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- “Adult supervision” for Foreign Affairs
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shuffled his cabinet today, replacing his fallen foreign minister with David Emerson. Emerson is a well-experienced manager who is looked upon favourably by analysts and others. Former foreign minister John Manley was quoted as saying, “He’s been a very steady performer. He will bring adult supervision to the Department of [...]
- Sign us up for cheap, compact subs too!
Kotare (aka “the strategist”) discusses a potential conventional submarine fleet for New Zealand using the new “entry-level” compact sub models coming out of Europe. This might be good news for Canada, which is losing millions on its sad submarine fleet. Only one of the four used diesel powered submarines we purchased from the UK is [...]
- Remember
Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Somme, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele. This is where Canada first came onto the international scene, the fields where our country was forged. Out of a population of just over 7 million, 66,944 were killed and 149,732 were wounded. Never forget their sacrifice.
- Ducks in a row
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has followed the examples of Chancellor Merkel and President Bush in angering China by receiving the Dalai Lama at Parliament. The Western powers know that China can’t throw too big a tantrum over these meetings with the 2008 Olympics coming up, so they are getting their kicks in while they [...]
- Not that I’m comparing…
According to a recent article in the NY Times, Georgia — population 5m — has more than doubled its troop levels in Iraq from 850 to 2000. And those troops aren’t lollygagging about in a Halliburton pantry in the Green Zone. These boys are patrolling the Iraq-Iran border.
Now, look at Canada — population 34m — [...]
- Fighting the Five Poisons in Canada
China likely has hundreds of agents operating in Canada according to outspoken former Chinese diplomat to Australia, Chen Yonglin. Agents not only try to steal nuclear, government or high-tech secrets but also concentrate on developing vast networks of informants within the expat Chinese community to fight domestic dissent in China. The sources of dissent are [...]
- The Great Spirit wants his cut
The CBC reports that the First Nations of Manitoba want compensation for every cellphone signal that passes through their airspace:
Ovide Mercredi of the Grand Rapids First Nations says “When it comes to using airspace, it’s like using our water and simply because there’s no precedent doesn’t mean that it’s not the right thing to do.” [...]
- COIN in Canada
Interesting events in the Great White North today. It’s like a mini-lesson in COIN.
How a few activists are holding B.C. hostage
Militant poverty activists target the homes and offices of officials in protest of the 2010 Olympics. Reaction: “...there are suggestions that the city is being held as a virtual hostage.”Stop trains or natives will: chiefs
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