Politics This Morning: Anand visits Poland as Russian cruise missiles hammer Ukrainian cities
Good Tuesday morning, The House and Senate are not sitting this week, and there are no committee meetings scheduled today. Most MPs will be in their ridings this week, and a few ministers are on the road. Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU spoke on the phone with Ukrainian president VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY yesterday, according to a press […]
Military masters should carefully pick our battles before buying weapons
OTTAWA—Watching the once-vaunted, mighty Russian war machine come apart in Ukraine should be something which our Canadian military studies with detailed interest. While Canada is not directly involved in this conflict, we can certainly observe the effects and performance of the elements we have contributed to Ukraine’s defence forces. Since 2016, Canada has been providing […]
Intelligence sharing is key to keeping Canadians safe
Canadian companies of all sizes are increasingly in the crosshairs of malicious actors seeking to undermine our economy—be it by sabotaging critical infrastructure, disrupting vital supply chains, or stealing valuable intellectual property. The nefarious methods they employ are wide-ranging, from the use of foreign intelligence officers to hackers and corporate insiders to front companies and […]
Feds shouldn’t go ahead with 88 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin, says reader
The $19-billion contract for the acquisition of 88 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets is currently being negotiated on behalf of our federal government. Given the F-35 is a strike aircraft designed mainly to bomb targets deep into enemy territory, it is unsuitable for the Royal Canadian Air Force whose primary role is the defence […]
Calls to list IRGC as terrorist entity re-emerge as Tories take four-year push to Foreign Affairs Committee
Amid increasing protests in Iran after the death of a women in custody, Conservative MPs are renewing their calls to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, including at the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Protests erupted across Iran following the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She was detained […]
The West should prepare for the worst from Putin
The Russian president is not up against significant pressure from his key allies to temper his deluded attempt to destroy Ukraine in the name of revanchist Russian empire-building.
Tallying up Putin’s Ukrainian miscalculation
OTTAWA—There is now absolutely no denying that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a major miscalculation when he invaded Ukraine. Following a series of successful counteroffensives by Ukraine in early September, the Kremlin had no alternative but to order a partial mobilization if they wish to continue exercising Putin’s “Special Military Operation.” The Russian military continues […]
‘Bloody bad business’: prison reform advocate calls for Canada’s last prison labour-operated abattoir to finally close
A prison reform advocacy group is renewing its calls on the federal government to finally close Canada’s last remaining prison labour-operated abattoir at the Joyceville and Pittsburgh institutions in Kingston, Ont., after its contract is set to expire on Sept. 30. Last month, Evolve Our Prison Farms released the second edition of its report criticizing […]
The war in Ukraine started with Iraq
FREDERICTON, N.B.—In the early 1990s, neo-conservatives within the first Bush administration advocated that the United States seize the post-Cold War “unipolar moment” and consolidate American global domination, creating a world where the U.S. would allow no challengers. Though Bush officially repudiated this view, successive American administrations spread U.S. military bases around the world, expanded NATO, […]
Canada needs to give more support to UN’s new Agenda for Peace
EDMONTON—If good speeches at the UN—which fill the air this week at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual debate—could save the world, we’d all be in bliss. Unfortunately, good speeches can’t stop the Ukraine war, which has now reached a point of maximum danger for humanity. Russia won’t stop its aggression. NATO-backed Ukraine won’t cease […]
