Tag Archives: Canadian military mission in Afghanistan

Coach's Corner faces heat for using platform to promote military stance

Hockey Fans for Peace, a newly created Vancouver-based group, plans on challenging Don Cherry’s provocative pro-war comments on Coach’s Corner, stating that his program is not the place to promote Cherry’s military beliefs (Jack Keating, “Hockey Fan group challenge Cherry’s ‘pro war’ stance,” Postmedia News, 5 January 2011): Hockey Fans for Peace plans to rally […]

Canadians split on Afghan extension

Canadians are split on the Harper government’s plan to extend Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan reports an Angus Reid Poll released on Monday (Jill Mahoney, “Canadians divided on Afghan training mission: poll,” Globe and Mail, 13 December 2010). According to the poll, 48% of Canadians support the extension of the mission, while 44% oppose the […]

Canadians still want out of Afghanistan

Almost 80 percent of Canadians want Canadian soldiers out of Afghanistan by the end of 2011, as currently scheduled, reports a recent Ipsos-Reid poll (Carmen Chai, “Canadians want to end Afghan mission by 2011, poll shows,” Postmedia News, 5 August 2010): “These numbers are very indicative of a public that is now, in their minds, […]

Stay in Afghanistan: Senate committee

The Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence has recommended that Canada remain in Afghanistan following the scheduled end of the mission in Kandahar (“Senate committee endorses continued military training mission in Afghanistan,” Canadian Press, 22 June 2010). The committee, chaired by Conservative Senator Pamela Wallin and composed entirely of Conservative and Liberal Senators […]

Canada should stay in Afghanistan: Ignatieff

Canadian military personnel should remain in Afghanistan as military and police trainers following the 2011 end of the Kandahar mission, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has declared (Joan Bryden, “Ignatieff: Canadian trainers should stay in Afghanistan,” Globe and Mail, 15 June 2010). The new Liberal position, which was floated two weeks ago by Bob Rae, was […]