Archive | November, 2016

Mark Collins- Canadian Government Averting Oil Pipeline Heartbreak? Two “Yes”, One “No”

30 Nov

Further to this post, British Columbia/Alberta Hydrocarbon Heartbreak Update: Good News, Bad News the Liberals are walking a fine environment/economy tightrope and it remains to see when (if?) some…

Source: Mark Collins- Canadian Government Averting Oil Pipeline Heartbreak? Two “Yes”, One “No”

Mark Collins – New RCAF Fixed-Wing SAR Plane Choice Real Soon?

30 Nov

Further to these January and February posts respectively, RCAF Fixed-Wing SAR Bids In: No LockMart But Embraer [links to the contending aircraft at the post] New RCAF Fixed-Wing SAR: Evaluation of …

Source: Mark Collins – New RCAF Fixed-Wing SAR Plane Choice Real Soon?

Mark Collins – Blogging (and tweeting) Break, Nov. 22-29

22 Nov

Will be out of town with family and largely off-line; likely little will be put up. Mark Collins, a prolific Ottawa blogger, is a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute; he tweets @Mark3Ds…

Source: Mark Collins – Blogging (and tweeting) Break, Nov. 22-29

Mark Collins – US Navy’s Seawolf Nuclear Attack Subs (SSN) and the Arctic

22 Nov

One wonders how much our government knows of these activities–note link at end of the post: An American Submarine Just Slipped Under the Arctic Ice USS ‘Seawolf’’s missions and technology are…

Source: Mark Collins – US Navy’s Seawolf Nuclear Attack Subs (SSN) and the Arctic

Mark Collins – Now Likely? Canada to Sole-Source Some Super Hornets for RCAF After All?

22 Nov

Further to this post, keep your eyes open during my blogging break for a week beginning tomorrow, November 22–whole lot of anonymice being sources: Cabinet could decide fighter jet plan as ea…

Source: Mark Collins – Now Likely? Canada to Sole-Source Some Super Hornets for RCAF After All?

Mark Collins – A Great Book From a Romanian Jew, Mihail Sebastian: “Journal 1935–1944: The Fascist Years”

21 Nov

Further to this post, What’s an Intellectual Romanian Jew to do Before WW II? I am finishing his journal: It is an accumulation of events, thoughts and emotions that is one of the most powerful boo…

Source: Mark Collins – A Great Book From a Romanian Jew, Mihail Sebastian: “Journal 1935–1944: The Fascist Years”

Mark Collins – Trump vs Trade: CPP Instead of TPP?

21 Nov

That’s the China-Pacific Partnership–a NY Times story on important talks with little public profile: China’s Influence Grows in Ashes of Trans-Pacific Trade Pact A toxic political war o…

Source: Mark Collins – Trump vs Trade: CPP Instead of TPP?

Mark Collins – “The Cyber Challenge: Final Summary Highlights from the CASIS 2016 Annual Symposium” Sept. 26

21 Nov

Further to this post, the document is here, “Table of Contents” at p. 5 PDF. The symposium is noted by the Globe and Mail at the latter half of this post: Can Canada Reach a Real Cyber …

Source: Mark Collins – “The Cyber Challenge: Final Summary Highlights from the CASIS 2016 Annual Symposium” Sept. 26

Mark Collins – The Donald, US Colleges–and History?

21 Nov

The inimitable George Will weighs in at the Washington Post–and Canadian campuses? Higher education is awash with hysteria. That might have helped elect Trump. Many undergraduates, their fawn…

Source: Mark Collins – The Donald, US Colleges–and History?

Mark Collins – Chicom State-Owned Firms’ Investment in US: a Good Thing?

18 Nov

An American government body has its doubts–music to president-elect Trump’s ears? Might our government think very hard about what sorts of Dragon investment in Canada might come under t…

Source: Mark Collins – Chicom State-Owned Firms’ Investment in US: a Good Thing?