More details are emerging about the costs for the Roman-style triumph in Ottawa that marked the end of the recent Libya campaign. If the goal was runaway military spending, then the mission was certainly accomplished. The success of the Libya mission itself, on the other hand, remains in doubt.
More details are emerging about the costs for the Roman-style triumph in Ottawa that marked the end of the recent Libya campaign. If the goal was runaway military spending, then the mission was certainly accomplished. The success of the Libya mission itself, on the other hand, remains in doubt.
The U.N. Human Right Council is “likely” to investigate the death of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who was killed by Libyan National Transitional Council fighters on October 20th. While the circumstances around the former dictator’s death are still being verified, what is known is that Gadhafi was attempting to escape Sirte in a large […]
The House of Commons voted to support a three-month extension of Canada’s mission in Libya on Monday, voting 189 to 98 in favour of the extension (Stephanie Levitz, “Commons approves three-month extension to Libyan mission,” Globe and Mail, 26 September 2011). The Conservatives, the Liberals, and Bloc supported the extension, and the NDP and the […]
Elizabeth May stood alone in Parliament last week in opposing extension of the military mission in Libya, resulting in a vote of 294 in favour and 1 opposed (Jane Taber, Why Elizabeth May refuses to be a rubber stamp in the commons, Globe and Mail, 15 June 2011). Defence Minister Peter MacKay accused May of […]
“I support Canada’s military mission in Libya and think it should be extended.” 1806 responses – two-thirds are are strongly opposed.