Aug 19, 2020
Will the new finance minister redirect $19 billion from fighter jets to a gender-aware budget?
Brent Patterson
Chrystia Freeland has supported billions being spent on the military. Could the $1.2 trillion debt change that?
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Oct 17, 2019
The biggest winner in Canada's election is the military
No matter who takes the reins of Parliament next week, perhaps the biggest winner in Canada's 2019 federal election will be a conglomerate of military industries and the war department.
Jun 12, 2019
Canada's top military general needs to resign
Bruce Moncur
Chief of the Defence Staff Jonathan Vance's record speaks for itself.
Oct 11, 2018
Ottawa's mercenary world of pro-military lobbying
Yves Engler
In a system where money talks, militarists on Parliament Hill will always be among the loudest voices. To rise above their din, we need to figure out ways to amplify the Canadians who prefer peace.
Sep 28, 2018
'Bombs not homes' defines Trudeau's feminist foreign policy
To distract from the glaring failure to prioritize child care over warfare and housing over drones and new bombers, the Liberals continue to dance about the global stage as self-proclaimed feminists.
Aug 29, 2018
There is a burning need to rekindle anti-militarist political movements
Yves Engler
The problem with glorifying soldiers is that veterans' organizations can use their cultural standing to uphold militarism and reactionary politics.
Jul 17, 2018
How Canada's military shapes media coverage of deployments
Yves Engler
The military goes to great lengths to shape coverage of its affairs and one should expect stories about Canada's mission in Mali to be influenced by the armed forces.
Apr 26, 2018
Toronto van attack, toxic masculinity and the Canadian Forces
Yves Engler
The alleged perpetrator of Monday’s van attack in Toronto has ties to a powerful patriarchal institution that is Canada’s biggest purveyor of violence.
Nov 17, 2017
Peacekeeping is no job for ordinary soldiers
Conventional soldiers "keeping the peace" could be as fatuous as the obscene "war to end all wars" was. But apparently most Canadians like the idea of peacekeeping -- who wouldn't?
Jun 14, 2017
Military refuses to print ad from law firm seeking to represent sexually assaulted soldiers
Yves Engler
The military's internal ideological capacity has a wide reach. The newspaper at the naval base rejected an ad from a law firm seeking to represent CF members who had been sexually harassed/assaulted.
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