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.
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 […]
‘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.
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.
Defence
Getting defence policy right will require rigour and a multi-partisan approach
Multi-partisan consensus on matters of national security would ensure continuity, predictable funding, and an altogether more functional approach to how it engages in the world.
Pick a winner—pick defence
Imagine a sector of the Canadian economy that is not that large in the grand scheme of things, but that is very strong in all the determinants of innovation and productivity. We have it.
