Liberals crack down on asylum seekers, boost search powers for security agencies in new bill
Bill C-2 outlines how and when Canadian authorities can get access to Canadians’ communications and personal data; where and when they can search packages, cargo, and mail; and what information is shared with American security agencies.
Defending North America with a difficult partner
The hard truth is that Canadians alone cannot defend the second-largest country in the world, which means doing it in concert with the Americans.
Peacekeeping not apace: feds’ spending plan for UN operations down 42 per cent from 2015-16
Global Affairs Canada is proposing a 15.7-per-cent decline from planned spending of $219.9-million in 2024-25, and a 42.7 per cent decline from the actual spending of $323.9-million in 2015-16.
The misadventures of Navy procurement
Successive governments routinely state ‘nothing is too good for our military,’ and therefore ‘nothing’ is what they get.
Defence
Investing in first-person-view kamikaze drones is a practical move to help shut Canada’s artillery gap
During combat operations, FPVs offer an array of tactical advantages that aim to make the battlefield more lethal, forcing adversaries to be on the defensive.
National defence is a key component of the economic strategy
National defence and economic sovereignty are inextricably linked, and we must begin treating them as such.
No amount of defence spending will satisfy Trump
The proper questions are: what are Canada’s national interests, and in what order of priority?
It is up to cabinet to fix military retention
If we want to retain service members, ensuring that they can afford to stay in the military, and that they think their organization puts its people first is a critical step.
Minister McGuinty faces challenge to modernize military under unstable U.S. relationship: defence experts
Canada’s multibillion-dollar defence modernization plans are ‘predicated on the assumption of an increasingly tight, integrated working relationship with the United States,’ says CGAI president David Perry.
