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COMMONWEALTH BLOG - Issues, Insights, & Innovation
RCS Ottawa
Feb 9, 2020
Report Launch: faith responses to modern slavery
The report, 'Faith responses to modern slavery’ argues that there is no one ‘Christian response’ to modern slavery, the picture is...
RCS Ottawa
Jan 18, 2019
China’s “debt-trap diplomacy” is under siege.
Indian commentator argues that for over five years, China’s belt and road initiative has offered funding for unsound projects to secure...
New York times
Dec 28, 2018
China’s “belt and road “plan in Pakistan takes a military turn.
China’s belt and road initiative is a $1 trillion chain of infrastructure development programs stretching across some 70 countries. In...
@commonwealthsec
Oct 26, 2018
#HubandSpokes
Trade ministers and senior officials from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of nations have praised the #Commonwealth for...
@TheDukeOfYork
Oct 12, 2018
#RoyalWedding
Sophie Cabot will make a red velvet and chocolate wedding cake for The Couple inspired by the colours of autumn! Miss Cabot was...
RCS Ottawa
Feb 19, 2018
The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex host Commonwealth Fashion exchange reception
Tonight The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex are hosting a reception at Buckingham Palace on behalf of The Queen to...
RCS Ottawa
Dec 14, 2017
UPDATE 2-Sterling climbs as traders eye Bank of England meeting
LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Sterling edged higher on Wednesday ahead of the next day’s Bank of England policy meeting, which will be...
RCS Ottawa
Nov 8, 2017
Canadian Veteran Business Directory
A program of Prince’s Charities Canada (PCC), Prince's Operation Entrepreneur (POE) delivers education, training, tools and resources to...
RCS Ottawa
May 14, 2017
The world’s two largest cocoa producers want you to buy their chocolate, not just their beans
When Mamey Kamara attended the opening of Ivorian chocolatier Instant Chocolat, she instantly fell in love. Born and raised in Abidjan,...
RCS Ottawa
Apr 27, 2017
Inflation tipped to creep back into Reserve’s CPI target
Consumer prices are expected to have inched up in the March quarter, mainly on the back of higher fuel and food costs, taking headline...
RCS Ottawa
Apr 27, 2017
Donald Trump’s war on Canadian lumber socialism is business as usual for US presidents
The Trump administration took its first truly protectionist step yesterday, but its target wasn’t China or Mexico. Instead, the US...
RCS Ottawa
Apr 10, 2017
PM Malcolm Turnbull commits to exporting coal, uranium and renewables to India
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will give India the assurance of providing coal, uranium, gas and renewable energy technology. The...
RCS Ottawa
Mar 28, 2017
The 300-Year Quest to Make a Foolproof £1 Coin
Can Britain’s oldest manufacturer beat modern counterfeiters? With as many as 45 million British one-pound coins suspected fake, the...
RCS Ottawa
Mar 16, 2017
The EU and Canada in a Changing World Order: Addressing Structural Changes in a World in Flux
The Centre for European Studies' Jean Monnet EU Centre of Excellence is pleased to invite you to attend a conference on "The EU and...
RCS Ottawa
Mar 16, 2017
Bank of England will not be pulling the interest rate trigger this month - but the threat of inflati
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney may be thinking his job is becoming a poisoned chalice as the Bank of England gets set to announce...
RCS Ottawa
Mar 7, 2017
The Aussie Dollar over the Next 24hr and the Impact of the Australian Central Bank Policy Meeting
Central banks have a lot of influence in the foreign exchange markets. On Tuesday morning at 03.30 GMT, for example, the Reserve Bank of...
RCS Ottawa
Feb 26, 2017
In a project backed by the Queen, Commonwealth invites U.S. to become ‘associate member
The Royal Commonwealth Society is planning to open a branch in New York with a view to bringing the U.S. into the fold as an “associate...
RCS Ottawa
Feb 26, 2017
Commonwealth trade negotiators being seconded to Britain to help train civil servants ahead of Brexi
Ministers are recruiting the “best” trade negotiators from across the Commonwealthto help train civil servants in securing trade deals...
RCS Ottawa
Feb 15, 2017
In the Trump era, the plan for a Canadian-U.K.-Australia-New Zealand trade alliance is quickly catch
Erin O’Toole, one of the candidates for the Conservative Party leadership, has made one of the key planks of his campaign his...
RCS Ottawa
Feb 2, 2017
Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting
The inaugural Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting is scheduled to take place in London on 9-10 March 2017 in advance of the 2018...
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