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I read a National Post article not long ago where the issue of former Canadian soldiers working for private military firms arose.  Mr Staples commented that since they had received their training from the government  there should be some sort of "oversight" on what they did with it.  Essentially...

Rest assured guys!   Rumour has it the plan at Unigoo is to use the wannabe "student leaders" in the event of any sort of real disaster:   -in the event of flooding as "human sandbags"   -in the event of fire they're to be grasped by the feet and used to beat out the flames.   -in the...

Here at U of Guelph one of the "Student Union" executive tried to slip a new policy on who could/couldn't recruit on campus past the students he claims to represent.  Bad idea!  Now he's whining that he believes in democracy, they could have approached him with their concerns, etc, etc.  It was...

I'm intrigued at the idea of "public participation" in determining the role, and reasonable funding, of the Canadian military.  How do we actually determine who "the public" are?  Is there a requirement that "the public" have any expertise whatsoever on military affairs, equipment requirements...

As far as I can see most serious analysis, unlike this Polaris bit, uses GDP to compare spending on defence, between nations and over time.  In thoses terms their report seems to suggest that Canada could/should spend more on the military without getting out of line with most of our NATO...

If the student government at York is like most other campuses there's quite a high probability the vast majority of students they claim to be representing didn't bother voting in their elections.   I sometimes wonder if the bitterness shown by some/most "student leaders" is a function of knowing...

Greetings all!   The real irony, IMHO, is that the little band of fascists presume to decide what the vast majority of York students should be exposed to.  I've worked on a university campus for some years now and the so-called "student leaders" are some of the most undemocratic, intolerant...