7 July 2024. In the dying days of the Biden administration several of my colleagues and I attended the NATO summit in Washington. We were interviewed by our colleague Balkan…
21 June 2024: In this video commentary for MLI, I lay out the case why Canada’s lackadaisical approach to defence and national security has attratced the ire of both Democrates…
“Perhaps most damning for a government that prides itself on evidence-based policy making, the government has silenced the 235 military personnel and civilian bureaucrats directly implicated in the fighter aircraft replacement program. They were forced to sign unprecedented lifetime gag orders—a curious thing if the government thought this considerable body of expertise would back the interim fighter decision.”
Ottawa’s plan to buy interim Super Hornets will cost more and fail to give the Canadian Forces the fighter it needs. That was the conclusion of a survey of defence…
How the tune has changed! Not so long ago, the federal government’s defence critics were decrying its unjustified hawkishness in a demonstrably ever more peaceful world. Now the criticism is…