Why should the recent marriage of Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Iranian-born human rights activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam be of interest to readers of OttawaWatch? I invite readers to respond, either by e-mailing me or putting a comment at the bottom of this piece on www.canadianchristianity.com. That means this OttawaWatch will be rather short. Please bear […]
The lineup
When Lawrence Cannon, Bev Oda and Peter MacKay lined up together to be interviewed on the Ottawa political shows staged by two of the major networks earlier this week, they were doing what was necessary to bring the right balance to the newest Afghanistan developments. And the Liberal and NDP leaders, Michael Ignatieff and Jack […]
Canada’s Military Strategy in Afghanistan: A Shift in Focus
War and peace: This is a subject that captures some attention each year, around November 11. Over the past few weeks, the Canadian military pullout from Afghanistan has been the subject of much discussion. Until now, Canadians have generally assumed that all our soldiers in the Afghan conflict would leave that country. They expected this […]
Breaking up the old gang
Some of our older readers will remember a song entitled ‘Those Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine.’ The cheerful dirge points out, in a rather plaintive way, how group relationships can change when a marriage takes place and the parties to the merger become committed to each other more than to […]