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Canada Has No Interest In Getting Involved In Syrian Civil War

In 2013, Canadian government officials spoke about punishing Bashar al-Assad for using chemical weapons to kill his own people. Back then, Canada lamented Russia’s refusal to allow the UN Security Council to ta...

Before War in Iraq: A Time to Reflect

Yom Kippur may have passed without much fanfare in Canada, as it does when one is in a Christian dominated... well, mostly everywhere. Yom Kippur is a Jewish Holiday. Its English Translation pegs it as a Day of...

Canadians Support Fighting ISIS (Sort of)

According to an Ipsos Reid poll conducted for Global Media, nearly 2/3 (a clear majority as it were) of Canadians support sending fighter jets to help the latest US led mission into the Middle East. The poll, c...

All The Reasons Harper Sent the Air Force to Iraq

Oh snap, that's me! StudentsOfTheWorld | OpenClipArt Yes, you heard right! The Harper government is sending in the troops–only the air ones, and only for six months, but who’s counting? Canada’s f...

Canada Sending Air Force to Iraq: We’re Going to War

It’s official. After weeks of dodging questions about Canada’s military involvement in the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS/ISIL/The Islamic State/whatever they’re called, the Conservative Party of Canada has in...

Can Conservatives Justify Air Combat in the Middle East?

Tom Mulcair, Leader of the Official Opposition, has explained that were the PM to appear in a court of law, he would lose (yet again). This projected outcome isn’t at all surprising, considering Mr. Harper isn...

Calandra Makes Tear-Jerking Apology After Question Period Gone Awry

It seems CPAC is now looking for an Emmy nomination after its reality TV show, Question Period, hit an all-time high earlier this week. A show that captures the surprise of Survivor and the drama of Big Brother...

Tearful Paul Calandra Issues Apology to NDP

Today, Conservative freedom fighter and Question Period exemplar Paul Calandra gave an emotional apology to the NDP for his comments (or lack thereof) during Tuesday’s Question Period. What happened, you ask...

Canada’s Part in the Coalition Against ISIS

As perhaps the greatest current international threat to peace and democracy, the terrorist group, which has come to be known as ISIS, has taken the Middle East and news sources around the globe by their necks a...

Stephen Harper to Deploy Canadian Armed Forces To Iraq

No, you did not read that title wrong. On Friday at a NATO summit in Wales, Prime Minister Harper announced his plan to deploy several dozen Canadian armed forces advisors into Iraq, which, over the past decade...

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