On Sunday, July 26, Steven Staples of the Rideau Institute gave a presentation to the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa on the nuclear disarmament movement. …
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NATO boss says Afghan strategy was flawed
In a June interview with the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer stated that making individual NATO members responsible for …
Obama Opposes Additional Funding for F-22s
President Obama made the rare move of threatening to veto one of his own bills after senators made a last minute addition to his defence …
54% of Canadians Oppose Afghan Mission
The CBC poll released Thursday indicates that nationally 54% of Canadians oppose Canadian military participation in Afghanistan, while only 34% are in support. Opposition for …
An upswing in violence in Afghanistan… What does this mean for Canada?
By any measure the last few months have been marked by an upswing in violence in Afghanistan–a “dreary and bloody stalemate” according to the CBC’s Brian Stewart. …
Ceasefire.ca launches new postcard campaign on Afghanistan
You may not be reading about it on the front pages of our newspapers, but here in Ottawa it is evident that a campaign is …