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Military assistance at a price
May 5, 2015
As Nepal suffers in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the small nation on 25 April 2015, aid has been pouring in from countries ranging from neighbouring India to distant Canada. Last week, the Government of Canada pledged $5 million dollars in humanitarian aid and deployment of the Canadian Armed Forces’ Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). The […]
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Military spending and the federal budget
April 20, 2015
With the 2015-2016 Federal Budget slated for release on 21 April 2015, have a look at the CCPA’s Alternative Federal Budget 2015 (Alternative Federal Budget 2015: Delivering the Good, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 19 March 2015). With Canadian participation in the war in Afghanistan ending in 2014, the ongoing fight against ISIL in Iraq and […]
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Poll: Majority of Canadians oppose expansion into Syria
April 8, 2015
Tim Naumetz of The Hill Times informs us that a majority of Canadians oppose the expansion of Canadian combat operations into Syria (“Canadian majority opposes Syrian airstrikes: poll,” Hill Times, 7 April 2015). According to a recent Forum Research poll conducted after the parliamentary vote to extend Canada’s military operations in Iraq and expand them […]
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Peggy Mason: Countering Islamic State: A failing strategy
April 3, 2015
By Peggy Mason CCPA Monitor, April 1, 2015 The U.S.-led air campaign being waged in Iraq and Syria against Islamic State features a cast of regional allies, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, whose repressive governance, gross human rights abuses and stifling of political dissent fuel the very terrorism the West says […]
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