Shot-down Russian warplane raises questions on rules of engagement

Stéfanie von Hlatky
CBC News November 25, 2015

Turkey's decision to shoot down a Russian warplane on Tuesday could have "huge political consequences,' a Canadian military expert says, but some key details about the incident remain unconfirmed.

"Sometimes immediately after [an incident] accounts differ," said Stéfanie von Hlatky, director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.  

Complacent Canada could face same troubles as France

Christian Leuprecht
special to the Toronto Sun, November 20, 2015

Canada has the highest legal per capita immigration rate of any western democracy, yet most of our immigrants come from countries that are hardly flourishing democracies. This raises concerns about Canada’s capacity to socialize new arrivals into democratic norms and values. No longer can we assume this will just happen automatically.

Trudeau warned to go slow on changes to anti-terror law in wake of Paris attacks

Christian Leuprecht
in Ian MacLeod article, Ottawa Citizen, November 17, 2015

The carnage in Paris has prompted some security and intelligence experts to raise fresh concerns about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed reforms to Canada’s controversial anti-terror legislation.

Canadian may have voiced ISIS recording on Paris attacks​

Christian Leuprecht
in Tania Kohut article, Global News November 16, 2015
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Hereditary Politics Trending

Louis Delvoie, OpEd
Kingston Whig Standard
November 13, 2015

With the election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada is joining a small but growing group of countries in which the scions or relatives of former leaders are achieving political power. It is a curious phenomenon that seems to fly in the face of two centuries of political thinking in the western world.