Senate Conservatives miffed over continued exclusion from NSICOP
The Upper Chamber’s three spots on NSICOP have been filled with two Senators from the Independent Senators Group, and one Senator from the Progressive Senate Group.
‘These fires are different, we have to start doing things differently’: N.W.T. MP McLeod calls for communities, feds to get ‘fire smart’
NDP MP Blake Desjarlais says a truly proactive plan would involve both curtailing climate change and creating a force that can also monitor for other high-risk climate events to better prepare communities before they strike.
Canadian troops vital to Ukraine effort, but aren’t superhuman
The CAF produces the best soldiers in the world, but actual combat experience cannot be substituted with live-fire ranges and scripted tactical exercises.
Gun-owner advocates will push to scrap Bill C-21 in fall session
Legislation related to firearms and cyber security are on the fall agenda.
We need a champion and leadership to secure the Arctic
Canada’s global reputation on national security is that of a free-loader that does not carry its fair share of defence.
No end in sight for costly Russia-Ukraine stalemate
It appears that neither Russia nor the NATO-supplied and -trained Armed Forces of Ukraine have the capability to deliver a heavy enough knock-out blow that would end this war any time soon.
Lack of government mettle on ‘Boeing clause’ puts Canadian aerospace in jeopardy
The namesake of the so-called ‘Boeing clause’ looks primed to receive a lucrative contract, without having to compete and suffer the consequences of its past behaviours.
The false protection of wishful thinking
While the film Oppenheimer might remind us we are courting global suicide, the National Film Board’s The Strangest Dream is a profound warning.
Steep bonuses for DND execs a real head-scratcher
If it were a private sector company, one would expect to see much of DND’s senior leadership being escorted to the elevator with their personal belongings in a box.
‘B.C. is a microcosm of the climate-related disasters’: Sajjan’s move to emergency preparedness welcomed amid summer of unprecedented wildfires and floods
Firefighting and insurance groups say Harjit Sajjan’s defence, international development, and Pacific agency experience will help him in emergency preparedness role.
