Diversity at any cost: Canada’s Defence Leaders misunderstand the ‘problem’ of tradition

 By Ian Holloway, P.C., C.D., Q.C., Ph.D. SARTORIAL CHANGE is in the air again in the Canadian Armed Forces. On Nov. 1 last year, the Acting Chief of Military Personnel, Major-General M.H.L. Bourgon, issued a message on “diversity, inclusion and culture change.” It was a lengthy announcement, with updates on a number

Reflect and give thanks: memorials and sites to visit on Remembrance Day

 The Cartier Square Drill Hall adjacent to City Hall was humming with activity last Saturday morning as army cadets resplendent in their dark green uniforms and polished boots came and went with their boxes of poppies, and a children’s choir practiced their performance for a Remembrance Day service. In a

Chain of command lets Rockcliffe military community down

 By  Colonel Alain Pellerin One of the outcomes of the recent tragedy that took the lives of two Canadian soldiers and injured three of their comrades just outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, was to witness the closeness of a military community as it quickly came to the support of the grief-stricken