Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has directed the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to accept — “in exceptional circumstances” only of course — information obtained through the use of torture.
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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 […]
Canadians "may underestimate security threat"
The Harper government is worried about Canadian opposition to its plans to more closely integrate Canadian and U.S. border security efforts (Steven Chase, “Ottawa crafts plan to ward off criticism over U.S. border deal,” Globe and Mail, 10 December 2010). As the Globe and Mail reports, the Department of Public Safety’s communications strategy for the […]
PM prorogues Parliament
Prime Minister Stephen Harper went ahead with his much-anticipated plan to prorogue Parliament on Wednesday, shutting down the operations of the House of Commons and Senate until March 3rd. The prorogation will have the effect of preventing parliamentary discussion of the detainee torture scandal for another two months, at which point a new federal budget […]
McChrystal in Ottawa
The commander of U.S. and ISAF forces in Afghanistan, U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, visited Ottawa Wednesday to discuss Afghanistan strategy with Canadian Chief of Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk and other officials. He also made a speech at an event sponsored by the Conference of Defence Associations Institute. McChrystal gave an optimistic assessment of the […]