The future of Canadian defence will not look like the past
There should be no denying that, for Canada and for our allies, we have a unique chance to diversify and expand our economic and security relationships that will be of mutual benefit.
Liberals’ recycled plan to fix ‘badly busted’ defence procurement can take root in Trump era, say experts
But the political imperative to act is stronger today than it has been since the Cold War, says former federal Liberal defence minister David Pratt, and John McKay says Carney’s idea may be recycled but defence has become a big priority in the public’s eye.
Enhancing Arctic security a must to mount sovereignty defence
We can no longer think of borders alone as firewalls to keep threats out.
Foreign interference didn’t damage our democratic institutions—our institutions did it to themselves
The needless secrecy, selective leaks, political theatre, dark undertone of racism, and the gullible media who ate it up stoked the fears of foreign interference and did harm.
Navigating a new global era
These volatile times call for broadening our relationships with countries beyond North America, moving promptly to pay our NATO dues, and thinking more militarily.
There goes the neighbourhood
If our old relationship with the U.S. ‘is over,’ then we can learn from our southernmost neighbour how to be creative in rethinking what constitutes defence spending in Canada.
This isn’t the ‘Whisky War’: in defence of Greenland and Denmark
We cannot sit back as the Trump administration bullies Denmark into submission with false claims of neglected defence.
We, the media, haven’t done enough to explain how devastating foreign interference can be for individual Canadians
These people are Canadian citizens—our kin. Part of our family. And we’re hanging them out to dry. They’re crying out for help, help that they are legally and morally owed, and we’re shrugging it off.
Trump-led U.S. an ‘unreliable partner’ for Canada, says expert group: ‘we’re dealing with an administration that doesn’t believe our country has a right to exist’
The Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations says the dramatic shift in U.S. behaviour requires a Canadian strategy based on three principles: diversifying Canada’s trade and security relationships, addressing the country’s declining productivity levels compared to other G7 countries, and ‘providing for our own security.’
Carney is clearly the most qualified candidate to take on Trump
Even if Trump is using tariffs to negotiate better deals with trading partners, that process could take up the rest of his presidency. After all, he has levied punitive tariffs against scores of countries. If these countries want to negotiate an exemption or a carveout, they will have to stand in a very long line to get to the president.
