Esprit de corps military magazine. June 2008, Vol 15 Issue 5. p 12. MDA sale caused unlikely alliance of opponents by Steven Staples Members of the Canadian Forces have a lot to celebrate in the government’s decision to block the sale of a large part of Canada’s space industry to a U.S. firm last month. […]
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National Defence watchers will no doubt be aware of today’s story in the Globe and Mail regarding the Conference of Defence Associations’ funding agreement with the Department of National Defence. For your background information, I am attaching a copy of that contract, which was tabled in the House this week. Download it here: p-39-cda-2008-05-131 (more…)
YOU WIN! Gov't Blocks the Sale of Canadarm and Radarsat-2
May 9, 2008 YOU WIN! Yesterday the government listened to Canadians like you and confirmed its historic decision to block the Canadarm and RADARSAT-2 sell-off. Watch Rideau Institute’s Anthony Salloum on CTV Canada AM, May 9, 2008 (more…)
Please Help Stop the Sell-off of the CANADARM and RADARSAT-2 to a U.S. Space Weapons Corporation
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73MFBIwt87s] UPDATE: Last week the government listened to Canadians like you and took the first step to block the Canadarm and Radarsat-2 sell-off. That’s why I need your help – to keep ATK out of Canada, and to keep control of our world class space program.Should Canada’s environmental satellite be used for space weapons? Make your […]
Stop the sale of CANADARM and RADARSAT-2
March 7, 2008 Dear Ceasefire.ca Supporter, You might have heard or read this week that the iconic Canadian-built Canadarm and RADARSAT-2 satellite may be sold off to the American arms builder Alliant Techsystems. On Wednesday I appeared before the Commons Committee on Industry and warned the MPs that this would be a disaster for Canadian […]
Don’t resume the transfer of Afghan prisoners
Dear Ceasefire.ca Supporter, I have just returned to my office from the CTV televisions studios, where I urged the government not to restart the transfer of prisoners to local Afghan prisons. My appeal was motivated by an extreme sense of urgency. You may have read in the newspapers last week the story of a 50-year-old […]