Cyber Attacks, War & Terrorism
Military recruitment fell 35 percent last year, records show. Volunteers were harder to find amid “Canada-wide labour shortages,” said a federal briefing note.
“The Canadian Armed Forces serves Canada by defending our values, interests and sovereignty at home and abroad,” said the note Recruitment And Retention. “However the Canadian Armed Forces is experiencing a shortfall in personnel that has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and Canada-wide labour shortages.”
A total 5,242 volunteers joined the regular forces and primary reserves last year, said the Department of National Defence. It compared to 8,069 the previous year.
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Read MoreThousands of vehicles and buildings were destroyed across France in a week of rioting, but now the military is investigating whether a group of well-disciplined young men in balaclavas zip-tying suspected looters were actually their own people.
The French military has launched an internal investigation into whether a group of its troops donned civilian clothing and went into the town next to their base to unofficially assist local police in combating rioters, it is now claimed. The announcement of the investigation follows an initial denial by the maritime command that their troops were in any way involved last week, which was followed on Monday by an admission that while some may have done so, it was unofficial and the military had not been alerted in advance.
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Read More(Population Research Institute) — The Military World Games were held in the now-infamous city of Wuhan from October 18 to October 27, 2019, just before the Covid pandemic erupted around the world.
Many of the 9,308 athletes representing 109 countries who participated in the Games — among the most healthy and fit members of the human population — came back with flu symptoms. Now, a new report suggests that they may have been deliberately infected with Covid.
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Read MoreSayward RCMP are investigating wildfires on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, believing they may have been started intentionally.
“Witnesses in the area of Browning Creek just prior to its discovery observed some quad riders nearby,” B.C. RCMP Staff-Seargant Kris Clark said in a statement.
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Read MoreIn a recent report published by the Department of National Defence (DND), 35% of active Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members interviewed reported not having the necessary equipment required to complete missions.
Three unclassified audits have exposed serious gaps and weaknesses in the readiness of the Canadian military across the land, sea, air and space domains.
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Read MoreSuicides among active-duty military increased in the first three months of this year compared to the first quarter of 2022, according to a new Pentagon report.
The number of military suicides rose 25 percent, from 75 in the first quarter of 2022 to 94 in the first quarter of 2023, the Defense Suicide Prevention Office said in its annual report (pdf).
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Read MoreCongress and the White House talk tough on the Chinese Communist Party—but there’s little evidence U.S. officials are doing anything about what they say is America’s chief strategic threat. Veteran China watcher Michael Pillsbury has an action plan to change that. and he’s keeping score to make sure the U.S. government is keeping its word to keep China in check.
In this eye-opening, fact-filled episode of Over the Target, Lee Smith speaks with Pillsbury, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow for China Strategy.
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Read MoreCanada is seen by many as a refuge. A refuge for those escaping regimes where their opinions or missions are seen as inconsistent with the types of societies those regimes try to impose on their populations. In these nations, there is one way, and only one way, of doing things. You either acquiesce or you get out (a third option is to stay and try to effect change but that usually leads to arrest on dubious charges).
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is one such regime. It has cracked down on dissent from whatever direction—Uyghurs, Tibetans, Falun Gong—for three-quarters of a century and counting. And, more recently, those efforts at shutting up any disagreement with the status quo have come to Hong Kong.
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Read MoreWestern governments are falling victim to the same bad advice they did on Iran shortly before the overthrow of the Shah, former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper said.
In remarks to the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI) annual Free Iran summit in Paris last weekend, Harper cautioned people against listening to “so-called policy experts in the west.”
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Read MoreThe Trudeau government renewed its support of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) last week, a controversial organization with deep ties to Hamas.
“This assistance includes up to $100 million over 4 years to deliver core programs that support basic education, health, social services and livelihood opportunities and protect the rights of Palestinian refugees,” a government of Canada news release reads.
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