In a succinct letter, Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Fréchette took aim at the deputy defence minister, Richard Fadden, for saying the military’s cost estimate for the six-month airstrike is a cabinet confidence.
A study done by the human rights group Reprieve indiactes that US drone strikes against 41 targeted individuals in Pakistan and Yemen resulted in the deaths of over a thousand people.
What elements previously associated with Canadian global engagement might have been lost or forgotten?
“On this Remembrance Day, I am remembering one Canadian peacekeeper in particular — someone the Harper government probably prefers to forget.”
“Why did I wear two poppies, and why will I do it again? For me, the red poppy represents the sacrifice of the fallen; the white poppy represents the hope for a better future where young soldiers, sailors, and air crew do not have to die.”
Thank you to everyone who submitted letters to the editors of newspapers across Canada! Here’s what some Ceasefire.ca supporters had to say.
