New at Debating Canadian Defence:

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New at Debating Canadian Defence:

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"But Carney said X, Y, Z!"

The CF-18 fleet will be done, kaput, headed toward aerospace museums across the country in 2032.

If you want to reduce your F-35 buy and go with Gripens, especially Gripens built in Canada, you need to decide, like, now.

"Canada reviewing F-35 plan"

No timeline given from defence minister on conclusion of review into F-35 fighter jet purchase Defence Minister David McGuinty is still without a timeline for the now-yearlong review into the purchase of dozens of F-35 fighter jets, telling reporters in Ottawa Monday that it’s ongoing.

No decision on the fighter review is effectively a decision in favour of the existing plan for 88 F-35.

Every day that passes, the more the review looks like an attempt at leverage ahead of CUSMA negotiations, rather than a real reconsideration of the status-quo.

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THREAD: A colleague and I organized a roundtable for CPSA. We included academics & practitioners. Three participants (two practitioners and a legal scholar) would have attended only this roundtable at a three-day conference. They were not presenting their own work, only commenting on ours. 1/n

Overseen or Overlooked? | Stanford University Press "War is too important to be left to the generals," declared French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau over a century ago. But which civilians, exactly, play the most important roles in controlling the ...

What does a Commons majority mean for the Carney government, particularly when it comes to committee scrutiny?

We examined this issue in depth in our book Overseen or Overlooked:

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Can Alberta Keep Foreign Meddling Out of Its Secession Vote? | The Walrus If we’re being honest, probably not

The latest from me in @thewalrus.ca

Has the UCP intentionally left the barn open and set the wolves amongst the chickens?

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Just call them the Joint Strike Vaccines or something.

Ottawa gives South Korean, German submarine builders opportunity to revise bids South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean and Germany’s TKMS have until April 29 to include industrial components to bids

Ottawa gives South Korean, German submarine builders opportunity to revise bids

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Nothing Matters Still The Supreme Court’s recent pronouncements on constitutional interpretation are inconsistent with precedent, but the Court doesn’t care

New post: the Supreme Court of Canada recently said that constitutional interpretation is nothing like statutory interpretation; but not that long ago it was saying the opposite. An explanation, let alone consistency, is apparently too much to hope for. doubleaspect.blog/2026/04/09/n...

US, Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire. Some thoughts:

-Both had strong reasons to want the war to stop (very costly for each, even if in a very different way)

-Their demands in coming talks for a durable ceasefire are VERY distant, & both will be intransigent

-So the risk of renewed violence is real

Power, Precedent, and the Commander-in-Chief - Faculty of Public and Global Affairs At a moment when executive authority is under renewed scrutiny, Philippe Lagassé is tracing the roots and limits of supreme military command. His work connects centuries-old constitutional ideas to mo...

Thanks to the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs @carleton.ca
for profiling my academic research and policy-focused work, including my current SSHRC project on the powers of Commanders-in-Chief, which is alarmingly relevant today:

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Philippe Lagassé: Canada could help in the Strait of Hormuz, but must we? Unfortunately, cleaning up American-made messes might be our new shared reality

For the most Easter readers: what could Canada contribute to securing the Strait of Hormuz in the event of a ceasefire?

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Philippe Lagassé: Canada could help in the Strait of Hormuz, but must we? Unfortunately, cleaning up American-made messes might be our new shared reality

I look at what Canada could do to help open the Strait of Hormuz over at The Line:

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The US Torpedoed an Unarmed Ship. Who Are the Good Guys Again? | The Walrus The destruction of the Iranian IRIS Dena was a warning about what American power has become

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Philippe Lagassé: Canada could help in the Strait of Hormuz, but must we? Unfortunately, cleaning up American-made messes might be our new shared reality

In which @plagasse.bsky.social asks whether the more realistic role for middle powers is quietly cleaning up the messes created by a hegemon that acts first and (if you're lucky) thinks later

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Everything You Should Know About CAF Cyber Command To be a Catalyst for Innovative Canadian Global Engagement

I have another new paper out with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute about the Canadian Armed Forces Cyber Forces, this time specifically about CAFCYBERCOM.

www.cgai.ca/th_pp_everyt...

Philippe Lagassé: Canada could help in the Strait of Hormuz, but must we? Unfortunately, cleaning up American-made messes might be our new shared reality

I look at what Canada could do to help open the Strait of Hormuz over at The Line:

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A good discussion of the trade offs Canada faces in spending 3.5% of GDP on defence.

cdhowe.org/publication/...

Carney: Canada might help vessels sail Strait of Hormuz if there is a… National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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The UK Cabinet could do something really funny here.

After The Rupture: A discussion on whither Australia and Canada Relations. To be a Catalyst for Innovative Canadian Global Engagement

John Blaxland will be talking about Australia-Canada relations over lunch on 1 April 2026 at CGAI.

If you're interested in attending, please let me know!

www.cgai.ca/after_the_ru...

After The Rupture: A discussion on whither Australia and Canada Relations. To be a Catalyst for Innovative Canadian Global Engagement

John Blaxland will be talking about Australia-Canada relations over lunch on 1 April 2026 at CGAI.

If you're interested in attending, please let me know!

www.cgai.ca/after_the_ru...

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Danmark forberedte sig på muligt angreb fra USA: Fløj poser med blod til Grønland og gjorde klar til at sprænge landingsbaner i luften Nøglekilder i Danmark og Europa fortæller nu for første gang, hvad der skete i de mest kritiske dage, hvor Donald Trump truede med at tage Grønland "på den hårde måde".

Remarkable story from Denmark's nat'l broadcaster. "When Danish soldiers were flown to Greenland in January...they brought explosives so they could destroy, among other things, the runways in Nuuk & Kangerlussuaq [to] prevent US mil aircraft from landing" www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Prime Ministers in the House of Lords Dr Kathryn Rix, of our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project, explores the history and significance of prime ministers in the Lords.

It may appear strange today that a member of the House of Lords could serve as Prime Minister.

However, as @kathrynrix.bsky.social has explored in a new article, the 19th century saw more Prime Ministers leading from the Lords than the Commons.

I never imagined that "lets get the intelligence services more involved in parliamentary affairs" would become a progressive position.

Ministers have special access clearances but not TBS regulated clearances. They have access to classified information by virtue of the office they hold.

NSICOP members hold executive offices and hold their clearances in that capacity.