The National Post reported last week that the Department of National Defence has paid the notorious Blackwater security company, now called Xe Services, more than …
Media coverage
Staples on Canada and NATO
Rideau Institute president Steven Staples discusses the future of NATO, interview published in the Globe and Mail, Monday, March 22, 2010, p. A4 (no online …
Anti-prorogation group should not be ignored: study
A study released today by the Rideau Institute finds that Facebook has been adopted by older, politically engaged voters to express frustration over the government’s …
Military budget facing more “adjustments”
David Pugliese reports (Canadian military seeking another $233 million in savings, Vancouver Sun, 19 January 2010) that the Department of National Defence is facing another …
Military spending "cuts" underway?
David Pugliese reports that “the Canadian military is looking for savings of more than $190 million by March to help pay for the Harper government’s …
Call for ICC investigation of Canadian military and diplomats
UBC Professor Michael Byers and human rights expert Professor William A. Schabas of the National University of Ireland have called on the International Criminal Court …