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Submarine Ojibwa Last Voyage

irishroverpei wrote 1 day ago: Ojibwa will become the centrepiece of the new Elgin Military Museum of Naval History to be built in … more →

Tags: HM Submarines, military, Veterans, Crew, disaster, experience?, minidter of defense, submarine, Windsor

Tory effort to shut down F-35 hearings delayed: 'They are very afraid of what is going to come out,' Liberal MP says2 comments

Postmedia News wrote 3 days ago: National Post Graphics OTTAWA — A Conservative government effort to shut down parliamentary hearings … more →

Tags: Canada, Politics, News, Julian Fantino, Robert Fonberg, Gerry Byrne, Andrew Saxton

Matt Gurney: A long-delayed victory for Canada's veterans UPDATED: Government responds

Matt Gurney wrote 3 days ago: David Kawai / Postmedia news PLEASE SEE A RESPONSE FROM VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA BELOW   For a g … more →

Tags: Canada, Full Comment, Canadian Forces, Dennis Manuge, Disability Pensions, military, Pensions, sisip, Veterans

Tories move to pull plug on politically damanging F-35 committee hearings

Jason Fekete wrote 4 days ago: OTTAWA — The Harper government is moving to shut down House of Commons hearings into the auditor gen … more →

Tags: Conservatives, Foreign Affairs and Defence, Politics and the Nation, auditor general, Conservative government, Defence Minister, Department of National Defence, F-35, Fighter jet

Bend for Blueberries or Lose Your Benefits

The Pictou Bee wrote 5 days ago: Nova Scotia is the only province to have seen the number of farms grow over the past few years, incr … more →

Tags: Dear Editor, Nova Scotia Conservative Party, jamie baillie, Farming, Fishing, Forestry

Who does Kathy Dunderdale have a problem with in Ottawa? Peter MacKay, that's who.

Jordan Press wrote 6 days ago: Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale didn’t mince words Saturday when she was as … more →

Tags: Conservatives, Kathy Dunderdale, search and rescue

No Canadian troops in Afghanistan after 2014? But will it stick?

Alexandra Taylor wrote 1 week ago: Peter MacKay The Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan to train the country’s army will end i … more →

Tags: Politics, Canada, Canadian Politics, HOPE 2, Stephen Harper, Conservatives, International Politics, the World, Crime Minister Harper

Nazanin Afshin-Jam tells story of girl trapped by Iran’s twisted culture3 comments

Joe O'Connor wrote 2 weeks ago: Three middle-aged male patrons at a midtown Toronto restaurant stop sipping their coffees and stare. … more →

Tags: Canada, News, Iran, Nazanin Afshin Jam

There Are No Bad Jobs (Only Bad Politicians)

mmhague wrote 2 weeks ago: While contemplating reforms to Canada’s Employment Insurance plan, finance minister Jim Flaher … more →

Tags: political interests, Canada, Jim Flaherty, Canadian Politics, Employment Insurance, Jobs, Bev Oda, Orange Juice, Kardashian

Auditor-General tackles F-35 report critics, defends facts and figures1 comment

The Canadian Press wrote 2 weeks ago: OTTAWA — The Auditor-General is blasting critics of his report on the Harper government’s stea … more →

Tags: Canada, News, auditor general, F-35 Stealth Fighter Program

Marni Soupcoff: Peter MacKay plays the blame game over Libya mission costs

Marni Soupcoff wrote 2 weeks ago: For all his considerable political experience, Canada’s defence minister still has a lot to learn ab … more →

Tags: Canada, Full Comment, Canadian Forces, Libya, Evan Solomon

VIDEO: MacKay on hot seat over Libya expenses

newspaperpolitics wrote 2 weeks ago: http://www.newspaperpolitics.com/2012/05/video-mackay-on-hot-seat-over-libya.html … more →

Tags: News, Politics, Canadian Politics, Bob Rae, cost double, Department of Defense, $106 million, $103.6 million, Lying

NATO urged to probe deaths of Libyan civilians killed during air strikes

Stewart Bell wrote 2 weeks ago: Dozens of Libyan civilians died in NATO air strikes on sites with no apparent military value, Human … more →

Tags: Canada, World News, News, Libya, NATO

Peter Mackay: A Lesson in Mathematics

hungdrawnandcultured wrote 2 weeks ago: Defence Minister Peter Makay told Canadians Libya mission would cost 50 million despite knowing it w … more →

Tags: Current Events, Comic, Portraits, The Economy, Politics, Canadian Politics, Libya Mission, defence budget, cost overruns

Peter MacKay Blames Opposition, Media for Libya-cost Controversy

David Pugliese wrote 2 weeks ago: Jordan Press of Postmedia News has the latest on the Libyan cost issue: OTTAWA — Canada’s embattled … more →

Tags: Defence Watch, David Pugliese Defence Watch, Libyan War, David Pugliese, Libyan Cost Controversy

Peter MacKay blames opposition, media for Libya-cost controversy4 comments

Postmedia News wrote 2 weeks ago: OTTAWA — Canada’s embattled defence minister took to the airwaves Sunday to make his case that … more →

Tags: Canada, Politics, News, military, Libya

Quietly awarded $105M defence contract leads to accusations Tories trying to hide details of military spending13 comments

Postmedia News wrote 3 weeks ago: OTTAWA — The same day Defence Minister Peter MacKay issued a flurry of seven press releases about mi … more →

Tags: Canada, Politics, News, Libya, Ottawa, John Baird, Conservative Party of Canada

MacKay’s math questioned again as cost of Canadian Libya mission balloons to $347M2 comments

Allison Cross wrote 3 weeks ago: Defence Minister Peter MacKay has been forced to deny allegations he downplayed the true cost of the … more →

Tags: Canada, Politics, News, Libya, Department of Defense, F-35s, Question Period

New DND Cost Figures For Libyan Mission Undercut Claims By Defence Minister Peter MacKay

David Pugliese wrote 3 weeks ago: LEE BERTHIAUME, POSTMEDIA NEWS has just written this: OTTAWA — Amid allegations the Conservative gov … more →

Tags: Defence Watch, David Pugliese Defence Watch, libya war, David Pugliese, Libya Mission


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