Written by Scott Taylor
19.10.11
Last week, Foreign Minister John Baird flew into Tripoli to remove any remaining doubt that Canada’s participation in the Libyan civil war has been a noble venture. Officially, Baird’s visit was to re-open the Canadian Embassy and to pledge $10 million in aid money to the newly installed National Transition Council (NTC). The media accompanying Baird dutifully did their part for the Canadian war effort by noting that the money committed was to be used to “secure all arms stockpiles, including deposed dictator Moammar Gaddafi’s unaccounted for weapons of mass destruction.” And so begins the re-writing of history.
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Written by Scott Taylor
28.09.11
On the evening of Sept. 15, CTV News ran a story detailing the costs associated with the Chief of Defence Staff’s use of the government’s VIP Challenger aircraft. The reports claimed that General Natynczyk had cost taxpayers nearly $1.5 million since 2008, jetting himself and his staff to sports events, fundraisers, and even a Caribbean holiday.
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Written by Scott Taylor
24.08.11
At a dockside ceremony in Halifax on Aug. 16, Defence Minister Peter MacKay officially re-branded the air and sea elements of the Canadian Forces as the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Canadian Navy, respectively. This move had long been in the works with top level lobbying for the change active right inside the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Royal designation had been in use with the navy since its inception in 1910; and when the Canadian air force was officially stood up in 1924, it too was granted Royal assent. These monikers remained in use until the controversial unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968.
At that juncture, the three service branches were re-designated as Maritime Command, Air Command and Land Force Command. Unofficially, sailors, soldiers and aircrew all referred to their affiliation as being navy, army or air force, but all official recognition of the term “Royal” was dropped.
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Written by Scott Taylor
As someone who has little time for television viewing, I have never thought it worth investing in cable TV at my home. Thus it is only during my frequent travels that I have access to the numerous specialty channels that now exist.
On a recent trip to Sweden, I was watching a British comedy network and I soon became hooked on a quasi-reality show entitled An Idiot Abroad. Featuring renowned comedian Ricky Gervais as the evil mastermind, the show is something of a cross between Punk’d and The Amazing Race.
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Written by Scott Taylor
Canada needs a new fleet of fighter jets to replace the decades’ old CF-18s, but which aircraft at what cost? The government has already decided that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the only one that can meet the military’s needs. The opposition is fighting the purchase because it's being made without a competition from aircraft makers. When completed the acquisition will be the largest military equipment purchase in Canadian history.
The CPAC documentary F-35: The Politics of Procurement, hosted by Scott Taylor and produced by Bill Luxton, will hear from all sides of the debate and get exclusive access to some of the most advanced aerial fighter machines on the planet.
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