2011

The Prime Minister doesn’t think a vote in Parliament is necessary to move forward with a training mission in Afghanistan. The...

Philippe Lagasse questions the potential precedent of putting the future of the Afghan mission to another vote in...

The Defence Minister explains what he meant when he said the government was considering its options in Afghanistan.

Whatever the Foreign Affairs Minister said a month and a half ago in response to what the Defence Minister said then, here is what...

The Senate committee on national security and defence released its report on the Afghanistan mission this morning, including its...

Dismisses Liberal proposal for a post-2011 mandate in Afghanistan, and Peter MacKay’s "interest" in it

The Defence Minister indicates some degree of interest in Michael Ignatieff’s proposal for a post-2011 mission in Afghanistan. As...

One month ago—in a bizarrely under-discussed story—Canadian Press reported that "top Liberals" were sussing out Conservatives...

Defence Minister Peter MacKay comments from Kandahar. The previously stated positions of Gen. Natynczyk and the Prime Minister’s...

CBC, October 10 . The Conservative government intends to keep some Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan in a non-combat role beyond...