By Carl Meyer, Embassey Magazine, May 4, 2011 While foreign policy was rarely mentioned or discussed during the election campaign, a bold new post-vote thesis is emerging, one in which Liberal support for the unpopular Canadian mission in Afghanistan pushed…
Tag: Canada
Make Libyan war an election issue
By Paul S. Graham The more we learn about the so-called humanitarian intervention in the skies above Libya, the less it looks like a war Canadians should support. Like the bogus humanitarian claims Tories and Liberals have used to support…
Afghan training mission has high risk of casualties, low chance of success
By the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives OTTAWA—The government’s plan to extend the Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan deserves a public debate, argues a new report published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Rideau Institute. Analysts Michael…
Secret documents show Canadian interference in Haiti
By Yves Engler, rabble.ca, April 15, 2011 After a deadly earthquake rocked Haiti 15 months ago, most Canadians worried about uncovering those trapped, getting survivors water and connecting family members. But in the halls of power, it seems they were…
Two wars and no election debate
By Betty Plewes, The Mark, April 15, 2011 It’s time to start discussing Canada’s role in Afghanistan and Libya, and Canada’s declining global reputation. Co-authored by Hunter McGill and Ian Smillie. Under the Harper government, Canada has lost its way…
Let’s not talk about war in front of the voters
By Michael Byers, CBC News, April 14, 2011 Seven UN staff members were hunted down and killed this month after more than 1,000 Afghans, outraged over an insult to the Qur’an in a U.S. church, stormed their compound in Mazar-i-Sharif…
Escalating F-35 fighter jet price tag + future defence plan costs = election issue
By Kimbal Cariou, rabble.ca, April 1, 2011 Last June, I wrote an article for the Georgia Straight in B.C. about the skyrocketing costs of purchasing new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets from U.S. munitions giant Lockheed Martin. At the time,…
“One day it could be you.” – The persecution of Mohamed Harkat
By Sophie Lamarche What was expected to be the end of a long nightmare and a great end to 2010 turned out to be a disaster. We can’t really put 2010 behind us because our battle continues. On Dec.…
Join Abousfian Abdelrazik’s campaign for justice against blacklisting!
Take action: March 14 to 25th by Project Fly Home Profiled, put under intrusive surveillance, imprisoned, tortured, exiled, and blacklisted – Abousfian Abdelrazik’s story reads like a catalogue of the repressive tools of the Orwellian “war on terror.” And he…
Video: How Canada lost its bid for a UN Security Council seat
Speaking at a forum, Jan. 23, 2011, sponsored by Peace Alliance Winnipeg and Project Peacemakers, author/activist Yves Engler explores Stephen Harper’s foreign policy and how it cost Canada its bid, in 2010, for a seat on the United Nations Security…