Author: Hon. Joe Volpe

Those in need should not be so pretentious

TORONTO – Brazen and in-your-face, that sums up the international diplomatic style of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It works for him. Friends of Israel – there are some; just not in the country’s vicinity – must cringe at the mere thought that “Bibi” is coming to town. Think of the enormous security costs the host has to absorb to accommodate him and the disruption to their own agenda (maybe, just maybe, their own national interests have some validity) they undergo to hear his habitual refrain: “we are your border guards; give us more weapons, more quickly to do our job for your benefit”. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Polemiche sulle schede elettorali Usa

TORONTO – Chiamatemi pure cinico, ma ho smesso di credere che in politica accadano “eventi imprevisti”, a meno che non siano eventi naturali che possono abbattersi sui “migliori piani di topi e uomini”. Non sono nemmeno un teorico della cospirazione. In questo contesto, ciò che si sta svolgendo nel processo elettorale americano avrà un impatto “a cascata” sul Canada e altrove… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Political turmoil everywhere in the Presidential election

TORONTO – Call me cynical but I stopped believing that “unplanned events” happen in politics, unless they are occurrences in Nature that may descend upon the “best laid plans of mice and men.” I am also not a conspiracy theorist. In this context, what is unfolding in the American electoral process will have its “trickle down” impact on Canada, and elsewhere.