Canada’s recruitment failures are a self-induced problem
26 June 2024 Canadians have heard a lot about the CAF’s dwindling recruitment numbers. However, this is actually a wider problem plaguing all of our defence, national security, and foreign…
Canada’s Electoral Foreign Interference Report in Summation
There has been a lot of talk about the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) report concerning foreign interference in Canada’s electoral and parliamentary process and rightly so.…
Trudeau could learn from Harper’s position on Israel
29 May 2024 The Trudeau Government’s lack of ability concerning in all things foreign policy, defence, and national security, has been a major liability for Canada both internationally and at…
Canada: Time To Dig Deep for Ukraine…and for yourself
The war in Ukraine has entered its third year or tenth year, depending on how one looks at it. It has been ten years since the Russian annexation of Crimea…
I’m being forced to leave Canada and that should worry you
18 December 2023 In the past weeks we have all been confronted with the state of academia. In the US Congress, the presidents of MIT, Harvard, and Penn State were…
Canada is Not Ready for the 21st Century
5 December 2023 Canada is not ready for the world ahead. The military is underfunded and understaffed; the government does not have a foreign policy direction. Moreover, Canadian political discourse…
The Canadian Armed Forces is not an emergency disaster relief agency, no matter how much the Government wishes it were so.
20 August 2023 This summer Canada has been utterly pummelled by wildfires. Along with this, Canadians have been inundated with politicians standing in front of disaster relief efforts with sleeves…
A Defence Hangover – Canada’s Liberal Party Convention and Policy Resolutions
9 May 2023 The 2023 Liberal Party convention has come and gone. Delegations from the provinces and the young Liberal party members descended upon Ottawa. Debauchery usually ensues. I remember…
Why Canada Should, but Won’t Send Leopard Tanks to Ukraine
20 January 2023 There is mounting pressure on Ukraine’s allies to provide main battle tanks. The next phase of the war will be a Spring Offensive for both the Russians…
The cure to Canadian military woes could prove as destructive as the disease
7 June 2022 Those of our readers who follow Canadian military affairs will already be aware that for some time it has been becoming increasingly obvious that there are deeply…