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Canadians leery of Stephen Harper’s plan to spend a half trillion dollars on defence as national economy weakens 26 Sep 2008 | 03:02 pm
A new poll commissioned by the Rideau Institute reveals a high degree of public anxiety with Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party’s 20-year, $490 billion defence strategy, with half of Canadians ...
Canadians leery of Stephen Harper’s plan to spend a half trillion dollars on defence as national economy weakens 26 Sep 2008 | 11:02 am
A new poll commissioned by the Rideau Institute reveals a high degree of public anxiety with Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party’s 20-year, $490 billion defence strategy, with half of Canadians ...
Harper, the war, and wedge politics 25 Sep 2008 | 11:38 am
Yesterday the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released an impressive new ebook that compiles more than 40 chapters on Stephen Harper’s track record in the Prime Minister’s office. The Harper R...
This blog has moved! 24 Sep 2008 | 06:52 am
All new post by Steven Staples to the Ceasefire Insider blog appear on out new blog, located at http://www.ceasefire.ca.
Spinning civilians killed in Afghanistan 20 Sep 2008 | 11:24 am
In a comment to an earlier post, Siamdave mentioned today’s “The Current” on CBC. He says …almost the entire hour was spent explaining, first, why Canadians should not expect this to be an issue in t...
Don’t prejudge soldiers’ votes 19 Sep 2008 | 06:46 am
Jeff Davis’s article in this week’s Embassy Magazine would have readers believe that soldiers will vote overwhelmingly for the Conservatives, but the article does not actually quote any soldiers. Ins...
Le Devoir reporter pockets $2500 defence lobby prize 17 Sep 2008 | 08:38 am
Le Devoir reporter Alec Castonguay accepted a $2500 award from the DND-funded Conference of Defence Associations This week Le Devoir’s military affairs reporter, Alec Castonguay, was announced as the...
The Liberals blew it on the Afghanistan file: Yaffe 17 Sep 2008 | 06:44 am
Barbara Yaffe, columnist for the Vancouver Sun, hits the nail on the head in today’s column. Steve The Liberals blew it on the Afghanistan file Barbara Yaffe Vancouver Sun Tuesday, September 16, 2...
Read the fine print in Harper’s Afghan announcement, says defence lobby 13 Sep 2008 | 05:22 am
Oddly now, the revolt over the war is coming from the Right wing, not the Left. Stephen Harper’s pledge that Canadian troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2011 has been received with a lot of...
It’s a looooong way to 2011, baby… 11 Sep 2008 | 04:45 am
Updated: CTV National News story on Harper’s Afghanistan 2011 pull-out pledge. Read more here in the Sun and Toronto Star, or watch this longer interview on CPAC last night. Rideau Institute’s respon...
