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TimDunne

@TimDunne

Info junkie, bookworm, military affairs writer & columnist, passionate historian, secular humanist, part-time prof at MSVU, and advocate of the Oxford comma.

 Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Joined June 2008
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Youth between 16 and 18 can enrol in the CAF as a university student, or at 17 with parental consent & dependent children of a CAF member serving abroad are subject to Cdn military justice and can be court martialed instead of benefitting from Youth Justice Act.
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Military police believed they had a solid case based on statements accused made during an interrogation. But Canadian military prosecutor rejected charges after concluding the woman "subjectively consented." The prosecutor's legal reasoning remains hidden from public scrutiny.
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After Canadian military refused to prosecute, soldier now facing formal sex charge following private prosecution hearing brought by another soldier cbc.ca/news/canada/soldier-p…

Canadian soldier facing formal sex charge following private prosecution hearing brought by another...

Cpl. Oleksii Silin, a Canadian Forces soldier based at CFB Gagetown in New Brunswick is facing charges of aggravated sexual assault and forcible confinement related to an alleged 2018 sexual assault...

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Canada’s #JAGCAF ignores questions about military lawyers secret (solicitor-client privilege) letters about military members that destroy members' careers. These letters are exempt from the Privacy Act, the Ombudsman and Access to Info, and violate the presumption of innocence.
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Canada's military Prison at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton lies empty almost all the time. But, it continues to have a staff of 28 members of the Military Police branch at a cost $2.2 million per year in salaries for a largely prisoner-less prison. frontline-canada.com/defence…
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It's amazing what you will find when you start digging around the Internet, eh? symmetrypublicrelations.com/…
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Canada's prisoner-less military prison costs $2.2 million annually. frontline-canada.com/defence…
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My military affairs commentary in today's Chronicle Herald: saltwire.com/halifax/opinion…
COMMENTARY: The wrong path of military communications

COMMENTARY: The wrong path of military communications

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My recent article in the Halifax Chronicle Herald has been republished by Eurasia Review: eurasiareview.com/13122022-c…
Canadian Armed Forces Are In Crisis – OpEd

Canadian Armed Forces Are In Crisis – OpEd

“We need to rebuild the Armed Forces, we need to get the numbers back up,” Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre told the Canadian Press. 

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A subscriber of Dimensions posed an interesting question: Are there any mothballed CF-5 or CF-101 fighter aircraft that can be given to Ukraine?
The Canadian military justice system is a catastrophic disaster. Our military members deserve better, much better. saltwire.com/halifax/opinion…
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My op-ed article in today's Globe and Mail: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Opinion: Europeans have had their moment. It’s now time for a Canadian to lead NATO

Opinion: Europeans have had their moment. It’s now time for a Canadian to lead NATO

A Canadian secretary-general can bring a North American perspective to NATO deliberations – something that has been needed for quite some time

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The final article of the Chronicle Herald series about my encounters with the Canadian military justice system. My appreciation to writer Paul Schneidereit and the leadership of the Halifax Chronicle Herald for bringing this to the public domain. saltwire.com/halifax/news/a-…
Part five of the series about my encounters with the Canadian military justice system. saltwire.com/halifax/news/a-…
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The fourth article in the series about my encounters with the Canadian military justice system. saltwire.com/halifax/news/lo…
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Part 3 of the series about my encounters with the Canadian military justice system. saltwire.com/halifax/news/a-…
This is the second of six articles about my encounters with the Canadian military justice system. saltwire.com/halifax/news/a-…
This is the first of a series about my encounters with the Canadian military justice system saltwire.com/halifax/news/a-…
Can we finally stop talking about "ethnic Russians" in Ukraine? They're Russian-speaking Ukrainians. You don't call English-speaking Irish people "ethnic English people in Ireland." "Ethnic-Russians" in Ukraine are Kremlin inventions that have been used to justify aggression.
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My military affairs article in today's Halifax Chronicle Herald saltwire.com/halifax/opinion…
The U.S. is ahead of us in military justice reform - pity: military.com/daily-news/2021…

Military Justice Reforms Are Coming, But Congress Is Conflicted on What They Should Be

The defense policy bill passed this week by a House committee differs with the proposals in the Senate, setting up a debate on changes.

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