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If our court uphold the concept of a "military vounteer refugee", then aren't there consequences  for the CF? If we accept deserters from the American peacetime Regular Army, could soldiers here legally "object" to, say, a peacekeeping mission as not being in keeping with their personal...

Wow. ER Campbell, you rock. BTW, I always find it funny that nobody sees that if Afghanistan should fall to the Taliban, Pakistan will be the next state to disintegrate. In fact, that disintegration has already started. The Red Mosque crisis is only one example of how Pakistan is starting to...

Since 2001, I have made it a personal policy not to care about Muslim "outrage", as the media almost always blows it out of proportion. This is a case of one guy (who happens to be elected) who thinks people "might" be offended. The only time I consider reports of "outrage" as worthy of my time...

E.R. Campbell - you also forgot "if it bleeds, it leads"...a characteristic of the media is that it itself creates controversy to sell it's product. That, plus stupidity, is really dangerous.

Maybe it's time somebody started using CBC's ombudsman... What reporters hate more than anything else is to be called out on their reports (you know...accountability...that thing we supposedly don't have in the CF). Firing grievances out to the ombudsman (and CC'ing competing networks) may be a...

Lol...or taking money from Saudis and then predictably trashing Israel.... I mean come on. If you're going to criticize Israel, that's cool. But don't do so after accepting tainted Wahhabist payola!

Yes, this column was all about whining and little substance. Canada is about peace, order, and good government, individual liberty balanced with collective responsibilities, and respecting diversity. Breaking from the Trudeau/Chretien years of flattering despots and staying silent in the face of...

This tax plans represents: 1) An attack on rural lifestyles; 2) An attempt to "wealth shift" from the successful West to the faltering East; 3) A sap to the Lib's urban base. OK, if you really wanted to be a nutso-Kyoto warrior, you'd tax the hell out of gasoline, not just diesel. Why? Because...

We have the ability and talent to puch above our weight, but almost always hesitate to do so because of an overblown sense of moral relativism. Hence why it will always be difficult, even when we put the resources aside, for Canada to be "great".

Lol..the more liberarian groups tend to be pretty inclusive - everyone agrees on the one idea that government shouldn't interfere in personal lives! From my time in student politics at UofT I find in general gay rights groups, with a few exceptions (like the one waging a legal "war" on the...

Flashback: 1984 - Lawrence Martin predicted the Soviet Union would "last a very long time" in an editorial, and implied that capitalism was on the verge of collapse. The guy has never really been happy since PET retired. Don't worry about him - he's that old man with zany ideas "elites"...

I agree with most of the posts above - this was a pathetic political attack story based, unfortunately, on something that the CF should never had taken on as its responsbility. If the Foreign Affairs minister wanted a photo-op to appeal to people in his riding, it's the responsibility of his...

Most unbelievable thing I heard: "During this past exercise, the leadership of the Bn performed immaculately. I ascribe our current failure to a lack of motivation of the junior ranks." This was after an exercise when the Coy Comd in question launched a Coy quick attack from a different Attack...

Lol...if I didn't know any better I would figure that comment would come from Stephen Staples.

Lol...stumbled onto this threat while writing OPME stuff on Unification...how ironic. As mentioned by J. Granatstein in his multiple writings, anti-Americanism is the secular religion of Canadians. I think there is a great deal of merit going back to a British-like Service Dress, as long as it...

I guess this should have been read in parliament today!

I think they've done this before. It's a drill for them: 1) Agree to UN troops; 2) Reject Visas for said UN troops; 3) Argue about it for 6 months; 4) Eject a few UN and NGO workers for trumped up charges such as "eating pork" or "drinking" to rile up the Islamists, 5) Apologize profusely for...

All this is going to do is backfire against the Liberals, and deservedly so. Imagine this: the motion passes. The PM comments that it's a blatant flip flop, but does acknowledge some concerns. He then declares that Canada will withdraw the BG in 2009, leaving the PRT, an IMAT-like unit, a SAT...

Colin P - I agree, but to quote a friend in politics, "if there's no chance in heck they'll give us their vote, why even try to convert them?" Sure, the anti-crowd will moan and wail, but they always will. The average Canadian has already written them off.

Having sat on an awards committee in a theatre, I can say that like any human process, the honours and awards system has its flaws. The CO of my unit at the time declared that it was next to "impossible" for an officer to be given a medal for bravery or meritorious service, as by definition an...