The story that the Roman Emperor Caligula wanted to appoint his horse to the Senate is apocryphal, but it is a sad fact that Canada’s …
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Government confirms Afghanistan extension
The Harper government has confirmed that it is extending Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan until 2014 (Jane Taber, “Conservatives bump Afghan withdrawal date back three …
NATO's upcoming summit
NATO heads of state and government will meet in Lisbon on the 19th to the 21st of November. On the agenda: approval of a new Strategic Concept document …
Is Remembrance Day too much about war, and not enough about peace?
Do you feel that Remembrance Day has become a commemoration of war, or does it remain a time to think about peace? Leave your comments below.
Refusing to acknowledge the costs of war
A week-long series in the Toronto Star reveals some of the true cost of Canada’s war in Afghanistan. Friday’s article (Bruce Campion-Smith & Allan Woods, …
Harper floats Afghanistan trial balloon
Possibly hoping to extend its record of foreign policy blunders, the Harper government is considering continuing Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan past the scheduled mid-2011 …
