Federal election brings new crop of defence promises to break
Both governing parties have a proven track record of neglecting Canada’s national defence and veterans.
Gaza exposes a crisis of conscience in federal election
This election offers Canadians a rare and vital opportunity to demand a foreign policy grounded in justice, human rights, and accountability.
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.
