The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement:
“As minister of foreign affairs, it is my priority to ensure the safety and security of our Canadian diplomats and employees, as well as our local staff and diplomatic missions around the world.
“I thank the Auditor General and his staff for their 2018 Fall Report and their recommendations, which are in line with our renewed commitment to safety at our missions abroad.
Most would agree that atrocities happening in places like Mali, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and numerous other corners of hell in the world should be stopped. But hard lessons in Afghanistan have taught us that spending precious blood and gold
may not make the kind of difference needed to set some of these regions firmly towards a path away from lawless anarchy.
Minsk I, Minsk II, and the Security Council
Arriving at Calgary’s City Hall C-Train platform, it is bustling as usual as I wait for Vikram Kulkarni, a Peace Officer with the Public Safety and Enforcement Section of Calgary Transit.
A Globe and Mail editorial of 5 June 2012 proclaimed that a sea change is needed in Canada’s Armed Forces as priorities change from land fighting in Afghanistan to preparing for this era defined by the Royal Canadian Navy as the "maritime century.”
Canadians see Mexico on a split screen. On one side, they see a tourist paradise that attracts 1.5 million Canadians every year. On the other: a drug war that has claimed 50,000 lives in five years...
Canadian Military meets with Mexican Army
Muslims should be prepared to kill "every single person on earth, in order to eradicate shirk." (idolatory)
The next time a Canadian soldier is killed, in Afghanistan or anywhere else, think about his or her death, and ask the following two questions:
Canadian troops don’t understand those who get squeamish or question Canada’s contribution to rebuilding Afghanistan when soldiers are killed or wounded by the Taliban.
8 May 2006 – A Trade Americas Security Exhibition, jointly organized by the U.S Commercial Service and the Conference Board of Canada, took place at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. Keynote speaker, David H. Wilkins, U.S.