While mistreatment of Afghan detainees has made the news this week, a Toronto-born Canadian is about to be put on trial by a U.S. military kangaroo court …
Calls for O'Connor's resignation gaining traction, say journalists
Columnist Don Martin, writing in the National Post (and Ottawa Citizen) today, says that calls for Defence Minister O’Connor to resign may be picking up …
Tories accuse constituents of believing "Taliban terrorists" over Harper government
In a letter to a Ceasefire.ca supporter this week, Conservative Member of Parliament Dick Harris shot back from his Blackberry saying, “I am confused why you …
Harpers' Week from hell
I’m not trying to fill this blog with material from the NDP, but I thought their compilation of the “week from Hell” for the Conservatives …
They Knew? Tell Harper to fire O'Connor and Hillier
According to reports, Prime Minister Harper, Defence Minister O’Connor, and General Hillier all knew about the torture of Afghan prisoners – and tried to hide it. …
Time to show real leadership
As I hoped it would, my earlier post set the cat among the pigeons. Many who responded heaped scorn upon me and pointed out (quite correctly) that …