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Former Air Force CF-18 Fleet Manager Opposed to F-35 Plan
April 25, 2012
The federal government may not be making the correct choice by replacing Canada’s CF-18 fleet with the F-35, warned the Royal Canadian Air Force’s former CF-18 fleet manager at a press conference in Ottawa.
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Michael Byers op-ed: You can’t replace real icebreakers
March 28, 2012
by Michael Byers, Special to the Globe and Mail, March 27, 2012 A rugged little ship adorns the back of the new $50 bill that the Bank of Canada began circulating Monday. But, in an ironic twist of fate, the red and white CCGS Amundsen no longer sails the Arctic seas. The 98-metre icebreaker was […]
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Staples and Naqi op-ed: How will the NDP leadership race affect Canada’s military?
March 21, 2012
Many defence watchers hope the NDP will be much clearer on national defence than it has been in the past.
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Alternative Federal Budget 2012 calls for greater social program spending and reductions in defence spending
March 14, 2012
[wufoo username=”rideauinstitute” formhash=”s7x1z5″ autoresize=”true” height=”261″ header=”show” ssl=”true”] With the 2012 Federal Budget only two weeks away, The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), in coordination with the Rideau Institute and more than 30 other Canadian civil society organizations, has offered a different vision for Canada’s future. Titled A Budget for the Rest of Us, the […]
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