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Canadian Mission Creep in Iraq? A CIPS Debate – Part 1
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- January 30, 2015
For Parts 2 and 3 of this CIPS debate, see the posts by Thomas Juneau and Philippe Lagassé. Published in the Globe and Mail, January 29, 2015 We recently learned that Canadian troops in Iraq are spending about 20 per cent of their effort close to, or right at, the front lines, that they have
READ MORECanadian Mission Creep in Iraq? A CIPS Debate – Part 2
- Analysis
- January 30, 2015
For Parts 1 and 3 of this CIPS debate, see the posts by Roland Paris and Philippe Lagassé Published in the Globe and Mail, January 29, 2015 The government has faced mounting criticism since it announced that special forces’ soldiers deployed to the front lines alongside the Kurdish troops they are advising had exchanged fire
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Canadian Mission Creep in Iraq? A CIPS Debate – Part 3
- Analysis
- January 30, 2015
by Philippe Lagassé For Parts 1 and 2 of this CIPS debate, see the posts by Roland Paris and Thomas Juneau. Published on Canadian Defense Politics, January 29, 2015 Did the Prime Minister mislead the House of Commons about the nature of Canada’s special operations mission in Iraq? It comes down to how we define
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The Anti-Terrorism Legislation Has Likely Been Oversold
- Analysis
- January 29, 2015
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, January 28, 2015 The Canadian government has been beating the drum about the need for new counter-terrorism powers since the October, 2014 terror attacks in Quebec and Ottawa. A legislative package is finally scheduled to be tabled in Parliament on Friday. The substance of this new legislation has been subject
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