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Defence Military Procurement: What’s your policy?
August 26, 2015
Marie-Danielle Smith, writing for Embassy News, discusses the lack of attention given to the issue of defence procurement in the Canadian election thus far. (“Defence procurement an elephant in the war room”, Embassy News, 26 August 2015). Though it may seem to have been ignored up to now, it won’t be long before it gets […]
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Mother Canada: Who are you and where did you come from?
June 29, 2015
John Baker from The Guardian discusses the growing nationwide criticism of the proposed giant statue of “Mother Canada” (‘Offensively tasteless’ Mother Canada plan sparks outrage against PM, Guardian, 26 June 2015). The statue of Mother Canada—a cloaked female figure with her arms outstretched towards the Atlantic Ocean—is intended to honour the country’s soldiers who died […]
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PM Harper’s stone cold decisions
June 19, 2015
In an essay entitled “How Harper froze out scientists, triggered Arctic debacle” (The Chronicle Herald, 17 June 2015), Ron Mcnab describes the negative ramifications of yet another decision made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper where politics trumps scientific and technical expertise. “The tale begins in the waning days of 2013 when Canada’s prime minister was […]
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PM Harper: A burden on Canada
June 18, 2015
In the second of a two-part series, Bruce Livesey, writing for the National Observer, lays out a litany of decisions made by Prime Minister Harper that have undermined Canada’s reputation globally (“Is Harper the worst prime minister in history? Part two,” National Observer, 7 June 2015): “Indeed, back in 2010, when Canada sought a seat on the […]
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