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Steven Staples on Harper’s global military policy
June 12, 2012
“The notion that we’re going to have permanent bases around the world is over the top. I don’t understand the rationale for parking a bunch of equipment in Singapore in case we might need it some time. That’s why we bought C-17s in the first place — so we could move troops and material quickly,” […]
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Steven Staples op-ed: Five reasons why Canada doesn’t need a defence industry
June 2, 2012
The defence industry is deaf to the other priorities of taxpayers, and insists that its slice of the budget pie remains as large as it always has been, even if everyone else has to do with less.
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Plans to re-open 2nd Quebec asbestos mine
May 23, 2012
While considerable attention has been paid to open the underground Jeffrey asbestos mine in the town of Asbestos, less attention has been paid to plans to re-open the mine operated by LAB Chrysotile at Thetford Mines.
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Michael Byers op-ed: Canada’s oil-sands bonanza could mean disaster for Alaska’s coastline
May 18, 2012
Canada’s disregard for the impacts of selling oil sands to China will lead to the near-inevitability of another Exxon Valdez-type spill in U.S. waters, writes guest columnist Michael Byers.
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