About ten months ago I wrote about Trudeau's train wreck. That time it was about a CN rail train carrying crude oil that went off the rails near the Saskatchewan-Mantiboa border. Now, of course, days after the event, the Globe and Mail has published a Reuters report which says that "Saskatchewan’s public-safety agency says crews … Continue reading The Trudeau train wreck (2)
Category: Chrystia Freeland
Canada’s lack of a Foreign Policy
Zi-Ann Lum, writing in the Huffington Post, quotes former Canadian Security Intelligence Service chief (and also former Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet and National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister and Deputy Minister of National Defence) Dick Fadden who said that "recent Conservative and Liberal governments have “failed abominably” on foreign policy work with China." … Continue reading Canada’s lack of a Foreign Policy
We need to get Canada up off its knees
Terry Glavin, writing in MacLean's magazine, says that "With Beijing’s most determined allies decisively crushed by a democratic alliance in Hong Kong’s district elections over the weekend, at least somebody’s putting up some kind of a fight against Xi Jinping’s increasingly savage aggression and belligerence. Because it certainly isn’t Canada." He reminds us, as I … Continue reading We need to get Canada up off its knees
Trump is about to rain on Trudeau’s parade
Many in the media are saying, and I agree, that Justin Trudeau's agenda for the next couple of years is about 99.9% domestic and focused, mainly, gaining seats in on Québec and holding on, at least, in Atlantic Canada and in urban and suburban Ontario and British Columbia. The overarching aim ~ the ONLY aim … Continue reading Trump is about to rain on Trudeau’s parade
Arrant bloody nonsense
I see, on the CP24 News website, that Canada's Defence Minister Harjot Sajjan said, at the Halifax International Security Forum, that "“We don't consider China as an adversary” ...[and he added] ... “We do have two Canadians that have been arbitrarily detained in China and we ask China for their expeditious release and that's extremely … Continue reading Arrant bloody nonsense
A policy dilemma
Matthew Fisher, writing for Global News, says that "Canadian foreign and security policy is sure to test the mettle of Global Affairs Canada, the Department of National Defence and the federal government during its new, more complicated minority mandate." Bingo! Mr Fisher says that the three "defining issues" are: "How Canada and its friends and … Continue reading A policy dilemma
Disappointing, but I wish them well
So, the new Trudeau cabinet is here: Chrystia Freeland becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs; and then, in alphabetical order Anita Anand, a new entry to cabinet, becomes Minister of Public Services and Procurement; Navdeep Bains becomes Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry; Carolyn Bennett remains Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations; Marie-Claude Bibeau remains … Continue reading Disappointing, but I wish them well
