Might Russia use its tactical nuclear weapons?
LONDON, U.K.—On Aug. 25, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced that the country’s combat aircraft have been upgraded by the Russians to carry nuclear weapons, and Belarusian pilots are being trained to deliver them. It got a single paragraph, or no notice at all, on most news sites. Nobody panicked. That’s partly because nobody is afraid […]
We must not let Ukraine’s Independence Day be its last
I can remember seeing the news six months ago: Russia had launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. You must understand I am a man of two homelands—my home in Toronto, and the homeland of my heart, my beloved Ukraine. The warnings came true: Russia had invaded. The fight for democracy had begun. We at the […]
Advocates, politicos urge feds to lead on ending ‘appalling practice’ of immigrant detention in provincial jails
Human rights advocates are hopeful last month’s announcement that British Columbia is ending its contract with the Canada Border Services Agency to detain immigrants and asylum seekers in provincial jails will spur other provinces to follow suit. However, they are still calling on the federal government to take the lead. On July 21, B.C.’s Public […]
Tasha Kheiriddin launches new book
MONDAY, AUG. 22 House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting right now. The House will return on Sept. 19, sitting until Oct. 7. It will break for one week, Oct. 10-14, and will sit for three straight weeks, Oct. 17-Nov. 4. It will take a one-week break, Nov. 7-11. It will return on Nov. 14 […]
RCMP Act must be ‘carefully examined’ to protect police independence from political interference, says senior civilian Mountie
A former director of communications for the RCMP says Parliamentarians should re-examine the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act to ensure there’s appropriate protection from political interference, in an appearance at the Nova Scotia mass shooting parliamentary committee probe. Lia Scanlan told the committee she was not familiar with the language in the RCMP Act, but […]
Politics This Morning: Key Nova Scotia RCMP members to testify in hearings on political interference
Good Tuesday morning, The House Public Safety Committee will meet at 11 a.m. today to hear from the deputy minister of justice and from senior RCMP members. The committee is continuing its investigation into allegations that the government interfered politically in the RCMP’s investigation of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting in order to support […]
Is NATO a danger to world peace?
Explanations for the war in Ukraine break down into two broad categories. Most western analysts favour the argument that the war is “Putin’s war,” driven almost exclusively by Russian President Vladmir Putin’s megalomania, ethno-cultural ideology, and desire to “reconstruct” a Russian empire. Other analysts accept the Russian argument that they felt threatened by the expansion […]
Ukraine happy for Russia to take the blame on destroyed warplanes
LONDON, U.K.—“This obviously does not happen because of a thrown butt,” said British Defence Minister Ben Wallace. But the Russian Ministry of Defence insisted that the explosions that destroyed at least eight warplanes at Saki Air Base in Russian-occupied Crimea on Aug. 9 were due to “a violation of fire safety requirements.” The implication is […]
The perils of falling into the ‘Russia said, Ukraine said’ trap
OTTAWA—The Canadian public is being warned repeatedly to be wary of Russian disinformation with regards to the war in Ukraine. This is solid advice and there is ample evidence that the Kremlin spreads falsehoods at an alarming rate. On the flip side, it appears that western media accepts and disseminates Ukraine’s version of events at […]
Joly’s intervention to ban handgun imports ‘a significant and creative measure,’ says gun control advocate
The government’s move to ban the import of most legal handguns as of Aug. 19 came as a surprise both to gun control advocates and to gun enthusiasts, but it is also a tacit acknowledgment of a boom in gun sales in Canada since the government’s May 30 announcement of pending gun control legislation. Public […]
