BOIE approves new security funding, expanded MP-protection programs
Altogether, the Board of Internal Economy gave the nod to new funding totalling almost $24.6-million related to security earlier this spring.
Foreign influence registry’s lack of legal carve-out undermines ‘sacred’ relationship, say lawyers
Unlike similar foreign influence registries in the U.K., U.S., and Australia, Canada’s version would not exempt legal advice from triggering an obligation to report.
Stopping the CAF ‘death spiral’
The Liberal government should put out the call for former service members to return to duty on an emergency call-up basis to enrol and train the new admissions.
‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated
‘It’s going to take all of us to put a plan in place to get serious about climate change, so we can avoid this hell that many Northern and Indigenous peoples are increasingly facing,’ says NDP MP Niki Ashton.
Military housing problem a reflection of wider culture
Why would a young person join the CAF today when they might not have a home tomorrow?
Fifty years after Canada’s plutonium mishap in India, is history repeating itself?
On May 18, 1974, India shocked the world by conducting a test atomic bomb explosion of plutonium, obtained from a ‘peaceful’ research reactor that was gifted by the Canadian government in 1954.
Military revisiting beartrap necessity as feds explore Arctic ship chopper capabilities
The initial decision to not include the securing device on the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships limits the ability for big helicopters to be operational at sea.
Foreign influence registry ‘more than a positive step forward,’ but not far enough, say diaspora groups
Though welcomed, Bill C-70 falls short of the gold standard some were hoping to see Canada adopt, and the registry won’t capture the more-covert activities such as those favoured by the Iran regime, say diaspora group reps.
The Canadian Armed Forces’ bloated head
As the bottom falls out of the CAF at the rank-and-file level, the top offices remain filled to the brim.
A closer look at the proposed foreign influence transparency registry
The concept of a foreign influence registry has cross-party support, but whether that translates into the quick passage of the government’s proposal remains to be seen.
