute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 16:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] continues its “continental approach”, what goals does Canada seek in such an environment?&#160; Should it continue to work for a fading “Rules Based International Order”?&#160; Would it be in our best interests to turn inward [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] continues its “continental approach”, what goals does Canada seek in such an environment?&nbsp; Should it continue to work for a fading “Rules Based International Order”?&nbsp; Would it be in our best interests to turn inward [&#8230;]</p>
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		Comment on Shifting Aid Money to Wall Street: The Financialization of Aid is Underway by Shifting USAID US$44 billion to Wall Street financiers &#124;		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2025/03/shifting-aid-money-to-wall-street-the-financialization-of-aid-is-underway/#comment-50</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shifting USAID US$44 billion to Wall Street financiers &#124;]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2025/03/shifting-aid-money-to-wall-street-the-financialization-of-aid-is-&#8230; [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] <a href="https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2025/03/shifting-aid-money-to-wall-street-the-financialization-of-aid-is-&#038;#8230" rel="ugc">https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2025/03/shifting-aid-money-to-wall-street-the-financialization-of-aid-is-&#038;#8230</a>; [&#8230;]</p>
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		Comment on Promises made, promises broken: Foreign aid and Budget 2023 by Canada’s charitable sector today		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2023/03/promises-made-promises-broken-foreign-aid-and-budget-2023/#comment-49</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Canada’s charitable sector today]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] [17] https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2023/03/promises-made-promises-broken-foreign-aid-and-budget-2023/ [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] [17] <a href="https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2023/03/promises-made-promises-broken-foreign-aid-and-budget-2023/" rel="ugc">https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2023/03/promises-made-promises-broken-foreign-aid-and-budget-2023/</a> [&#8230;]</p>
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		Comment on Transforming international development NGOs: Interview with Julia Sánchez, Part 2 by Read the articles below and prepare a review identifying and analyzing the main themes, issues and or problems covered in the readings. - Essayboat		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2020/06/transforming-international-development-ngos/#comment-37</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Read the articles below and prepare a review identifying and analyzing the main themes, issues and or problems covered in the readings. - Essayboat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] Transforming international development NGOs: Interview with Julia Sánchez, Part 2 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		Comment on Transforming international development NGOs: Interview with Julia Sánchez, Part 2 by Read the articles below and prepare a review identifying and analyzing the main themes, issues and or problems covered in the readings. - essaynewt		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2020/06/transforming-international-development-ngos/#comment-36</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Read the articles below and prepare a review identifying and analyzing the main themes, issues and or problems covered in the readings. - essaynewt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2023 02:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] Transforming international development NGOs: Interview with Julia Sánchez, Part 2 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		Comment on The World According to Chrystia Freeland by Canada’s Taiwan Drawback - rabble.ca Information Buzz - News Buzz		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2022/10/the-world-according-to-chrystia-freeland/#comment-35</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Canada’s Taiwan Drawback - rabble.ca Information Buzz - News Buzz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 01:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] in step with Canada’s “One China” coverage and CIPS, but it surely requires Canada abandoning the Manichaean view of the world it has adopted. Most significantly, it requires Canada having the braveness to name out the US when [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] in step with Canada’s “One China” coverage and CIPS, but it surely requires Canada abandoning the Manichaean view of the world it has adopted. Most significantly, it requires Canada having the braveness to name out the US when [&#8230;]</p>
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		Comment on COP27: How ambitious climate action can help dig us out of the global polycrisis by COP27: How Ambitious Climate Action Can Help Dig Us Out of The Global Polycrisis &#8211; Centre for International Policy Studies		</title>
		<link>https://www.mcleodgroup.ca/2022/11/cop27-how-ambitious-climate-action-can-help-dig-us-out-of-the-global-polycrisis/#comment-34</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[COP27: How Ambitious Climate Action Can Help Dig Us Out of The Global Polycrisis &#8211; Centre for International Policy Studies]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] published on the McLeod Group Blog on November 7th, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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