Canada's National Defence: Defence Policy v. 1 (Canada's national defence)
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | yesterday
from John McGourty of NHL.com, Here’s another reason to give thanks this Thanksgiving: The National Hockey League was founded 92 years ago today. Its predecessor, the National Hockey Association, was on its last legs due to players joining the Canadian Forces in World War I, decreased attendance and warring owners. One of the teams, the Toronto 228th Battalion, had been inducted en masse. A group...
The Torch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here are the truths: "A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on." - Proverb "Whoever talks about it the most owns it." - Public relations truism Before I get to my question, I'd like to quote from Rick Hillier's book "A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats, and the Politics of War:" The Canadian Forces, with Foreign Affairs, were concerned about...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The head of a St. John's-based commission of inquiry into offshore helicopter safety has reversed his position and will now ask the Department of National Defence to testify after Christmas.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
RAF Chinooks are a vital part of the support helicopter fleet, providing much-needed capability in tough operating conditions. Photograph: Defence Image Library. Afghanistan War: Why Helicopters Are Critical To US And NATO Forces -- Christian Science Monitor Helicopters are more important to the US and NATO counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan than they were in Iraq. By December, there will be...
Military and Aerospace Electronics (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
B> BINGEN, Wash., 25 Nov. 2009. Insitu Inc., a Boeing subsidiary, announced a flight demonstration of its first ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard Canadian Naval vessel HMCS GLACE BAY (MM 701), a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel serving the Canadian Forces.
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Local manufacturer Rutter technologies will likely profit from a US Army contract worth $2.2 billion for General Dynamics’s London operations to deliver 724 LAV II light armoured vehicles by 2011. The order is through the Army’s Security Assistance Command, meaning the vehicles are likely destined for delivery to another country, potentially Saudi Arabia under a request from 2006. The LAV...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Media are invited to the MacDonald-Cartier International Airport for the arrival of Colonel Roch Lacroix, the outgoing Deputy Commander of Task Force Kandahar, and 12 other Canadian Forces members as they return from a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) exchange officer has recently returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan with the Canadian Forces (CF). In this first-of-its-kind initiative between Canada and Jamaica, Lieutenant Carl Clarke of the JDF Engineer Regiment acted as Construction Management Team Leader with the Construction Management Organization of Joint Task Force...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
BINGEN, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Insitu Inc., a Boeing [NYSE: BA] subsidiary, today announced a successful flight demonstration of its first ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard Canadian Naval vessel HMCS GLACE BAY (MM 701). HMCS GLACE BAY is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has been serving the Canadian Forces since 1996. “The ScanEagle performed flawlessly during the demonstration....
Creekside (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
MacKay : "Not a single Taliban soldier turned over by Canadian forces can be proved to have been abused. That is the crux of the issue." Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission : "Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment are common in the majority of law enforcement institutions, and at least 98.5 per cent of interviewed victims have been tortured ." The independent...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA (MARKET WIRE) As the three-day Halifax International Security Forum today wrapped up its final sessions, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, declared the inaugural event a success and invited the organisers to return to Halifax in future years. Some 300 international and industry leaders, academics, policy makers, and...
Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Canadian soldiers have opened a new phase in their operation aimed at chasing insurgents from Panjwaii district, southwest of Kandahar city. A company has moved into the northern limits of Nakhonay, a town of around 2,000 people thought to be an insurgent stronghold. Earlier this week Canadian Forces joined an Afghan National Army unit in seizing the village of Haji Baba, which is located a short distance...
oliver and gwens family (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A lady Canadian libertarian wrote a lot of letters to the government, complaining about the treatment of captive insurgents (terrorists) being held in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities. She received back the following reply: National Defense Headquarters MGen George R. Pearkes Bldg, 15 NT 101 Colonel By Drive Ottawa , ON K1A 0K2 Canada Dear Concerned Citizen, Thank you for your recent...
Creekside (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Commenter Stephen Phillips under this CBC poll has a question of his own : "What kind of a question is this? Mr. Colvin is a distinguished career diplomat under attack by a Government that has misled Parliament and the country about prisoner transfers and is now systematically blocking the work of the Military Complaints Tribunal. The real question is this: why is the Government trying to smear...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
This Israeli-built Heron UAV is similar to ones currently used by the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. Photograph by: Provided, Handout Canadian Mlitary 'Drones' To Remain Unarmed -- Canada.com The Canadian military has decided against putting missiles on the unmanned aerial vehicles it now operates in Afghanistan. Defence Minister Peter MacKay was briefed in March by air force officials on the various...
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