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Mark Collins – 2013 Canadian Federal Budget: No There There on Defence,...
Further to this post, Bad News for Canadian Forces in Federal Budget 2013, or… in fact defence money was a subject that dared not speak its name–but there’s quite a bit on cursed industrial policy....
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Mark Collins – 2013 Canadian Federal Budget and the CF/Video: 2013 Ottawa...
1) Further to this post, 2013 Canadian Federal Budget: No There There on Defence, Plenty on Pork from a message from the Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI): “Defence Austerity: the...
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Mark Collins: TV Documentary Series Starting April 8–Civilians and the...
It will be on iCHANNEL in Canada (some observations on things at the top in Canada below): Recovering Our Honour: A Special ichannel Event RECOVERING OUR HONOUR is a four-part documentary series that...
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Mark Collins – The Military and Canadian Identity
Well put at The Gods of the Copybook Headings blog: … Reminders are vital in a nation. Without memory there is no identity. Without history there is no nation. Traditional symbols and the military...
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Mark Collins – Really Shaking Up Defence Procurement…
…in the UK it’s being considered; such a daring approach would be inconceivable–nay unspeakable–in Canada. At The Economist: Military kit To boldly GOCO No country has ever outsourced the way it...
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Mark Collins – Aussie Defence Spending about 50% Higher than Canada’s…
…on a GDP per capita basis. At Defense Industry Daily’s “Rapid Fire“: … Australia’s defence budget is converging towards 1.5% of GDP, from about 1.8% in the 2000s… As for Canada: Defence spending cuts...
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Mark Collins – Bundeswehr to Stay in Afghanistan Post-2014 (plus armed drones)
Further to these posts, A NATO Afghan Squabble Canada Looks Like Sitting Out … Aussies Plan to Stay in Afghanistan Post-2014, Canadian Forces Not the Germans come through though with perhaps fewer...
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Mark Collins – The Canadian Forces and Mali – No Glasnost
The mission started dark in murk, 1) January 13: No Aid to Mali promised yet, Ottawa says The Canadian government says reports it has already promised aid to Mali in its fight against Islamist rebels...
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Mark Collins – Government-funded Peaceniks: Ceasefire.ca and the Rideau...
…your tax dollars at work (scroll down is second quote to “Received Government Funding”). First, from Ceasefire.ca’s main webpage, bottom right: Who is Ceasefire.ca? Ceasefire.ca is a network of more...
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Mark Collins – Nominations for 2013 Vimy Award, Ross Munro Media Award
From a message from the Conference of Defence Associations Institute: … Vimy Award The CDA is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Vimy Award, which recognizes a Canadian who has made a significant...
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Mark Collins – National Defence (and Canadian Forces): “Status Report on...
You can check your favourite one(s) for FY 2013-14 here, note the ship slippages at end of post: AIRLIFT CAPABILITY PROJECT – STRATEGIC AIRLIFT CAPABILITY PROJECT – TACTICAL ARCTIC/OFFSHORE PATROL SHIP...
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Mark Collins – Kosovo and Serbia: Maybe NATO Forces Can Finally Depart
They’ve been in Kosovo since 1999, not exactly a quick exit strategy (but almost no casualties so the demand for such a strategy never arose). The latest from The Economist: Serbia and Kosovo Balkan...
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Mark Collins – Mali and UN Peacekeeping/making: MINUSMA
We are effectively outta there–”The Canadian Forces and Mali – No Glasnost“–so our major media have almost no interest; but the UN is going in, big: U.N. Votes to Establish Peacekeeping Force for Mali...
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Mark Collins – French Defence White Paper, Cuts–and Canada?
At Defense Industry Daily: Rapid Fire April 29, 2013: With New Defense Whitepaper, France Dodges Necessary Tradeoffs The French government released a much-delayed White Paper [PDF, in French] to...
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Mark Collins- Canadian International Affairs/Defence Website: 45eNord.ca
Well worth the look, nothing quite like it in English of which I am aware. Mark Collins, a prolific Ottawa blogger, is a Research Fellow at the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute Tagged:...
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Mark Collins – French and Australian Defence White Papers–Plus the RCN
Further to this post, note the Canadian section at the end, French Defence White Paper, Cuts–and Canada? and this one where their White Paper is noted in the “Comments”, Big F-35 Win in Australia? Sir...
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Mark Collins – Is the Canadian Government Interested in Afghanistan’s...
One has one’s doubts–a nice question at MILNEWS.ca, back after a blogging break: … Afghanistan Australia’s CDS is in Brussels talking about the future of the AFG mission – wonder if our’s is too?…...
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Mark Collins – Spring 2012/2013 Edition of Conference of Defence Associations...
From a message from the CDAI: ON TRACK, Volume 18, Number 1 is now available! http://cdainstitute.ca/images/ontrack18n1.pdf FEATURING: The 2013 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security, looking ahead...
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Mark Collins – Industrial and Regional Benefits: What Are They Good For?
Absolutely IRBs. What The Economist thinks: The defence industry Guns and sugar More governments are insisting that weapons-sellers invest in side deals to help them develop their industries. This is...
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Mark Collins – Afghanistan Post-2014: Germans, Swedes (!), Aussies…Canadians?
Well, well, well: More Nations to Announce Post-2014 Afghanistan Presence After the recent announcements by Germany and Sweden to retain limited military footprint in Afghanistan after 2014, an...
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