

Something in the Canadian soul loves defeat. This paper was originally written for the University of Manitoba’s “ Delta Marsh retreat.” Presenting it last October in a former hunting lodge...
I want to describe the military needs and perspectives required if successful intervention is to take place by means of multilateral intervention forces. The easy part of this assignment is to...
De toute leur histoire, c’est depuis 1989 que les Forces canadiennes (FC) ont été impliquées dans le plus grand nombre de missions, et les conflits dans lesquels elles interviennent...
The easy answer to the question posed in the title of this article is “No.” The difficult part is figuring out why not, and whether there is any way...
The Canadian Forces are already experiencing a considerable state of flux and uncertainty. How they will be structured and equipped in 20 years simply is not clear. Part of the...
Recent changes at the Department of National Defence, including changes in responsibility, have greatly enhanced the reputation of the Canadian Forces and the Department. Yet many informed Canadians worry about...
L’utilisation de l’outil militaire à des fins de politique étrangère est sans doute le geste le plus compliqué et le plus risqué qu’un gouvernement démocratique puisse poser. Il est compliqué,...
Before dissecting the capabilities of the UN, I’d like to start by calling attention to Canada’s extraordinary contribution to the UN in general and to peacekeeping in particular. In...
In 1967 Maclean’s magazine ran a contest in which Peter C. Newman asked people to finish the following sentence, “As Canadian as… .” The second runner-up was: “As Canadian as...
In earlier pieces, including one in the September 1999 issue of Policy Options, one of us (DeVoretz) has argued that in the 1990s the human capital transfer from Canada to...
One of the things I admire most about Canada is its commitment to equality as a social value. You simply couldn’t have a meeting like this one in the...
The International Space Station (ISS), which was the subject of last month’s cover section in Policy Options, is currently going through one of its busiest phases ever. Most of...
Ever since Milton Friedman suggested the idea of a 23.5 per cent flat-rate income tax for American taxpayers in his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, economists and politicians have tried...