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Engage Canadian Public on Future of NATO

March 24, 2010

Today, the Rideau Institute released a discussion paper on the NATO Strategic Concept, suggesting that the alliance should shelve its expansion plans, avoid future “out-of-area” operations such as Afghanistan, and end its reliance upon nuclear weapons as an “essential” part of its security.

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Let’s get nuclear weapons out of the Arctic

March 17, 2010

Steven Staples and Michael Wallace in Embassy on nuclear weapons in the Arctic.

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Budget 2010 Commentary on Military Spending: Up is down?

March 5, 2010

The new federal budget commits the Harper government to going ahead with its planned increases in military spending in both the coming year (fiscal year 2010-11) and the next, after which, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says, the size of planned increases in military spending will be reduced for two years. The military budget is then projected to resume the upward track promised in the Harper government’s so-called Canada First Defence Strategy.

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Facebook Anti-Prorogation Group Should Not Be Ignored by Politicians: Study

January 21, 2010

With 200,000 people joining the Facebook group “Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament,” the report examines the reasons why people joined and why is it is important for these reasons to be understood.

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