March 1, 2001
Has neo-conservatism failed?
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...
March 1, 2001
Multilateral intervention forces
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...
March 1, 2001
La gouvernance en opérations militaires : nouvelles considérations
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...
March 1, 2001
Will Canada’s forces have what they need when they need it?
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...
March 1, 2001
Military needs and perspectives
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...
March 1, 2001
Defence and security: the next generation
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...
March 1, 2001
Que doit-on faire ? Les gouvernements, les médias et l’appui du public
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,...
March 1, 2001
Responding to crises: are current policies and practices the answer?
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...
March 1, 2001
The military should get involved in the debate
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...
March 1, 2001
Why do highly skilled Canadians stay in Canada?
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...
March 1, 2001
Has rising inequality hurt the middle class?
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...
March 1, 2001
Is the International Space Station really worth it?
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...
March 1, 2001
Want a flat tax that might actually might work? Try (gulp) Russia
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...