Parliament is set to debate a motion by the Liberals today saying that “Canada’s existing military deployment in Afghanistan will continue until February 2009, at which time Canadian combat operations in Southern Afghanistan will conclude; and call upon the government to notify NATO of this decision immediately.” The Liberal motion from Defence Critic Denis Coderre follows […]
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Liberals taking Rideau Institute advice on Afghanistan?
You may recall, on Friday last week I sent a letter to all of the opposition party leaders asking them to use their upcoming opposition day motions to prompt a debate on the military mission in Afghanistan. The NDP called for an emergency debate on Monday, but it was rejected unfortunately by the speaker. Today, […]
Revealed: the Military's Draft Counterinsurgency Operations Manual
You may have heard last month that a draft version of a Canadian military counterinsurgency operations manual, obtained by NDP defence critic Dawn Black, drew a connection between First Nations groups and other counterinsurency groups faced by the military. It went on to describe how the military needs to influence public opinion at home in […]
NDP calls for Emergency Debate on Afghanistan
In light of the terrible events last week in Afghanistan that saw eight Canadians killed and the government spending more than a half billion dollars on Cold War-era tanks, I wrote to opposition party leaders uging them to bring in a motion to the House calling for a debate on this mission that is going […]
My letter to Opposition Party Leaders
In light of this week’s events, today I sent a letter to opposition party leaders appealing to them to raise the issue of the Afghanistan mission in Parliament when it resumes next week. Specifically, I am suggesting that the parties devote an opposition day motion to spur such a debate. It is my understanding that […]
God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut
So much bad news about the war today, but it is maybe just as important to mark the passing of a great humanist and peace supporter, novelist Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Vonnegut died today at the age of 84, not from smoking his Paul Malls (or cancer sticks as he would call them), but from the […]