Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
How Russia smears Chrystia Freeland
It’s such a juicy story, isn’t it? Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s ambitious foreign affairs minister, is secretly itching to draw Canada into a showdown with Russia because of the seething hatreds she inherited from her Ukrainian grandfather, a Nazi collaborator and war profiteer she never told us about. She’s been lying...
New Canadian military commander takes over in Ukraine
The new commander of Joint Task Force-Ukraine (JTF-U), Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Lubiniecki, assumed command from Lieutenant-Colonel Wayne Niven on Tuesday during a ceremony at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre in Starychi, Ukraine. The ceremony marks the transition between Rotations 2 and 3 of Operation UNIFIER, Canada’s...
Here’s what Donald Trump was tweeting about while Wikileaks dumped alleged CIA secrets
Early Tuesday morning Wikileaks released what they claimed to be sensitive information from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence. RELEASE: Vault 7 Part 1 “Year Zero”: Inside the CIA’s global hacking force https://t.co/h5wzfrReyy pic.twitter.com/N2lxyHH9jp — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017 Some of the information,...
Canadian military to continue its training mission supporting Ukraine
The Canadian military is continuing its training mission in Ukraine. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will make the announcement Monday afternoon. The mission was set to expire on March 31 but it was expected that Canada would continue on with the deployment. The mission, dubbed Operation UNIFIER,...
Mattis gives Canada and other NATO nations an ultimatum on boosting defence spending
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday issued a sharp ultimatum to NATO Wednesday, telling allies they must start increasing defense spending by year’s end or the Trump administration will “moderate its commitment” to them, the Associated Press writes. Here is the rest of the Associated Press article: He did not detail what the...
Donald Trump’s mixed Russia policy
Last week, Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, chewed out Russia for escalating attacks on Ukraine. There was a general sigh of relief from those concerned with President Donald Trump’s cosying-up to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Does her statement represent the president’s new foreign policy vis-à-vis...
PM to visit Snowking Ice Castle as northern tour heads to Yellowknife
As the Hill prepares to shut down for the weekend, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues his northern tour with a trek to Yellowknife, where, alongside Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett and Northwest Territories Premier Michael McLeod, he’ll meet with Canadian Forces members stationed at Joint Task Force North. Later this...
Today’s letters: School board accountability and supporting Ukraine
School board trustees don’t have wide mandate Re: How to break the cycle of school closings, Feb. 3 Randall Denley’s column contains at least one faulty premise, namely that, somehow, more local control of education taxes and how they are spent would be more “democratic.” While most taxpayers are eligible to vote in school board...
Trump agrees to attend NATO summit in May
U.S. President Donald Trump will be attending the NATO summit which will be held at the alliance’s headquarters in late May. Trump is well known for his views that NATO is “obsolete.” The White House says that Trump spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday. The two talked about “how to encourage all NATO allies to meet...
Defence Minister Sajjan looking to help Ukraine while Trump administration adopts low key approach to renewed fighting
As fighting flared up again in eastern Ukraine, the Canadian government suggested it might consider additional support to Ukraine’s government. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said he is concerned about the new outbreak of violence. Canada has committed around 200 military personnel to help train Ukrainian security personnel. The mission...
