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Showing posts with label Justin Trudeau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Justin Trudeau. Show all posts
Thursday, March 28, 2019

Federal Budget turns a blind eye to Canada's military needs

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By David Krayden, National Post  Opinion: Were the Liberals ever serious about their big defence plan? They cut defence spending in 2018 an...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Second iAOR Supply Ship Not Needed: Trudeau

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By: David Pugliese, Defence Watch As the legal battle over the fate of Vice Admiral Mark Norman was being played out in an Ottawa court W...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Canada's Defence Spending Questioned at NATO Meeting

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The Canadian Press  The deputy minister of national defence has told a NATO meeting in Halifax that Canada is satisfied it is spending what ...
Thursday, July 12, 2018

RCAF Back in NATO AWACS program

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By: David Pugliese, The Ottawa Citizen  Canada will provide up to 25 personnel over the next five years to NATO’s Airborne Warning and Contr...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Trudeau adding more Canadian troops in Latvia, extending mission

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By Teresa Wright The Associated Press Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada is extending its NATO commitment in Latvia by...
Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Smol: Trump Paying Attention to Canadian Defence Spending

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By: Robert Smol, CBC News  Defence procurement is the government promise that keeps on rebooting. At the moment, Canada is preparing to purc...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Canada-US Trade Dispute Could Impact US Firms Out in Military Equipment Sales

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By: David Pugliese, The National Post  U.S. President Donald Trump’s tirade against Canada and threats to punish the country could undermin...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Is Canada a Security Threat to the US? No - Canadians Actually Help Keep US Safe.

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By: Tristen Hopper, The National Post It's been two days since President Trump called Prime Minister Trudeau 'weak' and a 'b...
Friday, March 9, 2018

Don Martin: Waving the White Flag on Canada as a Middle Military Power

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By: Don Martin, CTVNews, Host of PowerPlay  The most uplifting takeaway from my 2007 Afghanistan embedding with the troops was hearing how o...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

On Peacekeeping, Canada is Failing the Global Community

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By: Ian J. Keddie, Macleans Magazine  General Jonathan Vance, Canada’s chief of defence staff, has a confident and relaxed way about him. Bu...

Budget Flatlines Canadian Defence Spending

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By: Ken Hanse, Macleans Magazine  You really have to dig into Equality+Growth, the Liberal government’s 2018 budget document, to find any ...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Plan to send Canadian Peacekeepers to Colombia Fizzled

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By: Murray Brewster, CBC News  Canada had a small military team on standby to take part in a high-profile United Nations peacekeeping missio...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Canada Announces Purchase of 18 Australian F/A-18s

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The Associated Press  A Royal Australian Air Force F-18 fighter on a training mission. (Royal Australian Air Force) Canada has ditched ...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Federal Government Rejects FREMM Frigate Proposal That Could Save $30B

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By: David Pugliese, National Post Liberals reject warship proposal that companies said would save taxpayers as much as $32B Industry source...
Monday, November 6, 2017

RCAF CF-18s to Fly past 2030?

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By: David Pugliese, The Ottawa Citizen  Some sources in industry as well as at the Department of National Defence are now suggesting t...
Monday, September 11, 2017

Canadian Firms prod Trudeau to approve Super Hornet deal

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By: Daniel Leblanc, The Globe and Mail  Ten Canadian-based aerospace companies are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop blocking...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Trudeau Not Planning on Sending Troops Back to Afghanistan

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LEE BERTHIAUME OTTAWA THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has thrown cold water on suggestions the Liberal government wants to ...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Dithering or a Rethink on Peacekeeping Intentions?

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By: Blair Gilmore, RUSI-NS Three recent news items relate to Justin Trudeau’s intent to send troops on a UN peacekeeping mission. Outfits li...
Thursday, May 4, 2017

Sajjan Faces Continued Criticism Over MEDUSA Claims

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By: David Pugliese, Defence Watch  It was another tough day for Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. He tried to change the channel Wednesday ...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Minding the Capability "Gap"

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BY HUDSON ON THE HILL © 2017 FrontLine Defence (Vol 14, No 2) The House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence (SCND) recently we...