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Sep 25
The Pentagon is looking to get a tighter grip on how it pays large defence contractors, and has drawn up plans to cut up front costs while rewarding companies that hit their milestones on time. The defence industry, however, isn’t happy about it.
Sep 25
New stats highlight the scale of human trafficking in Nova Scotia. According to Statistics Canada, which compiled police-reported incidents of human trafficking between 2009 and 2016, Halifax is beating cities like Toronto and Vancouver for all the wrong reasons.
Sep 25
The Canadian Coast Guard's Gregory Lick has been named as the interim Ombudsperson for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Gary Walbourne, who served as ombudsperson since 2014, is leaving.
Sep 25
Germany is looking to sell a secondhand surveillance drone that has cost the country more than 700 million euros (US$823 million) to Canada – without many core components it needs to fly. The German defence ministry says that it has decided to "begin concrete negotiations with Canada for the sale of the Euro Hawk aircraft, two ground stations and possibly certain spare parts".
Sep 25
A new Canadian Forces building planned for Yellowknife will provide offices, an assembly space and drill hall, and warehouse and garage space. Estimated at between $50 million and $99 million, the space will support about 360 military and civilian personnel.
Sep 25
The defence minister, Harjit Sajjan says the winner of the $60-billion Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) procurement will be announced by the end of the year. Some observers believe an announcement could be made in early October at DefSec in Halifax.
Sep 24
The U.S. government has approved Canada’s purchase of used F-18 fighter jets from Australia, paving the way for the deal to be completed by the end of the year. The sign-off from the Americans was needed because the aircraft were built in the U.S. with U.S. technology.
Sep 24
Canada will create a new ambassador position dedicated to women, peace and security, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday. She said that the new ambassador would help champion feminist-based aid programs and advocate for more female participation in peacekeeping and conflict resolution.
Sep 24
Employees of the Government of Canada have been told not to go to work Monday, as a large part of Ottawa remains without power after two tornadoes struck the city and Gatineau, Que., on Friday.
Sep 24
Organized crime is moving online and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is struggling to keep up, according to a briefing note prepared for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki when she took over the top job earlier this year.
Sep 24
Irving Shipbuilding is pushing federal officials to announce a firm date to begin construction on Canada’s new fleet of warships. But the company is facing resistance from federal officials concerned about missing a publicly announced start date, as happened with the Arctic patrol ships now under construction.
Sep 24
The Los Angeles Police Department is trying to use data analytics that predict crime before it happens. Activists insist the technique is just a new spin on old biases.
Sep 24
During a series of exercises on a mock battlefield in urban Montreal Canadian soldiers tested a new British weapon that uses artificial intelligence to scan the battlefield for enemy movements. Space age technology tracks opposing forces in built up areas and alerts soldiers to danger.
Sep 24
In a lengthy judgment, an Ontario judge balanced outrage over gun crime against racism experienced by young black males. Ontario Superior Court Justice Shaun Nakatsuru cited black Canadian experiencesof colonialism, slavery and segregation in sentencing Keven Morris to 15 months for possession of a handgun.
Sep 21
A contract to modernize Canadian Army fleets is seeing new Standard Military Pattern trucks being delivered across the country on time and on budget.
Sep 21
Britain will step up its cyber crime offensive against the threat from Russia and terrorist groups with a new £250m ($CAN 422m) joint task force between the Ministry of Defence and GCHQ, it was reported last night.
Sep 21
In the wake of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s visit to Washington last week, the question arises of how politically vulnerable the alliance is. There is a dangerous dynamic underway that could yet undermine it from within. But, two factors continue to hold the alliance together, despite political cleavages.
Sep 21
The Department of National Defence has released a photo of the first C-295W in the process of being built by Airbus for the RCAF. The first aircraft is scheduled to be delivered next year.
Sep 21
The Department of National Defence has halted plans to contract out cleaning jobs at 14 Wing Greenwood and CFB Kingston after pressure from the unions that represent the employees.
Sep 21
Canada's military is reopening investigations into nearly two dozen cases of sexual assault after reviewing 179 old cases that had been closed as "unfounded."
Sep 21
The 2017 Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act allows the Trump administration to target Russia, Iran and North Korea with economic and political sanctions. The law is being used against a department of the Chinese Ministry of Defense for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles. Its financial assets in the US are frozen and transactions involving the US financial system are blocked.
Sep 21
A joint police task force in Ontario has announced the arrest of Jabril Hassan Abdalla for the murder of mobster Angelo Musitano and the inadvertent murder of Mila Barberi, A manhunt for two other people has led police to Mexico.
Sep 20
The Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concentration (CAFSAC) is underway at the Connaught Ranges and Primary Training Centre in Ottawa. Approximately 300 sharpshooters from the Canadian military, Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States are participating in this year’s event.
Sep 20
The Trudeau government has failed to keep one of its key promises to veterans, according to Global News. After nearly three years in power, the Liberals have not followed through with a pledge to ensure there is an adequate number of caseworkers to help veterans make the transition to civilian life.
Sep 20
After speaking on Wednesday to a Parliamentary Committee looking into the state of Canada's military preparedness in the north, MGen William F. Seymour, deputy commander of Canadian Joint Operations Command said it is alarmist to suggest that Canadian sovereignty is under threat. However, Seymour told the committee, “Sovereignty ignored is perhaps sovereignty lost."
ISSUES & IDEAS
Half of Canadians say the 2018 immigration target of 310,000 is too high. About 30% see that number as about right, while the rest say it is either too low (6%) or they are unsure (14%).
It’s summer, and apparently time to make uniform changes, again.
Russia is busy showing off its increasingly powerful Navy but, according to David Bercuson, it is more to create a diversion and to gain diplomatic influence.
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In addition to a requirement of consent from the criminal for transfer, Canadian law has created a literal incentive for non-citizen criminal deportees to commit new crimes to prevent their removal from Canada.
Sep 13, 2018
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Activity on the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) procurement project is in a holding pattern as Irving is busy reviewing the bids submitted. by Alion, BAE, and Navantia teams. Why have so many shipbuilders opted out?
Aug 18, 2018
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BY THERESA McGUIRE
Response workers face occupational health and safety risks in their efforts to safeguard the public from the effects of widespread flooding.
Sep 08, 2018
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BY CASEY BRUNELLE
FrontLine looks at the effectiveness of simulation and virtual reality training for officers.
Sep 08, 2018
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BY ROBBIN LAIRD
The Nordic perspective on the importance of the cross-border training and how it affects allied relationships across NATO.
Sep 08, 2018
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BY WOLF WILLIAM SOLKIN
A 95-year-old Canadian Army veteran of World War Two goes public with his account of conditions at the veteran's hospital where he lives. He details how the level of care has disintegrated over the past 2-year period.
Aug 18, 2018
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Holding CAF members within the military family until their benefits and access to services are in place is just common sense, notes a report from the Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs entitled Professionalizing the Transition.
Aug 28, 2018
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BY HUDSON ON THE HILL
Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, NATO’s worst fears could be summed up in two words: Warsaw Pact. Nowadays, it seems, two other words have come to represent NATO’s worst fears: Donald Trump.
Aug 14, 2018
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BY MICHEL MAISONNEUVE
How did the re-opening of RMC Saint-Jean become a strategic issue and make it into the new Canadian Defence Policy “Strong, Secure, Engaged”?
Aug 28, 2018
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BY CHRIS KILFORD
For some time now, Turkey has been increasingly seen as NATO’s “odd-man out”. The reasons given for this assessment are many, but are they justified?
Aug 14, 2018
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BY CHRIS MACLEAN
The usually calm Canadian summer has been disrupted by the unfortunate penchant for political tweets.
Aug 14, 2018
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