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Enter the Freeland-Nazi conspiracy — and the amping-up of Russia’s mischief in Canada
Mar09

Enter the Freeland-Nazi conspiracy — and the amping-up of Russia’s mischief in Canada

It’s such a juicy story, isn’t it? Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s ambitious young 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...

Russia’s coming attack on Canada
Mar08

Russia’s coming attack on Canada

Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars during his working visit to the Siberian Khakasiya region near Karatash settlement outside the city of Abakan February 25, 2010. (Ria Novosti/Reuters) Moscow has been waging an increasingly daring clandestine war against western democracies. Under the direction of President...

Chrystia Freeland’s granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator – so much for Russian disinformation
Mar08

Chrystia Freeland’s granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator – so much for Russian disinformation

The news conference on Monday by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was interesting not for the announcement that Canada was extending its training mission to Ukraine but for the questions and answers about the minister’s grandfather. There have been a number of articles circulating about Freeland’s Ukrainian grandfather...

How Russia smears Chrystia Freeland
Mar08

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...

Freeland knew her grandfather was editor of Nazi newspaper
Mar08

Freeland knew her grandfather was editor of Nazi newspaper

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland knew for more than two decades that her maternal Ukrainian grandfather was the chief editor of a Nazi newspaper in occupied Poland that vilified Jews during the Second World War. Ms. Freeland’s family history has become a target for Russian forces seeking to discredit one of Canada’s highly...

The return of the czar
Mar08

The return of the czar

Russian President Vladimir Putin enters the St. George Hall at the Grand Kremlin Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 12, 2013, to deliver an annual state of the nation address. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images) THE RETURN OF THE CZAR One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, an emboldened Putin regime is embracing its czarist...

Call Russia’s Freeland smear out for the lie it is: Clement
Mar07

Call Russia’s Freeland smear out for the lie it is: Clement

Conservative public safety critic Tony Clement said today journalists and politicians of all stripes have a responsibility to call out Russian propaganda smearing Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland for the lie it is. …read more Source:...

Hawks & Doves: mixed signals on military engagement
Mar07

Hawks & Doves: mixed signals on military engagement

Image by Nicolas Raymond All three mainstream political parties see Canada’s security as heavily dependent on a stable and prosperous world order, guided by rules applying equally to all and that respect Canadian sovereignty and territorial integrity. That in turn predisposes Canada to help shape that kind of world. As usual, the devil is...

Liberals extend Ukraine mission to 2019, but face criticism
Mar07

Liberals extend Ukraine mission to 2019, but face criticism

Former International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, October 24, 2016. (Adrian Wyld/CP) OTTAWA – The Liberal government on Monday extended its military training mission in Ukraine, amid warnings Russia could attempt to “destabilize”...

New Canadian military commander takes over in Ukraine
Mar07

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...