Comments for Ceasefire Insider Blog http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com Ceasefire.ca is a project of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Canadians leery of Stephen Harper’s plan to spend a half trillion dollars on defence as national economy weakens by Sam Mooney http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/canadians-leery-of-stephen-harper%e2%80%99s-plan-to-spend-a-half-trillion-dollars-on-defence-as-national-economy-weakens/#comment-2385 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:18:59 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=399#comment-2385 It’s been almost three weeks since Harper said that the Afghanistan cost report would be released. Nothing so far. I doubt there will be anything before the election. I oosted an open letter to Canadian Senators asking them to request the report from the PBO – http://www.living-in-the-country.com/2008/10/canadian-senato.html

Canadians may be paying attention but the press and politicians aren’t.

]]> Comment on The Conference of Defence Associations’ secret contract with the Department of National Defence by Ceasefire.ca » Conference of Defence Associations Institute President Slams Journalists and Public http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/the-conference-of-defence-associations-contract-with-the-department-of-national-defence/#comment-2384 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:25:16 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-2384 [...] head of the military funded Conference of Defence Associations Institute used his farewell address to graduates at the Royal Military College to slam the media and public [...]

]]> Comment on The Conference of Defence Associations’ secret contract with the Department of National Defence by Ceasefire.ca » My Prediction for the Winner of the CDA’s Ross Munro Media Award http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/the-conference-of-defence-associations-contract-with-the-department-of-national-defence/#comment-2383 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:22:16 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-2383 [...] I noted earlier, a lot of journalists are not so sure they even want an award from a group so close to the government, and whose president recently let fly a bitter attack on journalists for not [...]

]]> Comment on Dinosaur Jack Granatstein strikes again by Ceasefire.ca » Conference of Defence Associations counterspins its DND funding formula http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/dinosaur-jack-granatstein-strikes-again/#comment-2382 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:16:46 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-2382 [...] alarmed by my letter in the National Post today in response to Dinosaur Jack’s insulting attack against Canadians who don’t agree [...]

]]> Comment on The Conference of Defence Associations’ secret contract with the Department of National Defence by Ceasefire.ca » When is it OK for journalists to take money from lobby groups? http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/the-conference-of-defence-associations-contract-with-the-department-of-national-defence/#comment-2381 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:16:24 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-2381 [...] Should Canadian journalists accept cash awards from DND-funded lobby groups like the Conference of Defence Associations? [...]

]]> Comment on The Conference of Defence Associations’ secret contract with the Department of National Defence by Ceasefire.ca » Le Devoir reporter pockets $2500 defence lobby prize http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/the-conference-of-defence-associations-contract-with-the-department-of-national-defence/#comment-2380 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:12:45 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-2380 [...] a large cash prize from a lobby group like the Conference of Defence Associations, especially when the CDA received $500,000 over five years from the Department of National Defence through an agreement that requires the group to receive media coverage in return for the [...]

]]> Comment on Dinosaur Jack Granatstein strikes again by Ceasefire.ca » Don’t prejudge soldiers’ votes http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/dinosaur-jack-granatstein-strikes-again/#comment-2379 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:12:02 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-2379 [...] could all easily guess that Dinosaur Jack Granatstein and Col. Allain Pellerin (ret) will vote for Stephen Harper, since their groups get a lot of [...]

]]> Comment on The Conference of Defence Associations’ secret contract with the Department of National Defence by Don’t prejudge soldiers’ votes « Ceasefire Insider Blog http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/the-conference-of-defence-associations-contract-with-the-department-of-national-defence/#comment-2377 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:05:19 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-2377 [...] Jack Granatstein and Col. Allain Pellerin (ret) will vote for Stephen Harper, since their groups get a lot of funding from his government, but do they also have some “Vulcan mind-meld” with Canada’s 62,000 regular [...]

]]> Comment on Dinosaur Jack Granatstein strikes again by Don’t prejudge soldiers’ votes « Ceasefire Insider Blog http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/dinosaur-jack-granatstein-strikes-again/#comment-2376 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:46:47 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-2376 [...] could all easily guess that Dinosaur Jack Granatstein and Col. Allain Pellerin (ret) will vote for Stephen Harper, since their groups get a lot of [...]

]]> Comment on The Conference of Defence Associations’ secret contract with the Department of National Defence by Le Devoir reporter pockets $2500 defence lobby prize « Ceasefire Insider Blog http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/the-conference-of-defence-associations-contract-with-the-department-of-national-defence/#comment-2368 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:39:53 +0000 http://ceasefireinsider.wordpress.com/?p=174#comment-2368 [...] a large cash prize from a lobby group like the Conference of Defence Associations, especially when the CDA received $500,000 over five years from the Department of National Defence through an agreement that requires the group to receive media coverage in return for the [...]

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