Section: Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
RCAF aid flights to Ukraine provided photo ops for Conservative MP
Canada’s junior defence minister has twice accompanied the delivery of non-lethal military aid to Ukraine in photo-friendly events which initially caught the air force off guard, Murray Brewster of the Canadian Press reports. Here is the rest of Murray Brewster’s article: A series of documents released under the Access to Information...
Russia will only get French Mistral ships if it can reach an agreement with Kiev
France has suspended delivery of the first Mistral-class helicopter carrier to Russia, a move French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian personally conveyed to his Polish counterpart during a recent trip to boost relations with Warsaw, my Defense News colleague Pierre Tran reports. Here are some highlights of Pierre’s article: French...
Ukraine’s government hasn’t asked for lethal military gear, claims Defence Minister Nicholson…Really?
By David Pugliese Defence Watch One of the interesting aspects that came out of a recent article by Murray Brewster of the Canadian Press is that the Ukraine doesn’t want lethal aid from Canada. This claim is being made by the Conservative government. As those who will have read Murray’s article will know, Canada plans to send the...
Russia tightens control on Georgia’s breakaway province
Russia tightened its control Monday over Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia with a new treaty envisaging closer military and economic ties with the lush sliver of land along the Black Sea, the Associated Press reports. Here below is the article written by the Associated Press: The move drew outrage and cries of “annexation” in Georgia...
J.L. Granatstein: A quiet way forward on the Keystone XL pipeline
They’re our best friends, aren’t they? The Americans, that is. Or at least they used to be. But what is it with President Barack Obama and the Keystone XL pipeline? “Understand what this project is,” the president said at a recent press conference. “It is providing the ability of Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land,...
Editorial: Beyond Harper’s G20 sound bite
The fawning over Prime Minster Stephen Harper’s “you need to get out of Ukraine” hostile handshake with Russian President Vladimir Putin has ranged from reasonable to ridiculous. Some have praised the Canadian leader’s moral clarity and personal courage, which is fair (really, imagine saying that to Putin’s face rather than...
Q and A: How Canada ‘set an example’ on Ukraine
Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada returns home Nov. 30 to help co-ordinate his country’s foreign service. During his years in Ottawa, Vadym Prystaiko has both lauded the federal government for its strong stance against Russia, and chided it over aid delays. He spoke with the Citizen’s Dylan Robertson. Q. You were chargé...
Letter: PM’s comment to Putin not constructive
Re: Putin’s global antics overshadow G20′s economic agenda, Nov. 17. I wish that a government spokesperson would explain how Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s polite gesture could lead to progress. Putin can have no doubts about our government’s position on the sequence of...
Russians conduct military exercises in Serbia on the doorstep of NATO
The Russians are undertaking military exercises in Serbia…..is a message being sent to the West? Here below is the Associated Press article on that exercise: Camouflage-clad Russian soldiers parachute from the sky, armored vehicles fire live rounds on an open field after being dropped from military transport jets and helicopters fire missiles...
HMCS Toronto completes Turkish-led anti-submarine naval exercise
HMCS Toronto has completed its participation in the Turkish-led Exercise MAVI BALINA as part of Operation REASSURANCE deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. That deployment is in response to the Putin regime’s aggressive military actions against Ukraine. No caption, leave this text or replace image As part of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two...
