Canada needs to encourage world leaders to reverse dangerous course of rampant militarism: Kazdan
Re: “Amid focus on defence investments, advocates say diplomatic toolkit being ignored,” (The Hill Times, June 5). Since 2000, world military expenditures have nearly doubled and now amount to about $2.5-trillion per year, more than half of which is accounted by NATO countries. In contrast, only about three per cent of this total is devoted to […]
‘A permissive environment’: four security gaps flagged by NSICOP where Ottawa has been slow to act
Former CSIS executive Dan Stanton says the government is ‘playing catch up’ on foreign interference, partly because the ‘subtlety’ of the threat has made it too easy to ignore the issue.
Singh slams Trudeau as ‘slow to act’ after spy watchdog report
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says an explosive spy watchdog report reveals several MPs helped foreign states interfere in Canadian politics through behaviour that was “deeply unethical and contrary to the oaths” taken as parliamentarians, sometimes rising to the level of criminality. Singh also confirmed that the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ classified report […]
Wildfires burning below average so far this year, but fears for summer remain
While this year’s season is well below 2023’s record so far, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said multiple regions are at risk this summer due to hot, dry, and windy conditions.
Poilievre, Trudeau choose partisan politicking over action on NSICOP report
Rather than act expeditiously on the advice of intelligence agencies, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plays partisan games, and has politicized the foreign interference file.
‘Political class needs to wake the hell up, and stop treating India with kid gloves,’ say Sikh advocates seeking answers on foreign interference
The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ latest report found the government of India—not Russia—to be the second-most significant foreign interference threat after China.
Foreign interference foot-dragging hurts everyone
It’s almost physically painful to watch the scrambling that has occurred in the wake of the committee report that’s currently rocking Parliament Hill. On June 3, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) unveiled its Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions. Its headline findings included the charge that […]
A dressing down: the CAF’s dress code debacle
The military’s ‘new’ dress code is actually a sharp reversal of the controversial policy change announced in September 2022.
Amid focus on defence investments, advocates say diplomatic toolkit being ignored
‘Whether we get a few more airplanes or a few more submarines, it’s not the answer to world peace,’ says peace advocate Douglas Roche.
CAF’s toxic leadership exposed
It’s a true litmus test of how far morale in the CAF has plummeted when the senior individual representing the concerns of the non-commissioned ranks tells the higher ups their toxic leadership is to blame.
