F-35B Lightning II. Photo by Defence Imagery/Wikimedia Commons. According to a report published on December 18 by Global News, after years of delays, Canada is set to finalize a contract to replace its aging fleet of CF-18 fighter jets in the “very short term.” According to Defence Minister Anita Anand,
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Canadian Dimension: RCMP arrest Wet’suwet’en land defenders days after COP26 summit
RCMP Emergency Response Team members stand watch during a raid on Wet’suwet’en territory in British Columbia, November 19, 2021. Photo courtesy Gidimt’en Checkpoint. Just days after the conclusion of the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow and calls from international groups to stop the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders,
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Trudeau clings to Chapter 19 in NAFTA, but why?
Photo by Shealah Craighead As talks on a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continue, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to be saying that its Chapter 19 provision is an essential element to getting a good “free trade” deal. Similarly, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce has
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