Opinion

LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLES ARE TAKING A BAD RAP

Updated February 13, 2017 LAV 25A-1991 GULF WAR-LIBERATION OF KUWAIT By U.S. Marine Corps - This Image was released by the United States Marine Corps with the ID 021002-M-2706G-003 LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLES ARE TAKING A BAD RAP, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE…

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THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS HAVING TO SPLIT POLITICAL HAIRS ABOUT SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS, AMIDST PEACE, & THE ARMS TRADE.

0 Kevin B. Murray

Updated 6th May, 2016 Tora Bora, 2002: USAR Chinook CH47D and 3 Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry Photo Source: Defence Industry Daily July 1st 2014 OUR NEW GOVERNMENT’S DOWNPAYMENT AS A SIGNATORY TO THE U.N. ARMS TREATY WAS PLAYED OUT…

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Prime Minister Trudeau Surges Ahead with His “Out of Town” U.N. Publicity Campaign

0 Kevin B. Murray

Updated August 26, 2016 Photo Credit: REUTERS/Mike Segar, April 22, 2016. MOST RECENTLY, THE PRIME MINISTER SIGNED THE PARIS AGREEMENT AT U.N. HEADQUARTERS IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK. U.S.A. THAT ACT COST THE CANADIAN TAXPAYER $2.65 BILLION OVER FIVE YEARS – A…

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Money Does Not Grow on Trees, No Matter How Green They Get:

0 Kevin B. Murray

Update 30th April, 2016 The People asked the government for this 2016 budget and that’s a promise kept: House of Commons Photo taken from CBC Feed on the Prime Minister’s $50 million “innovation” allocation to the Perimeter Institute for theoretical…

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A New Government in Orbit

0 Kevin B. Murray

Update 21st April, 2016 Evidently, our new government is hard pressed to come up with evidence-based tax and spend numbers for its longer term innovation agenda. Amid NASA reports that melting ice is affecting the earth’s wobble, the new government’s…

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“Environmental protection and economic growth must go hand in hand,” Trudeau said.

0 Kevin B. Murray

“Now is the time to invest in our economy,” the prime minister told the United States Chamber of Commerce. Canadian investment will go into public transit, green infrastructure, social housing and improved ports, among other things he said. Now, the…

Opinion

Federal Budget 2016: Are We Grasping at “INVESTMENT” Straws or will the straws of “STRUCTURAL DEFICITS” Break the TAXPAYERS Back?

0 Kevin B. Murray

Update 30th April, 2016 In my opinion, the 2016 Budget has many good points that directly add on to or carry on with successful programs of the former Governments – all the while dishing out additional new sexy and unsexy…

Opinion

Ottawa City Hall – Waterfalls and Windfalls

0 Kevin B. Murray

Ottawa City Hall photographed Thursday, Mar. 28, 2013. Darren Brown/Ottawa Sun/QMI Agency. Update 10th September, 2016 City of Ottawa seems bent on hosing down its rate-supported services with new storm water fees, while tax-supported operating budgets are dripping in deficits.…

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Withdrawal of CF-18s from NATO-Led Middle East Bombing Mission

0 Kevin B. Murray

Update 3rd May, 2016 The Role we play in NATO has more significance under current circumstances than seeking a velvet chair on the Security Council. TREATIES are for the COMMON GOOD whether in Coalition or in Defence of one another’s…

Opinion

DON’T FORGET CANADA’S TROJAN HORSE

0 Kevin B. Murray

Update February 2, 2017 A wooden mock-up of the F-35 in Canadian Forces markings, 2010 The New Government’s integrated posture in the Middle East has its fair share of kinetic POT SHOTS to dumb down the previously active participation of…

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