Patrick Fafard

@pfafard.bsky.social

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Professor Emeritus/ Visiting Professor Graduate School of Public & International Affairs and Chair in Science Diplomacy, University of Ottawa. Research Director, Global Strategy Lab, York/UOttawa .

This is not the liberal order created after 1945, or even the balance-of-power realism of the 19th century. It’s closer to palace courts and tributary arrangements, orders maintained through personal bonds of obligation rather than formal institutions.

Percentage of Public Health Expenditures Covered by the Canada Health Transfer, 2012-2019 ... from 21% to 23.5%

A new poll by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) has found that 36 per cent agree that “government’s reaction to the pandemic was exaggerated,” with men and people under 55 most likely to feel this way. Fifty per cent, on the other hand, think that government responses weren’t exaggerated.

“Antimicrobial resistance is a classic example of a collective action problem. Once a virus or bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotics, everyone pays the price,”

Trust remains the most essential of
all social technologies.”
Mark Kingwell, Question Authority. Biblioasis 2024, p. 44.

Dr Seuss cartoon

Cartoon of happy viruses celebrating RFK in the Trump Administration