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She has a team of well qualified advisors (academics, mostly) who counsel her on the constitutionality of her decisions; she (like the sovereign) is NOT 100% bound to accept the prime minister's advise.

True, but there are ECM resistant modes which alleviate some (man? most?) of the risks.

I am old enough to remember when iron lungs were fairly commonplace ... I remember Dr Salk's vaccine; he made millions of lives better; Gawd, I hate terminally flippin' stupid people like RFK.

And it is fair to say that almost everything that is considered by both Team Poilievre and Team Trudeau is from a highly partisan political perspective.

The very definition if electromagnetic compatibility is that "everyone who needs to use the spectrum may do so without causing or suffering harmful interference," and yes, ships' masts (along with aircraft) are amongst the most difficult EMC environments to plan and manage. It can get tricky on...

That is the one and only key to a single term CPC government followed by a revitalized (Carney-led?) and slightly less left wing Liberal regime, again. ----- Repeating myself, but: 1. Canada needs two broadly centrist, liberal (in the proper meaning of the term) parties; 2. Right now it has...

Today's Globe and Mail (Robert Fife and Marieke Walsh) says that: "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made another attempt to recruit former central banker Mark Carney at a time when tensions with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland have risen over increased spending on political strategies...

The only way to effectively shrink the PS is to close (consolidate) entire programmes - something that is very, very hard to do because every single one has a "cheering section" of voters - and let attrition do its thing. A good, effective public service needs constant renewal AND it needs...

Very, very true. The Great Depression had a far greater and longer lasting impact on Canadian society than did the war. But, it is also important to remember that in 1939 Canada was a small, weak agrarian nation. In 1945 Canada was a major military and industrial power. In 1946 Europe and...

Mr Hellyer's 'reforms' allowed for a mix of uniformed military and civil servants in some jobs - but NOT in command of MARCOM, FMC or Air Defence Command. In some cases ADMs had civilian deputies: Assoc ADM(Mat) was, for a time, Comd MatCom. I saw it actually happen: my old mate (2RCR) LGen Bob...

It's one of the reason why some defence organizations, like the one I directed for many years, need to be largely civilian. BUT there's a dilemma: t operate and manage those organizations effectively requires extensive practical, military knowledge and experience AND "time in place." We, and...

You're missing a key point: St Laurent enunciated his polices in 1947, before he was PM. He actually fired a socio-political "warning shot" across Mackenzie-King's bows when he gave the 'Duncan & John Gray Memorial Lecture' on 13 January 1947. It divided the Liberal Party and King consequently...

I think those who favour union see it as much more than that. I'm one of those who thinks it, with many warts and all, may be inevitable.

There is an issue of "self sufficiency:" both 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇲 are rich in natural and Human Resources but neither is fully "self sufficient": but the continent, everything North of the US/mexican border is probably as close as anything - including China + Siberia - can ever hope to be. On that...

There is a report in today's Globe and Mail which says that: "A Jordanian terror suspect was deported two weeks ago by the U.S. after crossing illegally from Canada where he was on the run from Canadian border officers. Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana had slipped across the border to Canada...

I think that for many, many of President Elect Trump's supporters, perception is far more important than is reality. My guess is that some illegal drugs and some illegal immigrants are crossing into 🇺🇲 from 🇨🇦; far fewer, I suspect than are coming across the USA/Mexico border but enough to make...

He's NOT Justin Trudeau ... that's a HUGE positive for many people.

Alexander Nevsky (Eisensten, 1938) is the best war firm ever made ... Then there's ... . . . . . . . ... then there's SFA, in my opinion.

My old and dear friend LCol (ret'd) Lance Drummond (Signals): Lance passed away peacefully and gracefully at the age of 86. Lance was predeceased by his wonderful wife, Joan. To all who knew him, Lance was a "Big Personality". His penchant for a good time was infectious. He was...

Helmets on 🪖 In the old, old days the army had a Provost Corps; it had three main roles: Handling PWs; Traffic control; and Assisting units in maintaining discipline - but it was always clear that units, not the MPs enforced "law an order" in the ranks. The RCAF had a security force - my...