Canada to face renewed call for Afghan military effort By Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News Service May 24, 2009 Canada and its allies are expected to face renewed pressure by the Obama administration, keen to show progress in Afghanistan, to maintain or add additional troops to the NATO-led military mission, Canwest News Service has learned. (more…)
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Is the government preparing for a surge of Canadian troops in Afghanistan, and to extend the mission again? This reports suggests that the government is making plans to send up to 800 more troops to Afghanistan. Canada already has about 2750 troops there, the highest number since the invasion in 2001. Afghan mission may extend […]
A gendered approach to peace
Cynthia Cockburn, a feminist researcher and writer on peace and conflict, once wrote that “violence-free homes make violence-free communities and violence-free communities make a violence-free world.” This same sentiment is expressed in the article “Mother’s Day is Peace Day” written by Tamara Lorincz and Theresa Dunn. The authors call on Mothers to play an important […]
Poll Finds Canadians Want Out
A newly released poll by The Canadian Press and Harris-Decima shows nearly 90 per cent of Canadians want troops out of Afghanistan by the mission’s scheduled end date of 2011, or earlier. 46 per cent of respondents indicated the Canadian Forces should remain in Afghanistan only until the scheduled end date of 2011, while an […]
New bomber first casualty of nuclear disarmament deal
A multi-billion program to build the next generation of nuclear bombers is being shelved because of an expected nuclear disarmament deal between President Obama and Russia’s President Medvedev. More proof that disarmament and arms control governments are worth the equivalent of billions of dollars in new arms, and no doubt why the arms industry are often leery of […]
Canadian Air Force misuses tax dollars and military resources
A recent flight by one of Canada’s C-17 transport planes to New Zealand has Defence Minister Peter Mackay asking why a military plane was authorized to pick up a vintage aircraft for a Canadian private organization by the name of Vintage Wings. Vintage Wings is a not-for-profit organization that collects, restores, and flies vintage aircraft at […]