Archive | August, 2008

Tighter U.S. grip binds Canadians

I contributed to this report in today’s Toronto Star. – Steve ANALYSIS Aug 09, 2008 04:30 AM Tighter U.S. grip binds Canadians Thomas Walkom National Affairs Columnist More shakeups in the Afghan war. The New York Times reports that the U.S. has decided to merge American and NATO troops under one command. Technically, NATO would […]

Defence lobby (still) at odds with Canadian public

This letter was published in the Ottawa Citizen on August 11, 2008. Senator Kenny’s report calling for massive increases to military spending is further evidence that committees and groups and that comprise the defence lobby are increasingly at odds with the Canadian public. A government survey this year confirmed that Canadians want the budget to […]

CDA says media give new depth to word ‘shallow'

THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2008 13 CDA says media give new depth to word ‘shallow’ By STEVEN STAPLES CDA’s John Scott Cowan recently criticized the ‘narcissism of a portion of the media’ but Steven Staples says it’s a trend in the discourse of defence lobby groups to blame the media if public opinion […]