Peggy Mason reviews some of favourite Ceasefire.ca posts from 2015.
Tag Archives: Defence spending
Canada must do its part to rein in the global arms industry
Canada must do its part to rein in the global arms industry.
Is the problem really political correctness?
Leigha McCarroll, former intern at the Rideau Institute, reflects on recent proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence.
Military spending and the federal budget
With the 2015-2016 Federal Budget slated for release on 21 April 2015, have a look at the CCPA’s Alternative Federal Budget 2015: Delivering the Good. Our focus is on the Defence chapter (authored by the Rideau Institute).
Former DM: No fighters needed
Former deputy minister of National Defence Charles “Buzz” Nixon is calling on the Harper government to abandon its purchase of a new fleet of fighter jets and revise Canada’s entire defence posture.
Gov’s F-35 strategy flying off course
Dogged by controversy, criticism, and endless setbacks in its effort to buy new fighter aircraft, the Harper government is reportedly hitting the pause button on the process while it ponders whether to proceed with the purchase of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II without holding a competition.