Talking F-35s with a former head of the air force
Lieutenant-General Angus Watt retired about a year ago as chief of air staff in the Canadian Forces. That gives him a particular...
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John Geddes
John Geddes is Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean’s and has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades. He also writes regularly about art.
Cannon on what’s real and what’s hypothetical
At a news conference a few minutes ago, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon declined to answer direct questions about Canada’s...
Could Canada take bids on fighter jets and also keep the F-35 option open?
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff’s vow that as prime minister he would hold an open competition for new jet fighters, rather than...
A holy man with an eye for connections
The genteel, moderate Aga Khan’s network is on the rise in Canada
On Khadr’s guilty plea
To anyone tempted to imagine that Omar Khadr’s acceptance of a plea bargain somehow means everything the U.S. government has done...
The Auditor General’s report and Canada’s curious F-35 deal
Some disturbing findings surface in Sheila Fraser’s audit
Under what treaty would Khadr come home?
Many questions follow Omar Khadr’s guilty plea
Human smuggling, immigration anxieties, and the Canadian way
Today’s announcement of the new Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada’s Immigration System Act (when will the revolt...
Ignatieff gets personal
In launching the Liberals’ new family care policy, Iggy shows his human side
Joint Strike Fighter costs are soaring
The F-35 project is plagued by cost overruns. But Ottawa says it’s insulated from sticker shock.