…military benefit from various Canadian-financed support programs and may also find other Canadians stocking their equipment. Approximately 150 Canadians serve as volunteers on Israeli army supply bases each year through…
How Canadian military tries to control what soldiers think
…public relations. The Canadian Special Operations Training Centre trains Joint Task Force 2 and the Canadian Special Operations Regiment. Canadian Defence Academy includes the Toronto-based Canadian Forces College, Royal Military…
The Left in denial over Canadian imperialism
…three decades. But the naval upgrade will strengthen Canadian officials’ capacity to bully weaker countries. The 2000 book Canadian Gunboat Diplomacy details the navy’s extensive history of flexing its muscles,…
Afghanistan was based on lies. Will the militarists apologize?
…dozen Canadian fighter jets bombed Libya. With a Canadian general overseeing the war and Canadian naval vessels helping out, NATO helped rebels in the east of the country opposed to…
When journalists rely on diplomats Ottawa ‘spins’ the news
…Canadian embassy have with bringing a Canadian journalist into a room with opposition people, essentially trying to involve me in a conspiracy against the Venezuelan government. Canadian government role in…
Morality rarely motivates Canadian foreign policy
…Canadian mining companies. But, Canadian official Me’shel Gulliver Belanger told Reuters, “some Canadian firms have been having significant issues in a challenging investment environment.” After winning concessions that pleased Canada’s…
New frigates to project Canadian ‘power’ with cruise missiles
…was passed. Historically the Canadian Navy’s influence has been greatest nearer to home. In a chapter of the 2000 book Canadian Gunboat Diplomacy titled “Maple Leaf Over the Caribbean: Gunboat…
Canadian military ‘aid’ no help to Africans
…hundreds of African soldiers at the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre in Kingston Ontario and Lester B. Pearson Centre in Nova Scotia. Canadian forces have also directed or participated…
Globe columnist blinded by Canadian chauvinism
…But a Canadian reporter complaining to a business audience about a Chinese firm buying a Canadian firm’s minerals in Argentina reflects extreme arrogance and chauvinism. And a huge blind spot…
Trudeau Actively Aids Israeli Occupation
…Coordinator. A fifth of Dayton’s initial staff were Canadians, including a counterpart Canadian Brigadier-General. During the Stephen Harper government ministers repeatedly praised Dayton and Canadians trained the Palestinian security force…
Media ignore tragedies, exploitation in Canadian mines
…mining policy. Canadian companies dominate the impoverished country’s main export industry. Responsible for 75% of the country’s gold exports, Canadian firms have some $4 billion invested in Burkina Faso. Ottawa…
Last thing Haiti needs is more Canadian gunboat diplomacy
…times in the Caribbean to support Canadian foreign policy,” wrote Sean Maloney in the 2000 book Canadian Gunboat Diplomacy. Canadian gunships have been sent to Haiti on multiple occasions. After…
Reviews
…serves are best understood by seeing the parallels between the Canadian Forces and the Montreal Canadiens- dubious enterprises that are propped up by major public relations campaigns. This is only…
Canadian ties to Ukraine long used as wedge against Russia
…the Canadian Press story revealing that Maidan protesters had used the Canadian Embassy for a week noted, “Canadians are not very popular in some quarters and occasionally loathed by pro-Russian…
Who has heard of Canadian gunboat diplomacy?
…safer place ought to spark a discussion about the Canadian Navy’s role in the world. Four years ago the Conservatives announced the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy, a $30-$40 billion effort…
Canada still supports Colombia’s repressive right-wing government
…insurance to Canadian companies, which had significant investments in Colombia. Canadian companies, for instance, ran Colombia’s most important oil pipeline and its two largest natural gas pipelines. Canadian investment in…
Democracy far down list of Canadian interests in Niger
…bombing campaign, seven CF-18 fighter jets participated and two Canadian naval vessels patrolled the Libyan coast. The jihadist violence partly sparked by the US, French and Canadian war in Libya…
Canadian military’s ties to USA so deep one must question their loyalty
…The provocative move was part of the Canadian Navy’s many international operations alongside the US Navy. Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq a small ‘detachment’ of Canadian soldiers have…
The long history of Zionism in Canada
…While the Harper government’s pro-Israel comments are particularly extreme, they are far from unique in Canadian history. For more than a century non-Jewish Canadians have promoted a Jewish homeland in…
Red poppies promote militarism
Progressives shouldn’t buy or wear red poppies. Remembrance Day promotes martial patriotism and the militaristic, imperialistic, Royal Canadian Legion owns the copyright to the red poppy. Red poppies commemorate Canadians…
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