(DND Headquarters in Ottawa. Photo: CP) By Jeff Collins, Research Associate Ballistic missile tests on the Korean peninsula and Russian deployments of cruise missiles bring nuclear proliferation back into focus. The National Post reports that the federal cabinet has considered Canadian involvement in the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system. BMD is a series of…
(Brad Wall. Photo: CBC.ca) Editor’s note: We welcome Amanda Achtman to the Straight Talk blog. Amanda will be contributing from time to time. A graduate of the University of Calgary, she is a regular commentator on Canadian public policy and politics. By Amanda Achtman, AIMS Author What’s a government with a budget deficit to do?…
By Patrick Webber, AIMS Research Associate New Brunswick is often thought of as a rural province, a perception aided by the province being the only one in Atlantic Canada that lacks a single dominant urban area. New Brunswick instead has three major urban areas of comparable population (Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton). However, census data over…
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