Archive » Tag: Canadian Defence Policy
Updates on Iran and North Korea plus “Andrew Scheer’s pre-election puffery”
May 14, 2019
This week we look at the perilous state of the Iran nuclear deal and the international implications of new North Korean missile tests. And we consider pre-election puffery from federal Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer.
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Canada at a crossroads with its arms export policy
May 28, 2018
Professor Paul Rogers of Bradford University focuses his latest commentary on the power and pervasiveness of the “military-industrial-academic-bureaucratic complex”: At the core of the complex is a largely self-sustaining system demonstrating a high degree of integration between manufacturers, the military and political leaderships, all benefiting from security policies predicated on the potential and actual use […]
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Canada must champion non-military responses to global challenges
July 24, 2017
On June 6th, Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland gave an address to the House of Commons that outlined the government’s approach to foreign policy in the era of Donald Trump. By and large, the statement drew accolades from media commentators for championing a rules-based international order and Canada’s determination to play a key role within it, […]
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Cyber defences and global rules should be Canada’s focus
June 26, 2017
While Canada’s new defence policy contains a number of problematic initiatives, one particularly concerning area is the decision to develop offensive cyber warfare capabilities. “A purely defensive cyber posture is no longer sufficient. Accordingly, we will develop the capability to conduct active cyber operations focused on external threats to Canada in the context of government-authorized […]
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