He was a Ret'd Canadian public servant with life-long interest in military history, defence & international affairs-served in ExtAff, SolGen & Cdn Coast Guard.
Ottawa, Ontario
Joined March 2013
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David Johnston's report says any opposition leader "aspiring to lead the country" should agree with his approach to dealing with foreign interference. His job was not to advise the opposition on how to react to his report. It was to determine if there should be a public inquiry.
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Our Wednesday Sun Media editorial:
Trudeau could have written Johnston’s report: It’s difficult to understand how Johnston could possibly believe that his report or its conclusions will satisfy public concerns about foreign interference in our democracy. torontosun.com/opinion/edito…
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Milan-based Libero newspaper calls Trudeau a 'buffoon' after lecturing Italian PM. torontosun.com/news/national…
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Posts like this are a vital reminder of how important it is to champion the equal role women play in the military and call out dinosaurs whose military experience is limited to buying airfix kits...
I wear my medals with pride. I was shocked to be questioned twice by 3 different men about them being mine. Even asked if they were on the correct side of my chest. Women serve too and continue to serve, it saddened me to have to justify myself @womenindefence @ThisGirlCanUK
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Grim news.
It looks like the salvage vessel Chuan Hong, notoriously connected with the illegal destruction & salvage of a number of #WW2 #shipwrecks, has been spotted off Kuantan, Malaysia over the locations of the wrecks of the @RoyalNavy's HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse.
@historicfirearm
@FranticGoat
@UKDefJournal
@NavyLookout
Need your help to spread the news. Apparently, there's an ongoing illegal salvage operation on suspected location where the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Chinese-registrated salvage ship.
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With #’s like this it would be a good time to make defence spending a political issue.
PMJT is out of step with Canadians on this issue. Will anyone push the matter?
ctvnews.ca/canada/about-two-….
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The Trudeau government is expelling Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei, whom Canada's spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong.
ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-c…
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theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… "International-relations scholar Zach Paikin, who is affiliated with several think tanks abroad, has written essays that appear on the PICREADI site."
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My latest: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reckless foreign policy adventurism has led to #SaudiArabia’s abject humiliation in #Yemen
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Today at NDHQ it hit 30 degrees Celsius. This time two weeks ago it was -10.
To mark this 40 degree swing in🌡️, it's time to resolve one of the most foundational debates in the Canadian Army:
Is this a shirt or a coat?
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It’s one thing for someone to work within the ethics office with a conflict of interest screen, but another for that person to be appointed to head the whole office, even in an acting capacity. Not a good look. cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau…
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For folks who are interested, here is the text of my presentation to Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Interference #cdnpoli
link.medium.com/rLKjqcdLCyb
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Last week Elliot Tepper joined @CityNewsOttawa's @david_jsmith to discuss recent revelations of #China's #interference in #Canada, the latest from the #WarInUkraine and @JoeBiden's upcoming visit to #Ottawa.
ottawa.citynews.ca/all-audio…
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That's a disgraceful comparison.
100 years ago, as part of the #ChineseExclusionAct, Canada forced all Chinese people in the country to register or face deportation. How can we prevent this registry from becoming a modern form of Chinese exclusion? S-237 & the former C-282 are not the answer. Time to speak out
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The breathtaking gall of it.
A filthy law aimed at excluding Chinese workers that offered exemptions for bosses and diplomats is not the same as a law requiring the registration of influence-peddling bosses and diplomats. Shameless historical revisionism:
100 years ago, as part of the #ChineseExclusionAct, Canada forced all Chinese people in the country to register or face deportation. How can we prevent this registry from becoming a modern form of Chinese exclusion? S-237 & the former C-282 are not the answer. Time to speak out
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The latest wave of terrorism in Pakistan represents decades of policy choices coming home to roost. buff.ly/3S3EcmZ
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After years of ignoring opposition and intelligence warnings of metastasizing threats and inadequate tools, the Trudeau govt grudgingly gives way.
Canadian officials knew for years existing laws didn’t curb foreign influence | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/9321299/c…
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This week’s #Arctic news with The Arctic This Week #TakeFive!
Online now! 📬🗞️
Check out Take Five here ⤵️ thearcticinstitute.org/arcti…
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In the US:
🚨 9 confirmed or suspected 🇨🇳 proxy police stations and courts in NYC, San Fran and LA
🚨 a further 9 "Chinese Support Centers" — part of the United Front, CCP's global influence apparatus — that offer unspecified support to overseas Chinese newsweek.com/2022/12/23/xi-j…