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Showing posts with label Canadian Armed Forces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canadian Armed Forces. Show all posts
Thursday, May 17, 2018

DND Planning $1 Billion Additional HQ Building Near Nortel Site

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By: David Pugliese,  The National Post  The Department of National Defence is planning a new $1.1 billion building in Ottawa’s west end, eve...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

New Fire Trucks for CAF

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DND PRESS RELEASE Canada’s new defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged, reaffirms the government’s commitment to providing the women and men...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Mason: Why UN Peacekeeping is worth the Risks

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By: Peggy Mason, Toronto Star  Pages of newspaper ink are being spilled to highlight the risks in any of the UN peacekeeping missions Canada...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Canada’s defence in crisis? Who cares?

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BY CHRIS MACLEAN © 2016 FrontLine Defence (Vol 11, No 3) These questions, particularly the last one, keep surfacing lately, especially withi...
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Auditor General Highlights Issues with Reserve Force

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By David Pugliese, The Ottawa Citizen Auditor General Michael Ferguson released a number of reports this morning. A couple of his findings d...
Friday, April 29, 2016

Fortress Canada: How much of a military do we really need?

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Written by: David McDonough and Tony Battista , CDA Institute  As the Trudeau government pursues its review of Canada’s defence policy, an ...
Friday, April 22, 2016

Juneau: Canadian Forces face a reality check - Time to do less with less

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By: Thomas Juneau, The Globe and Mail  Thomas Juneau is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public ...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Petrolekas: Canada risks Global Irrelevance with smaller Military

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By; George Petrolekas, The Globe and Mail  George Petrolekas served with the military in Bosnia, Afghanistan and NATO and is a fellow with t...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

CAF Looking for New Weapons Simulator Despite Underused Multi-Million Dollar System

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By: David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen A decision in 2003 to purchase a training system for the Canadian military that is comparable to a sophis...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

CAF To Expand Arctic Training Centre

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Written by David Pugliese, Defense Watch  As Russia continues to boost its military presence in the Arctic, the Canadian Forces is plannin...
Monday, February 8, 2016

Canada in Iraq: Canada's Kurdish Conundrum

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This past weekend, the Ottawa   Citizen ran the following report about Canada's current mission in the Middle East, and the possible rip...
Friday, February 5, 2016

CAF's Armoured Patrol Vehicle Delayed Again

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By David Pugliese, Defence Watch  Delivery of the Canadian military’s new armoured vehicles has been delayed once again after problems wer...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Canadian Army Facing Serviceability Issues with Fleet

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The Canadian Army continues to see limited serviceability rates due to its aging fleets, according to the newly released Department of Nati...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

CAF Reservist Shortfall

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In the Ottawa Citizen  this week, the CAF is experiencing a short fall, both in regular forces, and an even larger Reservist shortfall. ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Future of RCN in Question With Defence Review

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By:  Marie-Danielle Smith Published: Wednesday, 01/27/2016 12:00 am EST An upcoming defence review will necessitate a hard look at what cap...
Friday, January 22, 2016

CAF Urban Warfare Training in Laval

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JAN 22, 2016 FRONTLINE DEFENSE News Exercise QUORUM NORDIQUE 2016 (Ex QN 16) is urban winter warfare training involving 600 reservists of th...
Friday, November 6, 2015

Harjit Sajjan: New Minister of Defence

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On Wednesday, Canada's new Defence Minister was announced. For the first time since Gordon O'Connor, the Defence Minister is a forme...
Friday, October 30, 2015

Liberal Defence Plan: Lose/Move 1,000 NDQH "Managers"

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Liberal MP Andrew Leslie (right) produced a study suggesting National Defence headquarters was top-heavy. He advised Liberal Leader Justin...
Monday, August 17, 2015

Election 2015: Harper Promises Increase in Reserve Force

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Today at a Campaign stop in Fredericton, New Brunswick Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that if the Conservatives are re-elected, the...