Wes Kennedy

With recent events, there is much buzz about collective security, namely the role of the European Union and NATO following terrorist attacks.

Harjit Singh Sajjan has spent 11 years as a police officer in the Vancouver Police Department; his last position there was as a detective with the Drug and Gang unit. He is also a veteran of Bosnia, has endured three tours in Afghanistan as an intelligence officer, and has served as a Lt. Col. in the reserves—the first Sikh to command a regiment in Canada.

I always think of the linguists we worked with in-theater. Soldiers who had earlier been refugees from Iran and Pakistan and later became Canadians were risking their lives beside mine.

From the moment we took our first casualties in 2002, Remembrance Day changed. Suddenly there were new veterans; the pictures and videos were in full color.

The question is whether or not the people of Canada are concerned about the Canadian Armed Forces as much as our members are.

Success for each refugee will come from integration. Integration can only occur if there is trust, and trust is hard to gain but easily destroyed.

Since their recent discipline issues and ships malfunctioning at sea, the Royal Canadian Navy has buckled down and begun upgrading their capabilities.

One of the major issues for veterans here in Canada has been the changes brought on by the new Veteran’s Charter

After completing the rigorous training required by the unit, the men of the First Special Service Force were ready and able to complete any task.

Canada has identified a need to evolve her laws in order to keep up with a modern sophisticated enemy: C-51 is the response.

Reporters seeking to feed the beast that is the 24-hour news cycle have ignored the facts in a friendly fire case between the Peshmerga and CANSOF.

Canada must update its legal framework in order to protect her people from undesirable foreign criminals like Omar Khadr.