Canada\'s role in Afghanistan
Canada’s Liberals support war and social reaction
By Guy Charron, March 22, 2008
The Liberals, the Official Opposition in Canada’s parliament, provided the minority Conservative government with the votes it needed last week to extend the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) le...
Canada: Liberals and Conservatives join forces to extend intervention in Afghan war
By Guy Charron, March 6, 2008
First published in French on March 1, 2008
Canada’s Liberals rally behind plan to expand Canadian role in Afghan War
By Keith Jones, February 15, 2008
The Liberals, the official opposition in Canada’s parliament, are supporting the minority Conservative government in extending the Canadian Armed Forces’ counter-insurgency mission in Afgh...
Canada’s Conservative government threatens Afghan war election
By Keith Jones, February 9, 2008
Canada’s minority Conservative government tabled a motion in parliament Friday to extend the Canadian Armed Force’s combat mission in southern Afghanistan a further 34 months, i.e., until ...
Canada: Government panel urges increased Canadian role in Afghan war
By Keith Jones, January 25, 2008
A government-appointed advisory panel on Canada’s intervention in Afghanistan has urged that the current Canadian Armed Forces’ counterinsurgency mission be augmented and extended indefini...
Canada’s colonial-style, “embedded” Afghan advisors subject of bureaucratic squabble in Ottawa
By Keith Jones, January 19, 2008
According to the Globe and Mail, a major controversy has erupted within the Canadian government over a little-known, but politically pivotal, aspect of Canada’s intervention in Afghanistan&mdash...
International Students for Social Equality to hold meetings on campuses in Canada
October 31, 2007
The Canadian chapter of the International Students for Social Equality is holding meetings to elaborate a socialist response to the US occupation of Iraq, the NATO war in Afghanistan, the growing dang...
Canada’s Conservative government rushes to reaffirm support for army champion of Afghan war
By Guy Charron, October 30, 2007
This is an updated version of an article posted in French, October 20, 2007.
Towards the legalization of torture in Canada?
By François Tremblay, September 8, 2007
The Canadian government’s conduct in several affairs suggests that it is systematically abetting, and making use of information gained through, torture. Ottawa continues to deny this publicly, b...
Six more Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
By Keith Jones, July 6, 2007
Six Canadian soldiers and an interpreter were killed in Afghanistan Wednesday, when the armored-vehicle they were traveling in some 20 kilometers southwest of Kandahar was blown up by an improvised ex...
The “Canadian Ministers” of Hamid Karzai’s Afghan government
By Guy Charron, July 4, 2007
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has deployed a Strategic Advisory Team (SAT) composed of some 15 people to Kabul with the mandate of working “directly with the Afghan government” to impose...
As fatalities mount, Canada’s Conservative government moves to extend Afghan intervention
By Richard Dufour, April 14, 2007
Canada’s minority Conservative government and corporate media had long planned to use this past week’s 90th anniversary of the First World War battle of Vimy Ridge to whip up public suppor...
