It would be a great leap forward if, in the coming federal election, there was a separate debate on national defence and security. The denizens of debate negotiation and management at the networks and political parties may not have the freedom or courage to make it so but it would be of immense value nonetheless.
While there is usually a passing reference to some defence matter in the two 90 minute debates that take place in each of our official languages (and that would be two more mentions than the entire issue of poverty received in the 2011 English language debate), …read more
Source: Canadian International Council