UncategorizedDonuts, hockey, tax cuts and AfghanistanThe quintessential speech of Stephen Harper’s premiership?
GeneralThe Governor General and her troopsA photo gallery of Michaelle Jean’s whirlwind tour of Afghanistan
Uncategorized’So that the flame of hope that I saw in their eyes continues to burn’According to her office, the Governor General has just returned from a day trip to Afghanistan. Her remarks to the troops there...
OttawaAdjusting to more Americans in KandaharColleague Wells draws our attention here to a fascinating window into the state of Canada’s engagement in Afghanistan. In a...
Uncategorized’That’s respect’Glen Pearson tells a story about Peter MacKay. Last week, I received an urgent call from a London, Ontario firefighter who had...
OttawaThe limits of Canadian military strategyOur top soldier in Kandahar on why Canada’s campaigns are planned by Americans
UncategorizedThe Prime Minister & AfghanistanMore on this later, but, for now, here simply is the text of the Prime Minister’s remarks in Kandahar last week—probably one of...
OttawaThe Commons: ’We will continue to insist’The Scene. To everyone’s infinite credit, Question Period passed today without a single reference to a bathroom, toilet, loo or...
OttawaThe Commons: How do you solve a problem like Afghanistan?Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade, took questions on that file
CulturePrepping for battle’Combat School’ follows a platoon of Canadian soldiers as they train for war in Afghanistan