The Philippines will spend more than $100 million purchasing eight Bell 412 helicopters from Canada, the first of which will be delivered next year.
Archive | March, 2014
How committed is the Harper government to the elimination of nuclear weapons?
What did the Harper Government say when asked point-blank if they support an international convention eliminating nuclear weapons?
F-35 a jobs machine? Not likely, eh?
Lockheed Martin’s new ad campaign promising Canadian jobs gets low marks for accuracy.
Canadian arms sales trump human rights
The Conservative government’s drive to expand Canada’s arms industry is drawing on diplomats, government trade representatives, and senior ministers to aid Canadian companies as they aggressively pursue military exports to unsavoury regimes.
Canada’s mission in Afghanistan ends
How does the war in Afghanistan change how we see the military? Steven Staples speaks to a dozen cities on CBC Radio morning programs.
$10-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia
The Harper government is celebrating a recent $10-billion deal to sell Canadian-built armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, a country routinely condemned for its human rights abuses.