Canada's government has dismissed opposition demands for a public inquiry into claims that troops in Afghanistan handed detainees over to local officials who were believed to torture. The main opposition parties made the demand after Richard Colvin, a Canadian diplomat stationed in Afghanistan at the time of the alleged abuse, told lawmakers there was a "likelihood" that Canadian forces broke international law. Colvin maintained Canadian forces "detained, and handed over for severe torture, a lot of innocent people." The number two in the Liberal Party, Bob Rae, has since demanded a public inquiry "to clear the air and clear the cloud over this government." ...
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The minute after Rod Gantefore told Saskatchewan that his provincial budget was over $1 Billion in deficit, Sask Party spin doctors started twirling and whirling their carefully crafted cover line. " No one could have possibly projected the decline in revenue that is causing the deficit." The spinners called into every open line talk show that they could - spinning and spinning. Even talk show hosts on certain Right leaning programs were repeating the Saskatchewan Party mantra ... 'no one could have projected this fall in revenue ...' blah blah blah! Oh Really! Here is what the Financial Editor of the Regina Leader-Post has ...
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Top brass from Europe and the Americas, including US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, gather this week in Canada to discuss the future of NATO, the war in Afghanistan and other pressing security matters. Gates will be joined by counterparts from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the Netherlands as well as French President Nicolas Sarkozy's military adviser at the meeting from Friday to Sunday in Halifax. The Nova Scotia city is hosting the inaugural Halifax International Security Forum, organized jointly by the Canadian government and the German Marshall Fund, a public policy institute for strengthening transatlantic ties. Over three days, delegates will discuss ...
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The week has once again come to an end, and we finally saw the long awaited piece of news that can bring an end to the controversy of Visa and MasterCard coming into the debit card market. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has released his voluntary code and merchants are pleased with it. The code addresses many issues that were brought to attention, and it has made financial institutions worry about its effect on the multibillion dollar market. Flaherty has also made it clear that if people do not comply with the code, he will get tough if he has to and if the code ...
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Defence Minister Peter MacKay, left, and U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates field questions after a meeting at the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site in Halifax on Nov. 20, 2009. ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS World’s Top Military Leaders To Meet In Nova Scotia — Digital Journal Canada will play host to the world’s most powerful military figures this weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They will discuss global security, nuclear weapons and foreign policy. The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, and Dr. Robert M. Gates, United States Secretary of Defense will meet November 20 in advance of this ...
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