Uncategorized’There is no proof’More from Lawrence Cannon. The commanding Canadian general takes a slightly different position.
UncategorizedRichard Colvin speaks (II)Canadian Press has an excerpt from Mr. Colvin’s opening statement.
UncategorizedThe end is the beginning is the endDefence Minister Peter MacKay comments from Kandahar. The previously stated positions of Gen. Natynczyk and the Prime Minister’s...
UncategorizedThe general and the PMOCBC, October 10 . The Conservative government intends to keep some Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan in a non-combat role beyond...
OttawaNatynczyk gets it right: out of Kandahar, full stop. But what (or where) next?Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Walt Natynczyk just told CBC’s Evan Solomon that he’s started doing what’s required to pull...
UncategorizedWill we ever know what happened in Afghanistan? (II)Richard Colvin’s affidavit is unsealed .
UncategorizedJuggling chainsaws (II)A reader points out that Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie first reassessed the readiness of Canada’s military in July.
UncategorizedJuggling chainsawsLieutenant-General Andrew Leslie, February 16 . Canada’s army is being pushed to the limit by the strains of keeping a...
UncategorizedThe question of 2011 (III)The transcript of Bob Rae’s scrum with reporters after Question Period this afternoon.
OttawaOur future in Afghanistan: didn’t the House say something on this matter?Defence Minister Peter MacKay says keeping Canada’s Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar after 2011 is a possibility, and...