Peter MacKay dramatically underestimated the cost of last year’s Libya intervention, incremental cost figures released with the DND 2012-13 Report on Plans and Priorities show.
MacKay flubbed Libya costs
Tag Archives: Libya
"Mission Accomplished"
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.
“Mission Accomplished”
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.
Business ethics meet Gadhafi’s Libya
Canada’s largest engineering firm, Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin, has come under criticism for its operations in Libya. A recent story by Globe and Mail reporter Graeme Smith revealed close ties between the Canadian engineering company and Col. Gadhafi’s son Saadi before the regime collapsed. SNC-Lavalin’s work with Saadi focused on establishment of a civil-military corps of engineers […]
Business ethics meet Gadhafi's Libya
Canada’s largest engineering firm, Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin, has come under criticism for its operations in Libya. A recent story by Globe and Mail reporter Graeme Smith revealed close ties between the Canadian engineering company and Col. Gadhafi’s son Saadi before the regime collapsed. SNC-Lavalin’s work with Saadi focused on establishment of a civil-military corps of engineers […]
ICC may examine NATO's role in Libya
Ottawa may be celebrating victory in Libya, but NATO and its members could yet face the scrutiny of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over their actions during the conflict, the Associated Press reported earlier this month (Slobodan Lekic and Mike Corder, “AP Exclusive: NATO may face possible ICC probe,” Associated Press, 11 November 2011). The […]