Syria/Refugees
- “Military to play backup role only on refugee plan” – “Trenton and its RCAF base get ready for refugees” – “Canadian Forces bases on standby for Syrian refugee arrivals” – “Syrian refugees in Canada : Military , medical staff get ready” – “Military to play backup role only on refugee plan” – “Canadian Forces ready for Syrian refugees”
- “Security at ‘very top’ of priorities in refugee plan, says Ralph Goodale” – “Overseas security screening to slow down refugee arrivals: Ottawa”
- From the Info-machine: News release – Backgrounder with details
- “Justin Trudeau delays Syrian refugee resettlement plan” – “Feds push back refugee deadline to February” – “Trudeau Extends Timeline on Canada Refugee Resettlement Plan” – “Canada delays Syrian refugee influx to February” – “Canada’s Syrian Refugee Plan: 10K Refugees To Come By Year’s End, 15K More By February” – “Ottawa will miss Syrian refugee deadline by two months” – “Canada to take 10,000 Syrian refugees by year end and another 15,000 by the end of February” – “Syrian refugees to start arriving in Canada next week” – “Ottawa annonce les détails du plan pour la réinstallation des réfugiés, l’Opposition satisfaite” – “Refugees arriving in Canada will face a five-step process” – “Slowing refugees’ arrival ‘common sense’ “ – “Canada staggers resettlement of 25K Syrian refugees” – “Canada to take less than half of promised 25,000 Syrian refugees in 2015” – more
- “Ontario Preparing to Welcome Syrian Refugees” – “Quebec’s role in Canada’s Syrian refugee plan: What we know”
- “Canada will take in gay refugees from Syria” – “Canadian government to accept gay Syrian refugees” – “Could gay men make it past Canada’s strict refugee rules?” –
- “Canada’s exclusion of single male refugees may exacerbate Syrian conflict” – “An Immigration Lawyer Says Trudeau’s Plan Puts Us at Risk”
- “Extension on Syrian refugee deadline ‘a bit of a breather,’ settlement group says” – NGO: “Government of Canada’s plan to resettle Syrian refugees welcome news, but only part of multi-faceted approach that is required for this crisis”
- “Syrian boy with prosthetic leg takes 1st steps in Canada”
- Commentary “Ottawa makes a smart decision” – “More Than the Least We Can Do”
#CANvsISIL
- “Canada denies allegations its airstrike killed civilians in northern Iraq” – “Canada Denies Reports of Its Airstrikes Killing Civilians – Defense Dep’t”
- Via the Pentagon Info-machine, from Kuwait “Soldiers with 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and the Camp Buehring Troop Medical Clinic partnered with Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division to create a realistic and challenging training exercise to give Army medical personnel sophisticated experience dealing with trauma injuries here, Nov. 16-20. Along with U.S. Army Central personnel, service members from the Navy, Air Force and Canadian military took part in the weeklong trauma lanes to better prepare their medical personnel for a mass casualty situation ….”
- Point: “Ending ISIS combat mission Trudeau’s first big blunder” – Counterpoint: “Trudeau’s decision to withdraw Canadian Forces from Syria is the right move”
Everyone Else Against ISIL
- “(Canada’s) NATO ambassador told to work with allies to smooth Russian-Turkish relations”
- “Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet Supporting Syrian Regime Offensive”
- “Russian pilot rescued by Syrian commando unit after plane shot down by Turkey”
- “Russo-Turkish Tensions Since the Start of the Russian Air Campaign”
- “Downing of Russian jet part of Turkey’s ‘strange game’ in Syria”
- “Matthew Fisher: Shooting of Russian jet by Turkey puts world in uncharted territory”
- “Military strikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq”
- Via the Pentagon Info-machine: “Does Emergency Food Assistance Prolong Conflict?”
Internal Security
Attacks on CF in Canada
Veterans & Helping Veterans
- Indeed …. “Veterans Affairs needs to show more respect to vets: deputy minister”
- “Forum sur la santé des militaires et des vétérans, Jour 1”
- “War Amps announces collaborative partnership with Veterans Affairs Canada in assisting veteran amputees”
- “The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, will join Canadian Football League (CFL) Commissioner Jeffrey Orridge, CFL Alumni and staff and residents of the Deer Lodge Centre in Winnipeg where many Canadian Veterans reside, for a special meet and greet ….”
Other
- CF Ombudsman in Esquimault this week
- “Canadian Patrol Concentration 2015”
- “Innovative technology brings life onboard a warship to rural Saskatchewan”
- “(U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defence) met with Canadian MND Harjit Sajjan at the International Security Forum”
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