A Canadian Army procurement project worth up to $1 billion has run into serious technical problems and could be facing cancellation.
The program to develop and build the Light Armoured Vehicle Reconnaissance Surveillance System or LRSS has been underway for more than a decade.
Defence industry sources have warned that the problems affecting the new vehicle fleet could be insurmountable and the end result might be a cancellation of the project.
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While Prime Minister Mark Carney insists the Liberals’ Nov. 4 budget will adhere to so-called “fiscal anchors” to ensure the government’s fiscal policy encourages long-term economic growth, the problem is the Liberals keep moving the goalposts on what a “fiscal anchor” means.
For those who may not be aware, the Combatting Hate Act — proposed chiefly by Justice Minister Sean Fraser — is a piece of legislation intended to protect communities and places of worship from hate crimes. At its core, the bill seeks to criminalize the display of hate symbols. Examples include the swastika, the double-sig rune, and other insignia associated with terrorist organizations, as outlined in the Criminal Code.
The Carney government is celebrating a new trade deal with Indonesia, but labour voices are sounding the alarm over a weakening of worker protections compared to recent deals that Canada has inked.
In a press release, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s (Nepean, Ont.) office described the Canada-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement as “game changing,” noting that it is the first bilateral agreement with a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Finalizing the deal was a pillar of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy, and part of a growing effort to diversify the country’s trading markets.
OTTAWA — Israel’s envoy to Canada says dialogue between his government and Ottawa has “deteriorated” since Prime Minister Mark Carney took office — and suggests his “hard line” on Gaza explains why Carney still hasn’t spoken by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Since the government of Carney came into place, the level of dialogue between the two countries slowly but surely deteriorated,” Israel Ambassador Iddo Moed told The Canadian Press on Monday.
Canada’s most important trade agreement, CUSMA, faces its first scheduled review next summer. U.S. Ambassador Peter Hoekstra told The Hub on Monday that this review is unlikely to conclude with a deal, raising alarm bells across the country. But CUSMA’s so-called “sunset clause” is less ominous than it sounds.
The heart of a 38-year-old Canadian man who was euthanized was successfully harvested and donated to a 59-year-old American man with heart failure, according to the National Post. The case highlights a growing trend: organs being harvested from euthanasia victims.
The Canadian government is warning citizens who list “X” as their gender on their passports could have problems entering the U.S.
In a change made earlier this week, the Department of Global Affairs added an advisory to its United States travel advice page for 2SLGBTQ+ Canadian passport holders.
“While the Government of Canada issues passports with an ‘X’ gender identifier, it cannot guarantee your entry or transit through other countries,” it wrote. “You might face entry restrictions in countries that do not recognize the ‘X’ gender identifier.”
For decades, Canada’s supply management system has acted as both shield and stabilizer for the country’s dairy sector. By regulating production, fixing quotas, and limiting imports through tariff rate quotas (TRQs), the model has provided farmers with stable incomes, preserved rural communities, and sustained a form of food sovereignty. But as the Globe and Mail recently reported, Ottawa is now considering regulatory changes that could allow more U.S. dairy products onto Canadian shelves — a signal that the system is under growing strain.
“Predictions are hard, especially about the future” (so says the Danish proverb), but still we make them, especially when we care about the future.
Here are some about the future of the United States in the next three and a bit years, expressed as probabilities, although you should not trust the numbers.
We can, for example, calculate the probability that a person will die within X years if we know their age, their sex and a few other details. According to U.S. actuarial tables, a 79-year-old male American with a body mass index of around 30, like Donald Trump, stands a 10 per cent chance of dying before the end of 2028. But the tables can’t tell you if Trump is in that 10 per cent.
Following François Legault’s speech denouncing the “onslaught of radical Islamism,” the Minister of Secularism, Jean-François Roberge, called on Wednesday for people to wake up to this threat.
Asked to give examples of radical Islamism in Quebec, Roberge cited the case of Bedford School in Montreal, where a report showed that teachers had infiltrated the institution.
“We must not wait until it is everywhere, in all our institutions, to wake up. Let’s wake up now!” Roberge said at a press conference.
About time!
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright observed some years ago that fascism is quite hard to define. It is not an ideology, she said. “I think it is a method, it’s a system.”
If it is a system, one of its most important processes is co-opting the military, perverting its independence into subservience. It is the method through which a fascist party can impose its will on the public without fear of resistance.
I think screaming that Trump is Hitler every 5 minutes as the Star does is the real “fascist system”.
On Sept. 10, political commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated. He did not just die, he did not euphemistically “pass away.” He was murdered in cold blood. Even worse, he was viciously gunned down as he participated in the very thing he advocated for: Free and civil debate.
As a society, we have a duty to condemn this violence as barbaric, unjust and anti-human. Not only has some of the Canadian media failed at this basic task, but their response has revealed a pathogen that has infected our culture and politics: The coercive spirit of censorship.
Every October, millions of Canadian families gather around the Thanksgiving table to share turkey, potatoes, and pumpkin pie. Beyond being a cherished tradition, this annual meal has also become a window into the state of our food economy.
Our country can’t defend itself, and citizens aren’t patriotic enough to step up. It’s time to change that.
I joined the military at the age of 18, right out of high school. My parents were working class and couldn’t afford to pay my university tuition, so although I was accepted to several good schools, I chose the Royal Military College of Canada, where I’d be considered part of the military and receive an annual salary. During the academic year, our job was to study. Then in the summer, we did military training. We graduated as second lieutenants—entry-level officers—and then did four years of military service.
Canada couldn’t defend itself from an uprising by 3rd World TFW’s and Illegals.
Can you imagine young men and women answering a call to arms by a sham state that has destroyed all hope they may once have held for a decent future?
The Social Contract in Canada is broken and likely impossible to repair.
Our elites betrayed us and I can’t see anyone being convinced to defend Ottawa’s luxury values.
