Why an agreement signed in 2013 under Harper, holds the key to why PLA soldiers trained on Canadian soil

I’ve been blogging so long, sometimes even I forget what I have written about, but the current story of Chinese soldiers training on Canadian soil that’s raising eyebrows, didn’t raise mine and was no surprise to my longtime readers either. The link above is subscriber only, and y’all are probably as tight with your moneyContinue reading Why an agreement signed in 2013 under Harper, holds the key to why PLA soldiers trained on Canadian soil

*updated* This one is for Dermod: When is arms length decision making, not?

Of all the valued friends or colleagues I’ve had who have passed on in recent years, Dermod was the one I could never find words for, after he passed. I think its because I have never met anyone else like him, and probably never will. He had an exquisite mind and it worked in suchContinue reading *updated* This one is for Dermod: When is arms length decision making, not?

Cullen Commission Heats up as testimony puts former BC Liberal minister Rich Coleman right into the spotlight.

A former British Columbia RCMP officer testified he was informed in 2009 that Rich Coleman, then-minister responsible for gaming, was “largely responsible” for rampant money laundering related to organized crime in the province’s casinos, and that senior B.C. Mounties were complicit, an inquiry has heard. Fred Pinnock, former commander of B.C.’s anti-illegal gaming unit, described to the CullenContinue reading Cullen Commission Heats up as testimony puts former BC Liberal minister Rich Coleman right into the spotlight.