One of the most important military commitments that Canada has ~ that any country can have, actually ~ is the defence of its own homeland. Canada's homeland is vast; we are the 2nd largest country in the world in area ~ at just under 10 million square kilometres we are second only to Russia (17+ … Continue reading Let’s get cracking
Category: Chrystia Freeland
Fixing our foreign policy
Yesterday I wrote about the Alliance For Multilateralism which I believe is: Harmless, at worst; and Likely off to a shaky start because it already (see link above) includes a few (which is too many) countries which are either weak democracies or hardly democratic at all. That being said, Canada belongs in it because we … Continue reading Fixing our foreign policy
The Alliance for Multilateralism (AKA the committee to save the world)
A bit more than a year ago I discussed a proposal for a G-9 which was dubbed 'The Committee to Save the World Order.' Sometime later, I discussed how such a group, I called it a G-X, might displace the G-20. Now, I see that last September, France and Germany formed just such a group: … Continue reading The Alliance for Multilateralism (AKA the committee to save the world)
No pontification without investigation!
So, the United Nations has been busy accusing Canada of various high crimes and misdemeanours, as our American friends put it. They are aided in this by many disaffected Canadians who are given a loud voice by leftish media outlets. The end result is that Prime Minister Trudeau, in order to appease the likes of … Continue reading No pontification without investigation!
Conservative leadership, again
There is a very useful survey, by John Ibbitson in the Globe and Mail, about three potential CPC leaders ... ... Jean Charest, Erin O'Toole and Pierre Poilievre. Mr Ibbitson, a keen and respected political observer says that: "Mr. O’Toole placed a respectable third in the 2017 leadership race. He has had a life outside … Continue reading Conservative leadership, again
Prognostications (3)
The Eurasia Group's President, Ian Bremmer and its Chairman Cliff Kupchan, writing in their annual "risk list," say that "We've never listed US domestic politics as the top risk, mainly because US institutions are among the world's strongest and most resilient ... [but, they write] ... This year, those institutions will be tested in unprecedented … Continue reading Prognostications (3)
What we know and don’t know, for sure, so far
What we do know, for sure, is that: Qassem Soleimani is dead. That is, without a shadow of a doubt, a good thing. He was a monster and his demise makes the world an ever so slightly better place. We should not dance on anyone's grave, not even those of Hitler, Stalin, Tojo and Mao, … Continue reading What we know and don’t know, for sure, so far
