F-35 Tale of the Tape
How does the F-35 stack up against the competition today? That depends on who you ask and how badly they want to buy/sell it. First off, let’s leave the stealth…
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What Do We Buy After the F-35?
I’m convinced that, badly as the air force boys want the F-35, even if they got it they would soon be back, begging bowl in hand. Everyone, especially those air…
Late night
This is not the sexy issue of the day but it’s a biggie. The F-35 scandal saw new key information disclosed on what the Prime Minister and cabinet knew about…
Auditor General – Tories Ducking True F-35 Costs
You can never go far wrong by underestimating the integrity of the Harper regime. They seem to lie when it would be easier to tell the truth and what they…
F-35, the Wrong Plane at the Wrong Time
A retired RCAF Colonel who served as fleet manager of our CF-18s has said the obvious – the F-35 has no place in the defence of Canada. Retired colonel Paul…
Why Does Canada Need a Hyper-Expensive Light Bomber?
As the F-35 fighter-bomber debate returns to the House of Commons today the opposition parties, forever chasing the shiny thing, will be all over the government about costs and who…
Fifty Billion Dollars on a Handful of Dodgy Fighters and My Coast, the One Facing China Remains Undefended.
Stephen Harper finds blowing craters in distant countries infinitely preferable to actually defending Canada, or at least my part of it. That Canada’s west coast remains undefended was embarrassingly demonstrated…
Vigilantes and Mercenaries: The Harper Government and the Abdication of Responsibility
With the revelation that Minister Peter MacKay failed to ask many of the obvious/necessary questions when working on the F-35 procurement, the subject of basic ministerial/government responsibility has been weighing…
What DOES Foreign Inducement Look Like Anyway?
It apparently doesn’t look like an American on a phone reading a script that’s supposed to convince Canadians to vote for a Conservative MP. Because there is a photo of…
Lies about F-35
CBC’s At Issue panel has a good discussion on F-35. It is worth watching. Also an interesting discussion on NDP leader Thomas Mulcair’s ad.
The F-35 Boondoggle
Many are angry that instead of the promised $16 billion cost of the new F-35’s the actual price tag will be more than $25 billion but Canadians shouldn’t forget that…
Ol’ JB sings a mournful tune: Hang Down Your Head, Peter MacKay
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I recorded up another song. This one’s all about that famous liar from down east in Nova Scotia, Peter MacKay. I reckon ol’ Petey really…
Ol’ JB sings a mournful tune: Hang Down Your Head, Peter MacKay
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I recorded up another song. This one's all about that famous liar from down east in Nova Scotia, Peter MacKay. I reckon ol' Petey really…
Ol’ JB sings a mournful tune: Hang Down Your Head, Peter MacKay
Whooee! Well, friends an' foes, I recorded up another song. This one's all about that famous liar from down east in Nova Scotia, Peter MacKay. I reckon ol' Petey really…
Ol’ JB sings a mournful tune: Hang Down Your Head, Peter MacKay
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, I recorded up another song. This one’s all about that famous liar from down east in Nova Scotia, Peter MacKay. I reckon ol’ Petey really…
If It’s Not One Thing
…It’s your Mother. Is that how the expression goes? == The Conservatives haven’t been in hot water over just one scandal lately. There are more than the average human can…
Charter Night
Last night I spent a little time with some Liberals to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ralph Goodale noted a few of the…
On Corruption and Political Disengagement
Last night I had a long telephone conversation with my good friend Dave, who lives in Winnipeg. Like me (and probably more so), Dave has a keenly developed sense of…