Barbarians at the Gates of Europe: Nights in Lviv, Ukraine
The first siren typically sounds at about 2:00 a.m. It’s just a general alert, the Russian MiG-31Ks have taken off, and their hypersonic missiles could strike the whole country, but…
The Great Diplomat Donald Trump Will Solve Ukraine, Kashmir and the Middle East
“I will be your arbitrator. I will be your arbitrator. I can solve anything.” – Trump on India-Pakistan Echoing what his State Department said the previous day, President Donald Trump…
Canada (and Europe’s) F-35 Anxiety Boondoggle – Old Fears, but Too Late
20 March 2025 This is not an op-ed that I thought I would be writing – one with a personal story. I have discussed the F-35’s appropriateness to the Canadian…
Canada’s Cabinet Problem
10 February 2025 While the pointless Liberal leadership race carries on what stands out from all the noise is the lack of commentary from candidates on more fundamental structural change.…
Pierre Poilievre gets the problem right but the solution wrong.
31 December 2024 I was reading Canada’s National Post and came across an article on a subject that is pretty close to my heart, the state of universities in Canada.…
Happy Holidays From the DefenceReport Team
Happy holidays everyone! We’ll be taking our annual holiday break – be back in a week or if something drastic occurs. I’ll leave you with Chris and I sending our…
Mark Carney can’t save Trudeau’s Liberals and will torpedo his career if he tries.
10 December 2024 For what feels like forever now, voices from the moderate Left have sung in chorus the high praise of their future saviour Mark Carney. The former Governor…
Stupid or lying: Trudeau’s latest gambit, gun confiscation to save Ukraine.
6 December 2024 The Trudeau Government has been rotting from inactivity as the House remains at loggerheads over their refusal to release unredacted documents concerning Sustainable Development Technology Canada aka…
Thoughts while waiting on US election results
5 November 2024 With the US election bearing down on us full speed I can’t help but feeling a bit doomsday-ish. Without commenting one way or the other on the…
Canada’s 2% Problem
11 July 2024 Prime Minister Trudeau is in Washington DC for the NATO summit this week where he and his team have been getting absolutely pummeled for Canada’s pathetic defence…