Philippe Lagassé

Lagasse: Time for a refresher on the powers of Parliament Canada's intervention in Iraq has raised questions about Parliament's role in governing. Opposition parties have chastised the government for not consulting the leg…

Does the Cdn govt need approval from the House of Commons to deploy the military overseas? No.

Have govts sought that approval before? Symbolically yes, in some cases, but not consistently.

Is there a constitutional convention of parliamentary approval? No.

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We shouldnt do that to let PMs off the hook, but rather to ground our analyses in plausibility instead of panic.

We should, as a general rule, ask what a PM most likely means in context when they say something a bit unclear, rather assuming the worst possible motives and intents.

Carney says Canada could be called to help NATO allies in Middle East but no aid requests have come Protecting Canadians in the region and helping them evacuate is top priority, Prime Minister says

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Carney says former prince Andrew should be removed from succession over 'deplorable' actions | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the line of succession for his "deplorable" actions.

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This is now inaccurate on royal succession in Canada post-Motard.

Canada simply follows the British law. When we pass our own legilsation, it's merely to express assent, as per the Statute of Westminster 1931 convention. The succession would change in law for Canada whether we assented or not.

Cum ille ut imperator summus statuerit Iraniam iam non periculum rei publicae Americanae afferre et consilia Operationis Furiae Epicae plene esse ad exitum perducta, tum Irania in locum deditionis sine ullis condicionibus re vera pervenerit, sive id ipsi dicant sive non.

My newest research project is on the evolution of supreme military command authority and the powers of Commanders-in-Chief.

As an historical institutionalist, the starting hypothesis is that the Roman concepts of imperium and imperator remain useful....

He never meant to hurt anyone

I bet it's already taken

I am Eric Fury

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Yep exactly. And the Hornets would take a while and attract far more attention.

Once again, a naval task group deployment to assist with the protection of Gulf shipping is the most likely scenario in the event of a future Cdn mission.

CDS: Stating a negative on Eric Fury twice.

Bluesky: Per se?!

A likely scenario:

PMO: We're not getting involved in any way.

CAF: (looking up for scenario planning)....Um, Prime Minister, we might hypothetically in the extreme need to do x, y, z to address second order consequences in the region.

PMO: Ah.

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HMS Dragon: UK to send Royal Navy warship to Cyprus, Starmer confirms The prime minister said the "UK is fully committed to the security of Cyprus and British military personnel based" on RAF Akrotiri.

What pray tell might this look like?

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Starmer: We're not joining the US/Israeli war, but we are deploying forces to protect UK citizens and assist 10 regional allies who are affected.

Cdn Bluesky: The UK is joining the American war!

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Note as well the RCN's role in region in 1990-1991 and 2001-2002.

You understand that allied countries have ships and depend on shipping, right?

So, back to the navy.

One of the RCN roles is to defend sea lines of communication. Those sea lines keep the global
economy going.

It would be unwise to categorically rule out a role for the RCN in protecting allied shipping in the Gulf and Indian Ocean.

Canada's only ally in the world is the United States?

If you're worried that we're going to send CF-18s there or whatever, that would be tremendously complicated. And even then, if you're ruling out offensive roles, their utility would be limited.

If asked

The likeliest scenario for a very hypothetical Canadian involvement would be a navy task group to help protect shipping in the Gulf.

You asked about Greece and Turkey. The mission was the solution to two NATO allies in a conflict. If you know about it, perhaps it's worth revising to contention that we haven't looked at ways of addressing their situation.

You may have heard about Canada's peacekeeping mission to Cyprus that's been ongoing since 1964 and has attempted to keep these two apart.

What do we want? Steady alliances and a rules-based order!

So we defend our allies in accordance with international law, right? No!

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