Archive » Tag: Canadian Defence Policy
Some of our favourite Rideau Institute posts of 2015
December 31, 2015
Glancing back at the Rideau Institute blog posts for 2015 gives some idea of the range of important foreign, defence and security policy issues with which we dealt. We begin with the first of many posts on Canada’s grotesque $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia: Saudi arms deal makes mockery of Canadian values (Peggy Mason, Embassy, […]
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Trudeau must have the courage of his convictions
November 17, 2015
Despite Paris’ misery, Trudeau mustn’t fall into Harper’s old traps (Michael Harris, iPolitics, 15 November 2015). In the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris, the Canadian neocons are out in full force, baying for Prime Minister Trudeau to renege on his promise to withdraw Canada from the bombing mission in Iraq and Syria. But […]
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“This Remembrance Day I’ll wear two poppies: one red and one white”
November 11, 2015
First posted on Ceasefire.ca on 11 November 2014, we are grateful to share this poignant commentary again this year. Malcolm French, a veteran who served for 25 years with the Royal Canadian Navy, discusses on CBC Radio why he wears both a red and a white poppy on Remembrance Day: Last year I wore two […]
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A new approach to foreign policy begins!
November 6, 2015
REINSTATE “HONEST BROKER” ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST, WRITES FM STEPHANE DION On the same day that he was sworn in as Canada’s Foreign Minister, Stéphane Dion penned an article for iPolitics where he took on the thorny issue of Canada’s relations with Israel. He argued that Canada can help Israel more by returning to its […]
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