I have stated this on several occasions and I will repeat it here: I am not an expert on the use of military force. Hell, I’m not even slightly knowledgeable about all things military So I write this blog carefully and hope I do not sound completely out of my depth by the end. Airstrikes […]
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I went to a football game yesterday (Canadian – not American – football – not soccer). The local professional team, the Ottawa Red Blacks, was playing against the Hamilton Tiger Cats for the honour of going to the Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League championship, in Winnipeg next Sunday. It was a glorious late fall […]
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Oh the places you won’t go
The Canadian Justice Department has been very busy on the anti-terrorism front lately. After the Anti-Terrorism Act was passed what seems like ages ago, three other bills were rushed through Parliament in the past few years. S-7 made it an offence to travel to join a terrorist group or commit a terrorist act abroad. C-44 […]
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The CBC reported that the RCMP in Quebec arrested 10 young people last weekend on suspicion that the youth were seeking to leave the country to join ISIS (see here). These arrests are but the latest example of Canadians trying to hook up with the terrorist group. The reasons for the surge are varied and […]