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Edward Jackson is president of E. T. Jackson and Associates, senior research fellow at Carleton University, and honorary associate of the Institute of Development Studies.

Brazil: a catalyst of plurilateralism

  • Brazil has demonstrated its ability to mobilize states and non-state actors around specific issues and solutions, engaging partners in the global south and north,
Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON | January 2, 2026
Brazil President Luiz Lula da Silva at an event in Fortaleza, Brazil, on March 12, 2025. In the space of 13 months, led by efforts from Lula, Brazil has catalyzed coalitions of the willing on hunger, artificial intelligence, forests, and more, Edward Jackson writes.   Photograph courtesy of Ricardo Stuckert/Wkimedia Commons

Brazil: a catalyst of plurilateralism

Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON | January 2, 2026
  • Brazil has demonstrated its ability to mobilize states and non-state actors around specific issues and solutions, engaging partners in the global south and north,

Brazil: a catalyst of plurilateralism

Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON | January 2, 2026
  • Brazil has demonstrated its ability to mobilize states and non-state actors around specific issues and solutions, engaging partners in the global south and north,
Brazil President Luiz Lula da Silva at an event in Fortaleza, Brazil, on March 12, 2025. In the space of 13 months, led by efforts from Lula, Brazil has catalyzed coalitions of the willing on hunger, artificial intelligence, forests, and more, Edward Jackson writes.   Photograph courtesy of Ricardo Stuckert/Wkimedia Commons

Can the United Nations stop Israel? Canada can lead

  • Alone or with others, Canada can immediately call on the UN General Assembly to convene an emergency special meeting.
Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON, GORDON BREEDYK | September 17, 2025
UN Security Council
UN Security Council
UN Security Council members vote to fill a vacancy in the International Court of Justice on Jan. 24, 2025. It is within the world’s power to intervene effectively to stop Israel, write Edward Jackson and Gordon Breedyk. Photograph courtesy of United Nations/Evan Schneider

Can the United Nations stop Israel? Canada can lead

Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON, GORDON BREEDYK | September 17, 2025
  • Alone or with others, Canada can immediately call on the UN General Assembly to convene an emergency special meeting.

Can the United Nations stop Israel? Canada can lead

Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON, GORDON BREEDYK | September 17, 2025
  • Alone or with others, Canada can immediately call on the UN General Assembly to convene an emergency special meeting.
UN Security Council
UN Security Council members vote to fill a vacancy in the International Court of Justice on Jan. 24, 2025. It is within the world’s power to intervene effectively to stop Israel, write Edward Jackson and Gordon Breedyk. Photograph courtesy of United Nations/Evan Schneider

Infrastructure bank’s $10-billion growth plan must be green, gender equal

  • With its focus on renewable energy, electric buses, and home retrofits, the Canadian Infrastructure Bank’s $10-billion growth plan is very green. But it says
Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON | October 5, 2020
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured Sept. 15, when the Liberal government announced it would carve out $3.3-billion in existing infrastructure funding for projects related to the pandemic. Last week, the feds said they would spend $10-billion as part of a push to create more than 60,000 jobs related to infrastructure development. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Infrastructure bank’s $10-billion growth plan must be green, gender equal

Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON | October 5, 2020
  • With its focus on renewable energy, electric buses, and home retrofits, the Canadian Infrastructure Bank’s $10-billion growth plan is very green. But it says

Infrastructure bank’s $10-billion growth plan must be green, gender equal

Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON | October 5, 2020
  • With its focus on renewable energy, electric buses, and home retrofits, the Canadian Infrastructure Bank’s $10-billion growth plan is very green. But it says
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured Sept. 15, when the Liberal government announced it would carve out $3.3-billion in existing infrastructure funding for projects related to the pandemic. Last week, the feds said they would spend $10-billion as part of a push to create more than 60,000 jobs related to infrastructure development. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s DFI should lead on gender equality

  • OTTAWA—In the job description for the managing director of Canada’s new Development Finance Institution (DFI), recently posted by Export Development Canada (EDC), it is
Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON | September 11, 2017

Canada’s DFI should lead on gender equality

Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON | September 11, 2017
  • OTTAWA—In the job description for the managing director of Canada’s new Development Finance Institution (DFI), recently posted by Export Development Canada (EDC), it is

Canada’s DFI should lead on gender equality

Opinion | BY EDWARD JACKSON | September 11, 2017
  • OTTAWA—In the job description for the managing director of Canada’s new Development Finance Institution (DFI), recently posted by Export Development Canada (EDC), it is
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