Another defence cooperation agreement between the Canada and the United States is signed.
January 25, 2012
Deportation: The cheap road to “justice”?
The Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, which seeks both to bar the entry of war criminals into Canada and to facilitate their prosecution, entered into force twelve years ago. Four departments and agencies of the government are tasked with implementing the war crimes law: the Canadian Border Services Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, [...]
January 24, 2012
Canada, Russia, spies, and the Arctic
A Canadian naval officer is charged with spying. Will this increase tensions with Russia?
January 21, 2012
Stop Harper’s pro-war lobby and the stealth fighters, say Ceasefire.ca supporters
More than 1,500 people answered the Ceasefire.ca annual New Year’s Day member survey and contributed 200 comments.
January 21, 2012
Maritime helicopter procurement flounders
Before the F-35 fiasco, there was the Maritime Helicopter Program, another disastrous, wasteful military procurement program. Whatever happened to that program? As David Pugliese reported earlier this month (“Sikorsky hasn’t paid $8M fine for late helicopter delivery,” Ottawa Citizen, 3 January 2012), we’re still waiting to get something out of it: The original plan called [...]
January 19, 2012
New U.S. defence strategy to impact Canada?
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced a new U.S. defense strategy, shaped in large part by projected Pentagon budget cuts. According to the New York Times (Elisabeth Bumiller & Thom Shanker, “Obama Puts His Stamp on Strategy for a Leaner Military,” New York Times, 5 January 2012), the new [...]
January 26, 2012
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