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By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: During Question Period in the House of Commons last week, NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen questioned Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s voting record on defence spending when the Conservatives… The post Harper’s Defence Minister Peter MacKay Dreams Of An “NDP Government” (VIDEO) appeared first on The Canadian Progressive. The Canadian Progressive: Harper Government should consider options for Sea King replacement: ReportBy Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Feb. 11, 2013: OTTAWA – A major, deep-reaching report about the maritime helicopter procurement has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “The worst procurement in the history of Canada”: Solving the maritime helicopter crisis (PDF) was written by University of British Columbia political READ MORE 
 Advocacy, Canada, canadian centre for policy alternatives, Canadian Forces, Canadian Navy, Featured, Guest Blog, Harper government, International Relations, Maritime Helicopter Project, Paul Martin, Press release, Research And Study, Rideau Institute, Sea King Helicopter, think tanks, war and peace Sao Paolo, Brazil – 140 people have died in the last two weeks in battles between police and inner-city gangs. Be hard to be held in lower esteem. This was an interesting poll in The Globe and Mail this morning. It seems that out of 26 countries in both hemispheres of the Americas, our very own Stephen Harper ranked as the national leader who was least trusted by the population. On top of Yesterday we’d a jolly good laugh when Yukon Tory MP Ryan Leef got overjoyed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit and invited those gathered to “join me in welcoming back to the Yukon, the Prime Minister of Cannibal.” Conservative MP, Chris Alexander’s recent take on the F-35 fighter jet controversy is no such laughing matter. It’s an insult to Canadians’ intelligence. During a CBC News’ Power & Politics panel discussion on the Harper Government’s F-53 jet plan, Alexander offered the following statement: “There was a misunderstanding, to some extent, in the Canadian public opinion, to some extent perpetrated by . . . → Read More: Canadian Progressive: Conservative MP insults Canadians with confused take on F-35 jet plan
Blog, Canada, Canada Politics, Canadian Forces, Canadian Politics, chris alexander, Conservative MP, Conservatives, Defence, department of national defence, f-35, fear-mongering, Fighter Jet, Government, military, Peter MacKay, Policy, prime minister, Rona Ambrose, stephen harper, war and peace Prime Minister Stephen Harper is reportedly involved in the selection of Canada’s next top soldier, the Chief of Defence Staff.
Air Force, Blog, Canada, Canada Chief Of Defence, Canada Politics, Canadian Forces, Canadian Politics, Defence, military, Navy, North American Air Defence Command, Politics News, Polls, Polls and Surveys, prime minister, stephen harper, Top Soldier, Walter Natynczyk, war, war and peace So far, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s ideology-inspired of project of social and political engineering expresses itself most eloquently as the Conservatives’ egregious assault on civil liberties, the metamorphosis of Canada into a petro-state, and militarization of both Canadian society and foreign policy. We’re yet to acknowledge how this project oppresses the “other” while empowering utopian idealists who believe that the eradication of minorities will cleanse their world of some perceived contamination. In early June, Canada’s white supremacists saluted Harper. The Conservative majority in the House of Commons had just passed Bill C-304 by 153 votes to 136. As usual, the . . . → Read More: Canadian Progressive World: The day Canada’s white supremacists saluted Stephen Harper
Bill C-304, Bills and Legislation, Blog, Canada, Canada Politics, Canadian, Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Forces, Canadian Politics, Charter, civil liberties, Conservatives, constitution, Criminal Code, Extremism, freedom of speech, hate crimes, Human Rights Act, Human Rights Commission, ideology, internet, military, Minorities, Movements, Movements & Organizations, neo-Nazis, opinion., ottawa citizen, parliament, Politics News, prime minister, rights, Society, Statistics canada, stephen harper, Storm Front, Wade Michael Page, White Power, White Pride, White Supremacists, Winnipeg Free Press In The Twilight War, historian David Crist unravels “the secret history of America’s 30-year conflict with Iran.” A secret conflict that’s looks certain to become a real war soon. Led by Israel. A war Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk seems to have been itching for since the announcement of the end of our questionable military involvement in Afghanistan. Natynczyk revealed his warmongering itch to the Canadian Press on July 7. Disturbingly, the general assigns the itch to the ordinary men and women in uniform: We have some men and women who have had two, three . . . → Read More: Canadian Progressive World: Canadian General Itching For A New Foreign War In The Twilight War, historian David Crist unravels “the secret history of America’s 30-year conflict with Iran.” A secret conflict that’s looks certain to become a real war soon. Led by Israel. A war Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk seems to have been itching for since the announcement of the end of our questionable military involvement in Afghanistan. Natynczyk revealed his warmongering itch to the Canadian Press on July 7. Disturbingly, the general assigns the itch to the ordinary men and women in uniform: We have some men and women who have had two, three . . . → Read More: Canadian Progressive World: Canadian General Itching For A New Foreign War Once again the Canadian Forces have been caught playing partisan politics, shilling for the Conservative government. A program to educate parliamentarians about the work being done by the Canadian military has been shut down months after it was revealed officers were using such visits to collect information on Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s political opponents. The parliamentary outreach program allowed MPs and senators to visit military units and bases to improve their knowledge of the Canadian Forces. But the visits became controversial earlier this year when it was revealed officers gathered information on MacKay’s political opponents in an effort to . . . → Read More: The Disaffected Lib: The Conservative Armed Forces of Canada On this one, I salute Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Sort of. The Harper Conservatives have just gutted their own plan to buy 1,500 logistics trucks, 800 commercial vehicles and equipment for the . That’s $1.2 billion of Canadian taxpayers money saved. Sort of agreeable too is the explanation for the cancellation. To quote the government’s last-minute notice to corporations that had lined up for the lucrative contract: “Economic, marketplace and budgetary circumstances have changed since this solicitation process began.” I’m sure the hallowed Canadian military can still use the not-so-sexy fleet of trucks from the 1980s. After all, The audible “umph” heard across Canada last night was the sound of the Federal budget dropping. With all the subtlety of a Bison taking a dumb in your morning cereal, the Harper administration took another concerted effort at making Canada that much worse of a place. Suffice it to say, concerned citizens have already taken to the interwebs to voice their displeasure. As the government’s latest round of pillaging of the country’s public services takes its sinister form, the most egregiously over-funded department remains largely untouched. I speak, of course, of the Canadian Forces. As a PhD student . . . → Read More: Politics, Re-Spun: The Case Against Canada’s Armed Forces “How satisfied are you with what they [DND officials] had to say?” And with those words, CBC Here and Now’s Jonathan Crowe asked the man whose officials were responsible for directing the search for a missing 14 year old boy in Makkovik last week what he thought of explanations offered by people who weren’t directly responsible for the search efforts. Municipal affairs minister Kevin O’Brien took the opportunity in his reply to obfuscate, to hide provincial responsibility for directing the search either through Fire and Emergency Services or through the police. His officials were just responding to requests . . . → Read More: The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Response and Responsibility #nlpoli #cdnpoli I have a great deal of respect for Canadian Forces personnel. I have generally disagreed with virtually every one of their foreign deployments in my lifetime, but that is a criticism I make of our political leaders who order our forces to go here and there. I support our troops by encouraging the government not to continue slashing their pensions and healthcare, and to actually treat soldiers with respect and dignity by providing the kind of care they need: vocationally, psychologically, emotionally, etc. I do not, however, like the militarization of Canadian culture because it is priming us for a . . . → Read More: Politics, Re-Spun: My Canada Does Not Include Militarizing Canada Day Two new studies of Canadian soldiers who served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2008 shows the prevalence of psychological casualties in modern combat operations. The Globe and Mail reported that: In one study of 792 frontline soldiers who fought in Afghanistan in 2007, some 20 per cent suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder, while 3.1 per cent suffered other mental illnesses such as depression. In a larger national study, researchers examined medical records of 2,045 soldiers who served from 2001 to 2008 and found 8 per cent suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder and another 5.2 per cent suffered . . . → Read More: The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Unseen wounds are no less real On October 15 the #occupywallstreet protests will arrive at cities around the world and in one of the birthplaces of the movement in downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver based magazine Adbusters actually inspired the protests that have been going on in New York. The decentralized nature of the protests has led to some confusion over what people are so angry about and what they hope to accomplish. One of the main themes is the growing gap in wealth between the richest in our society, the top 1%, and everyone else, the 99%. One way to look at this gap is simply (Read more…) As a political scientist and somewhat of a historian I prefer our system of government based on a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. I also appreciate the role that our historical links to the United Kingdom play in our multicultural … . . . → Read More: THE FIFTH COLUMN: Much Ado About The Wrong Thing – Canadian Forces DisIntegration If you’re unaware yet, Canada’s navy and air force will soon get a new name – an old one, to be truthful. Those branches of the military are currently named Maritime Command and Air Command, names courtesy of former Liberal Defense Minister and profess… . . . → Read More: Blunt Objects: Royal Fumble? Symbols matter. Traditions can be invented. Nationalism is the product of collective will to create an imagined community. All of these concepts (which are debatable, of course) are vitally important to understanding the trajectories of Canadian id… . . . → Read More: Pample the Moose: Symbols Matter – Canadian Forces Edition Based on the bad news coming from the BC and Canadian governments under cover of game one of the Stanley Cup finals, we should be wary of the Canucks going to seven games. It used to be Friday afternoons were a great time for governments to release bad news. The week’s media cycle was drifting [...] . . . → Read More: Politics, Re-Spun: Releasing Government Bad News Under Cover of a Hockey Game Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, there’s an old saying that the first casualty of war is the truth. Sadly, that adage is proving to be accurate with regard to the Canadian Forces’ release of information on casualties in the Afghanistan conflict. The Hil… . . . → Read More: JimBobby Sez: Bombshell! Forces Downplaying Canadian Afghan War Casualties |
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