Paul T. Mitchell

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Canada’s Arctic defence policy update: All flash, no bang

Canada’s Arctic defence policy update: All flash, no bang

The Canadian government’s recent defence policy update, Our North: Strong and Free, was recently released with considerable fanfare. Promised for a year, the delay seemed to indicate the Liberal government’s budgetary pressures given the ballooning deficit. In the end, it was more heat than light and was less of an update to address a worsening international security environment than a...

Canada’s military is ‘too woke?’ Hardly — it must embrace diversity to survive

Canada’s military is ‘too woke?’ Hardly — it must embrace diversity to survive

The publication of the latest issue of the Canadian Military Journal (CMJ) has angered some of Canada’s right-wing media commentators. The issue on the topic of diversity in the Canadian Armed Forces was branded as “woke” by the right. Furthermore, these commentators implied the military itself has been taken hostage by radical ideological “activists,” specifically the women involved with the...