To vote or not to vote on whatever it is our soldiers will be doing
The Prime Minister says when a military mission is "technical or training" in nature, a vote in parliament is not necessary and...
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Afghanistan
No vote needed to extend Afghan mission: Harper
’That is something the executive can do on its own’
’They need to know that their Parliament is behind them’
As futile as it may be to hold Mr. Harper’s past pronouncements as a guide to present and future action, here is what the Prime...
’The government has to be free to act’
The Prime Minister doesn’t think a vote in Parliament is necessary to move forward with a training mission in Afghanistan. The...
‘I think it is the best decision when one looks at the options’
The Prime Minister confirms a change in his position on the mission in Afghanistan.
Canada to stay in Afghanistan in non-combat role
Troops will train Afghans until 2014
Promises, promises
On Afghanistan and everything else, why does Stephen Harper even bother making promises anymore?
Gone, but not forgotten
A new documentary honours the Canadian soldiers who have died in Afghanistan
Will Parliament decide?
Philippe Lagasse questions the potential precedent of putting the future of the Afghan mission to another vote in...
From zero to a thousand
Whatever the Prime Minister said in January, and what the Foreign Affairs Minister dismissed in June, the government is now said...