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Peter MacKay keeps his job
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Veteran left out in the cold
The Harper government promotes itself as a strong supporter of the men and women serving in the Canadian Forces. But its dealings with Canada’s veterans often tell a different tale.
Auditor General condemns F-35 process
Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s first report is a scathing indictment of the Harper government’s F-35 procurement process.
Natynczyk reversal adds to pressure for torture inquiry
Chief of Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk dropped a bombshell in Ottawa on Wednesday, admitting that a prisoner taken by Canadian soldiers in 2006 had in fact been in Canadian custody prior to his transfer to and subsequent severe beating by Afghan authorities. Earlier this week, Natynczyk had testified to parliament’s National Defence committee that […]
Harper Conservatives smear Canadian senior intel officer as "Taliban dupe"
The Harper Conservatives have reached a new low. Rather than taking seriously the alarming information about the torture of Afghan detainees taken by Canadians and held in Afghan prisons, the Conservative attack-machine tried to smear senior intelligence officer Richard Colvin as a Taliban dupe, says the New York Times in a story by the Associated […]