When something bad happens one pretty standards tactic, one we all learned as toddlers, as any parent will confirm, is to deflect ... to try to persuade Mommy or Daddy that something else, something that someone else did, is worse than what I just did. I see, in a Global News report, by Lee Berthiaume … Continue reading Deflection tactics
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BZ to Prime Minister Trudeau
Yes, you read that headline write ... I, one of Justin Trudeau's fiercest critics, say "credit where credit is due" and I assert that it is due here, now because CTV News reports that "Canadian naval forces based on Vancouver Island will soon be joining the Japanese navy and the U.S. Seventh Fleet to enforce international … Continue reading BZ to Prime Minister Trudeau
Monumentally stupid
Originally, when I first saw this story, a week or so ago, I wasn't going to comment ... I didn't want to rub salt in the wounds which I know some personal friends still feel. But then the media picked it up: both Murray Brewster, writing for CBC News, and Vassy Kapelos on CBC's Power … Continue reading Monumentally stupid
I hope …
Warren Kinsella used to run Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's campaign "war room" back in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was not, I think, one of the Manley Liberals, but his Liberal roots are strong and deep and he is extraordinarily critical of Justin Trudeau, as is former Liberal Pary of Canada president (1998-2003) Stephen Ledrew. … Continue reading I hope …
Canadian Forces: heads need to roll
Mercedes Stephenson, a Global News reporter who is well versed in and well connected to the Canadian military, posted this, on the afternoon of 30 Apr 19, on social media: The picture in question is ... ... and sources confirmed to her that these are, indeed members of the Canadian Army (the 4th Canadian Division) who … Continue reading Canadian Forces: heads need to roll
The new fighter jet competition is ready for takeoff
Murray Brewster, writing for CBC News, in an article datelined 15 Apr 19, says that "The politically charged competition to replace Canada's aging fleet of fighter jets will rocket forward at the end of May as the federal government releases a long-anticipated, full-fledged tender call ... [and, he reminds us] ... There are four companies in the … Continue reading The new fighter jet competition is ready for takeoff
A good question
David Krayden, who is a former Royal Canadian Air Force public affairs officer and legislative assistant on Parliament Hill, and who is, currently, the Ottawa bureau chief for The Daily Caller, a Washington-based media outlet, writing in the National Post, about the most recent Liberal budget reminds us that we "might recall the fanfare when … Continue reading A good question
