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UNBC student Natasha Letchford is poised for a career in local government
after receiving the only Local Government Management Association internship in
northern BC. She'll be spending the next year in Burns Lake.
Natasha Letchford is graduating with a
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Political Science & International
Studies.
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Political Science would like to congratulate Alex Michalos on his 23rd book - Trade Barriers to the Public Good
In 2004 Alex won the Gold Medal for Achievement in Research from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. It is the highest honour awarded by SSHRCC.
 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the
Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) were designed to strengthen investor's rights
at the expense of community rights and environmental protection. Both deals have
achieved their aims.
Trade Barriers to the Public Good provides a
detailed examination of NAFTA and AIT cases involving MMT - a chemical additive
brought into Canada by the US company Ethyl Corporation Inc. When the Canadian
federal government banned the importation of MMT under the Fuel Additives Act,
Ethyl Corp. filed a claim under NAFTA Chapter 11 seeking US $201 million in
damages. Alex Michalos uses a case study of MMT to reveal exactly how and why
quasi-judicial international dispute processes provide significantly less
protection for the public interest than the routine procedures for passing an
ordinary Act of Parliament.
Trade Barriers to the Public Good illustrates
why and how constitutionally protected democratic rights are undermined by trade
deals such as the one involving MMT and, failing termination of NAFTA and AIT -
the author's first choice for remedial action - recommends precise changes in
dispute settlement rules that are needed to protect individuals and the
environment.
Model Students
Physics student Theon te Koeti and Kyle Guy
from Political Science recently earned the top two awards from among 650
students who attended a Model United Nations simulation in Ottawa. They debated
disarmament and international security. Click here for further
information.
Kaleigh Milinazzo was awarded the "Mike Meade Prize for Best Lower Division Undergraduate
Essay" at the BCPSA for her paper entitled,
"The Soviet Arctic: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Changes from the Cold War to Contemporary Russia".
"In the north for the north"
Canada, its politics, economics, society and workplace, is
becoming dramatically more diverse and more global. New opportunities
are open to those who are equipped to meet the challenges of a changing
Canada and changing world. Political science helps students to be a
part of those new opportunities, and to direct their lives and careers,
by providing the intellectual tools needed to understand and analyze
real world problems, conduct research and arrive at generally
acceptable solutions.
The Political Science program equips students to see the
implications of the changing world around us, learn about the ethos,
changes and opportunities in our and in other countries, and to have a
well developed understanding of our values and political system. Beyond
this, a major in Political Science is an especially useful preparation
for students who wish to pursue careers in business, public service,
law or communications. The program in Political Science allows for
specialization in Canadian politics, comparative politics and public
administration.
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