NATIONAL NEWS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / SOMMAIRE DES NOUVELLES NATIONALES
ADM(PA) / SMA(AP)
August 22 2014 / le 22 août 2014
MINISTER / LE MINISTRE
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CDS / CEM
No related coverage. / Aucune couverture pertinente.
CAF OPERATIONS / OPÉRATIONS FAC
Military Plan Arctic Stockpile
The CAF will develop a network of sites throughout the Arctic in order to stockpile equipment if needed
and move troops and gear quickly into the region in case of emergency, according to documents obtained
by the Citizen. The military hopes to have the sites in place by 2018, with the concept tested in the
coming weeks. LGen Stuart Beare wrote: “A series of Northern Operations Hubs will be created with the
view to facilitate initial rapid deployment and up to 30 days sustained operations in the North.” The CAF is
developing a similar system of hubs around the world to support its international operations. Military
spokesperson Captain Mélina Archambault noted the concept will be tested during a table-top exercise
during Operation Nanook. Lessons learned during Nanook will provide information on how the Canadian
military would proceed, Captain Archambault noted. LGen Beare noted in his plan that the military hopes
to have the network fully established by 2018. The military hopes the hubs will not only speed up its
response in the North, but also reduce the high cost of operating in the remote region (D. Pugliese: Ctz
A7, EJ A16, Gaz A8, CH A15, SSP C8, VSun B2, WStar B6, NP A4).
PM in the North
The 2014 annual northern tour is Mr. Harper's ninth and he told reporters Thursday that the government's
focus on maintaining a northern military capacity has paid off, in light of recent tensions with Russia over
the Ukraine. However, despite Mr. Harper's repeated trips to the North and millions of dollars worth of
promises, several of his plans – particularly in relation to the military – have yet to come to fruition, such
as the promise to build the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker icebreaker that Mr. Harper made on a prior Arctic
trip (G. Valiante: WSun 10, ESun 30, KWS B2, TSun 56, OSun 9, LFP B2).
PM in the North: Comment
Michael Den Tandt: In response to a journalist's question about his government's growing list of longpromised, as-yet unfulfilled big-ticket commitments to Canada's Far North, Prime Minister Stephen Harper
wasn't having any of it. In an answer that ran to five minutes-plus Mr. Harper rhymed offa selection of
items from a list of his own. Some big-ticket delays, Mr. Harper told his audience of Yukon College
supporters and media, were unavoidable, given the size and complexity of the projects. According to a
briefing note issued by the PMO staff, these include the building of Arctic offshore patrol ships.
Construction of the government's long-promised High Arctic Research Station at Cambridge Bay is now
going ahead, the prime minister said, sounding rather proud; and the Canadian Rangers, the Inuitmanned Arctic unit of the CF, had their numbers expanded by 20 per cent to 5,000 as of last year, he
noted (Ctz A1, SSP A10, Gaz A8, RLP B7, EJ A20, CH A10, NP A4, VSun B8, WStar A7).
Operation Sabot
The RCMP and the Canadian military have spent nearly $11.5 million in the last eight years on a national
search-and-destroy mission for illicit marijuana crops. Federal figures show the annual Mountie-led effort,
known as Operation Sabot, has led to tens of thousands of pot plants being wiped out each year. Last
year, the military spent more than $360,000 on helicopter support for the operation, which resulted in
eradication of over 40,000 plants. The military put more than $2.5 million toward the project in 2009 (J.
Bronskill, CP: VTC A9, NBTJ A8, RDA A6, TStar A4, HS A11).
Le PM dans le Grand Nord
Le premier ministre Stephen Harper a entrepris sa 9e tournée annuelle dans le nord du Canada et,
encore une fois, c'est la question de la souveraineté canadienne dans l'Arctique qui retient l'attention.
Pendant cette semaine de visite, plusieurs navires de la Marine et de la Garde côtière canadienne seront
déployés. Ils font partie de l'opération Nanook, une des trois opérations annuelles de coordination des
éléments militaires et des services civils pour appuyer la présence canadienne dans le Grand Nord (Le
Téléjournal 22h, SRC.ca).
COMMEMORATION / COMMÉMORATION
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PROCUREMENT / APPROVISIONNEMENT
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OTHERS / AUTRES
CSEC Oversight: Comment
Globe & Mail editorial: Inch by inch, the Communications Security Establishment Canada is becoming a
little less mysterious. Scruples about the privacy of Canadians are more in evidence, though questions
persist. Much of the credit is due to Jean-Pierre Plouffe, a former judge who is now the commissioner of
CSEC (that is, its watchdog). As Craig Forcese, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, said on
Twitter, this helps those who struggle to see more than the tip of the iceberg that is CSEC. Yet recently, a
skillful amateur, Bill Robinson of London, Ont., has all but proved that CSEC used Canadians' private
metadata through WiFi at Pearson Airport in Toronto, in order to engage international networks – perhaps
not quite interception, but not unintentional, either (G&M A10).
Wesley Wark: Canada needs an effective CSE to collect vital intelligence and serve as an effective
watchdog to ensure that lawfulness prevails. There is a lot more that will have to be dragged kicking and
screaming out of the deep pool of secrecy that surrounds CSE, and a lot more reflection about what
constitutes good laws around surveillance, before Canadians can be truly reassured that all is well with
our spying. A good pose on the part of the new CSE commissioner will have to become a permanent
posture (Ctz C5).
Canada’s Response to ISIS
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is pointing to the past to warn about the threat posed by ISIS. Mr. Harper
said Canada is in conversations with the United States on the next steps to take in targeting the terror
group. Last week, Canada deployed military transport planes and personnel to deliver military supplies to
Kurdish forces fighting ISIS alongside Canada's commitment to providing humanitarian aid. Both the NDP
and Liberals say they support expanding Canada's humanitarian role in Iraq and Syria (J. Murphy: KWS
B2, ESun 22, TSun 26, OSun 10, LFP B2; S. Rennie, CP: HCH A8, MTT C1, VTC A6, RDA A5; A.
Boutilier: TStar A10).
Militarization of the Police
Growing numbers of Canadian police agencies in recent years have added armoured vehicles to their
crime-fighting arsenals – beasts on wheels that go by such names as Thunder 1, BearCat and Grizzly.
Several are retired military combat vehicles that have been modified and donated by the CF. Police
officials from Vancouver to New Glasgow, N.S., this week defended their acquisitions. DND confirmed it
has donated five six-wheeled armoured vehicles to police agencies since 2007 (D. Quan: Ctz C1, SSP
C9, CH A14, EJ A12, Gaz A13, WStar A1, NP A3, VSun B1, NP A3, VProv A20).
Hacking of NSA
The head of the National Research Council said that an alleged hack of the agency's servers by a
Chinese “state-sponsored actor” is “unfortunate,” but reflects “the reality of the times.” Since the incident,
NRC has been working with the Communications Security Establishment of Canada (CSEC), the
secretive federal cyber espionage agency, as well as other law enforcement agencies and departments to
address the issue (A. Boutilier: TStar A4).
PTSD Awareness Raising
Coverage profiled veteran Steve Hartwig’s walk to raise money and awareness to fight PTSD. It was
noted that the CAF and Veterans Affairs provides mental health resources to soldiers and veterans
affected by post-traumatic stress and depression – one of the many symptoms of PTSD. Representatives
of the military have also pointed out that, overall, suicide rates are actually lower among soldiers than
civilians in Canada. However there are staggeringly high rates of depression among veterans, and the CF
have struggled to keep a 10-yearold promise to have 450 mental health professionals on staff. Mr.
Hartwig says it's hard for veterans to admit they might have PTSD and actually ask for help. But in talking
to veterans across Canada, he says there's a need for more professionals, more resources to be
allocated to mental health (C. Curtis: Gaz A3).
Atlantic Canada International Air Show
Snowbird performer Guillaume Paquet was just one of several aerial performers to roar into Metro
Moncton skies over Wednesday and yesterday. Along with the Snowbirds, this weekend's show will
present such talents as the CF SkyHawks and the RCAF CF-18 Demo Team (T. Allen: MTT A1).
Escadron 433
La 3e Escadre de Bagotville pourrait faire face à une nouvelle réorganisation de ses effectifs avec le
retour possible de l'escadron 433, une unité disparue en 2005 qui pourrait renaître de ses cendres. Selon
les informations obtenues, l'état-major de la Première division aérienne basée à Winnipeg a demandé
d'analyser une réorganisation de ses effectifs afin de répondre à des besoins nouveaux en terme de
déploiement aérien. Interrogé afin de savoir si le nouvel escadron devrait signifier l'ajout obligatoire de 24
nouveaux chasseurs CF-18, le porte-parole de l base, Éric Gagnon a déclaré que ce n'est pas
nécessairement le cas puisqu'un escadron peut regrouper un nombre différent d'avions (Qt 7).
Fondation de l'hôpital de La Baie
La Fondation de l'hôpital de La Baie a profité de sa 23e campagne de financement pour rendre un
hommage particulier au précieux partenaire qu'est la communauté militaire de la Base de Bagotville. Le
colonel Sylvain Ménard assume la présidence d'honneur de cette souscription, et que l'année 2014
commémore plusieurs grands moments associés à l'histoire militaire, dont les 100 ans de la Première
Guerre mondiale, le 90e anniversaire de l'Aviation royale canadienne et le 72e anniversaire de la BFC de
Bagotville (Qt 6).
Section: News
Byline: David Pugliese
Outlet: Ottawa Citizen
Headline: Military to stockpile equipment in Arctic
Page: A7
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Canadian Armed Forces will develop a network of sites throughout the Arctic in order to
stockpile equipment if needed and move troops and gear quickly into the region in case of
emergency, according to documents obtained by the Citizen.
The military hopes to have the sites in place by 2018, with the concept tested in the coming
weeks. “A series of Northern Operations Hubs will be created with the view to facilitate initial
rapid deployment and up to 30 days sustained operations in the North,” wrote Lt.-Gen. Stuart
Beare in outlining his plan, produced in August 2013.
Beare is head of the Canadian Joint Operations Command, responsible for military operations
both at home and abroad.
The locations of the main hubs are to be Iqaluit, Yellowknife, Resolute Bay and Inuvik, he
wrote. The hubs would also support ongoing operations in the Arctic, and alternative sites would
also be selected.
Canadian Armed Forces is developing a similar system of hubs around the world to support its
international operations. This involves making arrangements with various governments, harbours
and airports to move in supplies and troops, with the process capable of being ramped up if
needed. At the lowest end, pre-arranged contracts are put in place at the hubs for services and
supplies. This can be increased to involve the pre-positioning of equipment, then later the full
activation of the site, where the hub is capable of handling the arrival of troops, aircraft and other
heavier equipment.
“The planned Northern Operations Hubs are, by design, prenegotiated arrangements to facilitate
the movement of people, materiel, equipment and supplies into areas of operations for the
Canadian Armed Forces,” said military spokeswoman Capt. Mélina Archambault.
She noted the concept will be tested during a table-top exercise during Operation Nanook.
Nanook started Wednesday and runs until Aug. 29. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has also just
begun his annual trip to Canada's North. Lessons learned during Nanook will provide
information on how the Canadian military would proceed, Archambault noted. The
implementation plan is to be issued by the end of this year, she added.
But Beare noted in his plan that the military hopes to have the network fully established by 2018.
“The NOHs will be a key enabler to increase the CAF (Canadian Armed Forces) and OGDs
(other government departments) operational capability in the North,” he concluded.
The military is continually practising various scenarios. During Nanook, military personnel and
government officials will plan out how to respond to the grounding of a cruise ship in the Arctic.
The hubs would also be of use to other government departments operating in the region, Beare's
plan noted.
The military hopes the hubs will not only speed up its response in the North, but also reduce the
high cost of operating in the remote region.
Before he retired, Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Peter Devlin warned in 2013 that the
high cost of operating in the Arctic was forcing him to scale back training in the region. Devlin
estimated such costs to be five to seven times more than operations in the rest of Canada.
Then-chief of the defence staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk told parliamentarians in 2012, “It is
harder to sustain operations in our High Arctic than it is to sustain operations in Kandahar or
Kabul.” dpugliese@ottawacitizen.com twitter.com/davidpugliese
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Section: News
Lead: WHITEHORSE, Yukon -- The head of the National Research Council (NRC) said its
clients are satisfied that private research data is well guarded at the agency despite allegations of
a recent Chinese cyber-attack.
Headline: NRC insists data well guarded Customers pleased with response to alleged cyberattack
Page: 10
Byline: GIUSEPPE VALIANTE, NATIONAL BUREAU
Outlet: The Winnipeg Sun
Illustrations:
 photo by Chris Wattie/Reuters Stephen Harper looks at a permafrost core sample with Stephen
Mooney of the Yukon Research Centre in Whitehorse Thursday.
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
WHITEHORSE, Yukon -- The head of the National Research Council (NRC) said its clients are
satisfied that private research data is well guarded at the agency despite allegations of a recent
Chinese cyber-attack.
NRC president John McDougall, who was in the Yukon Thursday with Prime Minister Stephen
Harper, couldn't give details on who exactly attacked the NRC's computers or what, if anything,
was stolen.
“For security reasons, I just can't comment -- honestly,” he said.
The Canadian government in July accused a “state-sponsored” Chinese actor of trying to steal
research secrets. The Chinese denied the charge.
Security analysts suggested Canada's accusation triggered the communist country's arrest of two
Canadians a week later on similar espionage charges.
McDougall insisted Thursday that the NRC's research data is safe.
“We've been very open with our customers about the fact that (the cyber-attack) happened,” he
said. “We've been interacting with (our clients) and with very, very few exceptions, (our
customers) have been quite pleased with the response that we've done to safeguard their
information.”
McDougall was at Yukon College in Whitehorse with Harper, who announced a $17 million new
funding for Arctic research.
The government said it's planning on collecting an additional $65 million over eight years from
private companies, which will partner with the NRC on research projects to develop the North.
The goal of the research is to develop technologies that will strengthen Canada's capacity to
build and defend the North and exploit its resources.
The government said the research will study ways to detect structural damage to ships in icy
waters, increase the number of days ice roads can be used and develop more energy-efficient
building materials that can withstand northern climates.
The 2014 annual northern tour is Harper's ninth and he told reporters Thursday that the
government's focus on maintaining a northern military capacity has paid off, in light of recent
tensions with Russia over the Ukraine.
Analysts have told QMI Agency that Russia, in response to Canada's economic and travel
sanctions against Russian businessmen and companies, could try to symbolically violate
Canada's air or land sovereignty in the Arctic.
However, despite Harper's repeated trips to the North and millions of dollars worth of promises,
several of his plans -- particularly in relation to the military -- have yet to come to fruition, such
as the promise to build the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker icebreaker that Harper made on a prior
Arctic trip.
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Section: News
Byline: Michael Den Tandt
Outlet: Ottawa Citizen
Illustrations:
 Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press / Prime Minister Stephen Harper reacts to the temperature of
permafrost at Whitehorse's Yukon College Thursday.
Headline: Harper kicks off northern tour with peek at election strategy
Page: A1 / Front
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Dateline: Whitehorse
Source: Ottawa Citizen
He came to the North, as it were, loaded for bear.
In response to a journalist's question about his government's growing list of long-promised, asyet unfulfilled big-ticket commitments to Canada's Far North, Prime Minister Stephen Harper
wasn't having any of it.
In an answer that ran to five minutes-plus - an uncharacteristically long statement from a man
whose lack of enthusiasm for news conferences is legendary - Harper rhymed offa selection of
items from a list of his own, which includes $40 million for investments in northern economic
development in 2014-15; $27 million for adult education between 2011 and 2016.
It also included $6.4 million for infrastructure across the three northern territories, over two
years, announced in 2012; $5.4 million for Yukon College's Centre for Northern Innovation in
Mining, between 2013 and 2017; and on, and on, and on it went. He may have been reading, or
he may know this list by heart. Either way, he clearly anticipated the question, and he worked his
way through the answer with apparent enthusiasm.
Some big-ticket delays, Harper told his audience of Yukon College supporters and media, were
unavoidable, given the size and complexity of the projects. According to a briefing note issued
by the Prime Minister's Office staff, these include the building of Arctic offshore patrol ships
(projected completion by 2023, cost $3.1 billion); the polaricebreaker John G. Diefenbaker
(projected completion by 2021, cost $1.3 billion); the rebuilding of the Canadian Coast Guard
(projected completion by 2023, cost $1.3 billion); the planned deepwater port at Nanisivik in
Nunavut (projected completion by 2018, cost $146 million), and the planned all-season highway
linking Inuvik with Tuktoyaktuk (projected completion 2018, cost $200 million).
Construction of the government's long-promised High Arctic Research Station at Cambridge Bay
is now going ahead, the prime minister said, sounding rather proud; and the Canadian Rangers,
the Inuit-manned Arctic unit of the Canadian Forces, had their
numbers expanded by 20 per cent to 5,000 as of last year, he noted.
The message was crystal-clear, and driven home with the bludgeoning force of repetition; when
it comes to a personal commitment to the North, Harper won't take dictation from anyone, nor
make apologies for the slow pace of development. Extended time frames are simply a cost of
major procurements and of doing business in the North, he suggested, which is why nothing less
than a long-term commitment will do. It was, in all, a sensible, assured response, from a leader
who has taken his share of knocks lately for offering too little that is constructive.
Whether by coincidence or design, this Arctic tour began with a markedly different tone than last
year's. Harper's first event in 2013 was a highly partisan, scrappy torching of the opposition
Liberals and New Democrats. This tour, by contrast, began with the launch Thursday morning of
a National Research Council Arctic program. So, a positive note, rather than negative.
More interesting still was the prime minister's news conference, in which he appeared to sketch
the frame of a 2015 re-election strategy. In addition to the constructive development theme, he
spoke at length about the threat to Canada posed by the Islamic State; and he articulated, more
clearly than I have heard any member of his government do in the past, the thinking behind his
refusal to convene an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women. Agree or disagree, it
is all internally consistent conservatism.
On the subject of the Islamic State, Harper appeared genuine in his revulsion towards the
horrifying tactics on display in the beheading of journalist James Foley. Harper tends to be at his
best when discussing foreign policy in stark, moral terms; he has done so with increasing
frankness in the past year, particularly with respect to Israel's war with Hamas, and the
aggressions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Clearly, we should expect him to strike such
themes repeatedly as election 2015 approaches.
On the subject of missing and murdered aboriginal women, a discussion renewed in the
aftermath of the murder of 15-yearold Tina Fontaine, Harper said he views the question as one of
crime, not sociology. In other words: Find the guilty, punish the guilty, prevent further violence
against aboriginal women but also all other Canadian women. But do not “appear to be doing
something” by convening expensive, exhaustive inquiries during which people talk a lot, but do
not solve problems. That will be disagreeable to many, but it is consistent with a philosophically
conservative approach to governance.
So the emerging strategy may be three-pronged. Push hard on economic growth, economic
development, innovation and pragmatic job training; denounce and punish crime; speak
passionately and with moral clarity about the growing chaos in the world, particularly as this
highlights the tenuous nature of the peace and security we enjoy in Canada. And then, as the
closer, throw in tax cuts.
It is not a half-bad approach, all things considered. Whether it will be sustained, is another
question. Postmedia News
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Section: Canada
Byline: Jim Bronskill
Outlet: Times Colonist (Victoria)
Headline: Government spent millions to destroy pot
Page: A9
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Dateline: OTTAWA Source: The Canadian Press
The RCMP and Canadian military have spent nearly $11.5 million in the past eight years on a
national search-and-destroy mission for illicit marijuana crops.
Federal figures show the annual Mountie-led effort, known as Operation Sabot, has led to tens of
thousands of pot plants being weeded out each year.
Liberal defence critic Joyce Murray, who uncovered the data, said she was “stunned” to see the
amount spent on the project - especially when many are calling the war on drugs a failure.
The RCMP says the goal is to target outdoor marijuana growers and reduce the supply of pot
available in Canadian communities.
“The success of Operation Sabot means that less marijuana is available for sale in our
communities,” said RCMP Sgt. Greg Cox, a spokesman for the national police force.
“These drugs could ultimately have been sold to youth and adults alike, and the profits used to
finance organized crime.”
Last year the military spent more than $361,000 on helicopter support for the operation, which
resulted in eradication of over 40,600 plants.
The military put more than $2.5 million toward the project in 2009 - the highest annual tally
among the figures disclosed to Murray through a parliamentary-order-paper question. That year
145,480 plants were destroyed.
Operation Sabot has taken place annually since 1989, according to information on the Defence
Department website. However, the numbers tabled in Parliament date only from 2006.
Over the years, as many as seven Armed Forces helicopters, three ground vehicles and 60
military personnel have helped with the operation.
The total cost of well over $11.4 million for 2006 through 2013 includes only military air
support. Other military and RCMP expenditures could not be easily calculated.
The Defence Department indicates that efforts focused on Ontario and Quebec last year.
Murray questioned the exercise's value, arguing the best way to tame the criminal marijuana
trade is government regulation of the drug, as two American states - Colorado and Washington have done.
“I think it's inevitable we'll go that direction,” she said in an interview.
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Section: Editorial
Outlet: The Globe And Mail
Headline: Glimpse into iceberg
Page: A10
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Inch by inch, the Communications Security Establishment Canada is becoming a little less
mysterious. Scruples about the privacy of Canadians are more in evidence, though questions
persist.
Much of the credit is due to Jean-Pierre Plouffe, a former judge who is now the commissioner of
CSEC (that is, its watchdog).
CSEC, like its four colleagues in the Five Eyes group of foreign signal-intelligence agencies (the
United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, is not allowed to engage in surveillance of the
people of its own country.
But of course some signals cross borders, and electronic communications coming from one
country may arrive in Canada - and get picked up along the way.
Mr. Plouffe's annual report on CSEC is the first to put a precise number - 66 - on electronic
communications of Canadians that have been ``unintentionally intercepted'' and at least
temporarily kept by the agency in a year. He examined them all himself, and his staff did further
scrutiny.
Of these, 41 were used in CSEC reports, with Canadian names ``suppressed.'' The other 25 have
been kept for future use. That still leaves open how many Canadian citizens and residents were,
so to speak, repeat customers. In any case, these two-digit numbers are not very alarming.
On the other hand, Mr. Plouffe said CSEC staff didn't always accurately assess which messages
didn't need to be kept as ``essential to international affairs.''
As Craig Forcese, a law professor at the University of Ottawa, said on Twitter, this helps those
who struggle to see more than the tip of the iceberg that is CSEC.
Yet recently, a skillful amateur, Bill Robinson of London, Ont., has all but proved that CSEC
used Canadians' private metadata through WiFi at Pearson Airport in Toronto, in order to engage
international networks - perhaps not quite interception, but not unintentional, either.
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Section: Opinion
Byline: Wesley Wark
Outlet: Ottawa Citizen
Illustrations:
 Sean Kilpatrick, The Canadian Press / The Communications Security Establishment complex
in the city's east end. The CSE's commissioner is dealing with a demand for greater transparency
around sensitive intelligence-gathering operations, says Wesley Wark.
Headline: Spy agency watchdog strikes a new pose; Let's hope theposture is permanent Canada needs this
Page: C5
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Source: Ottawa Citizen
The old adage in the spy business, when it came to publicity, was “no news is good news.” That
ceased to pass democratic muster in Canada only in the mid-1980s and we have been slowly
turning our minds to greater scrutiny of the intelligence game ever since (and with increased
earnestness after 9/11).
Over the past year, Edward Snowden has screwed our attention to what was the last bastion of
the old adage, the activities of signals intelligence agencies, represented in Canada by the
Communications Security Establishment (CSE), soon to move into a gleaming new technopalace
in Ottawa. For madein-Canada news on CSE, we rely heavily on the annual reporting of a small
and little known watchdog agency, called the Commissioner of the CSE.
The CSE commissioner has been around since 1996, but for much of its existence it has toiled in
obscurity, shackled to the Official Secrets Act, showing every sign of liking its shackles,
showing little relish for any public truthtelling function, and displaying a tortuous relationship
with what George Orwell called plain English.
But times have changed and a new CSE commissioner, retired Quebec Superior Court judge
Jean-Pierre Plouffe, along with his minuscule staffof 11, have found themselves moved to centre
stage in the governance of the Canadian intelligence system. They are bearing the burden of a
demand for greater transparency around sensitive intelligence-gathering operations, a burden the
government is all too happy to offload on the commissioner's shoulders. M. Plouffe's first annual
report as CSE commissioner was pushed through the mail slot of an empty House of Commons
on Aug. 20. It is notable for its promises and for its muscular pose, even if it didn't get much of a
chance to strut the Parliamentary stage.
The commissioner promises vigilance around the protection of Canadian privacy as CSE goes
about its secretive electronic intelligence activities, and vows to pay regular attention to
metadata, the latest trend in signals intelligence gathering (involving analysis of network systems
and flows rather than content). A CSE metadata effort hit the headlines in January when
Snowden's media contacts released the story of CSE's airport Wi-Fi project, which scooped up
wide-ranging data on communications flows in an out of an unnamed Canadian airport (probably
Pearson International in Toronto). Commissioner Plouffe promises (for the first time in his
office's history) to “push the limit” to enhance his office's public reporting and ability to inform
Canadians. The commissioner even suggests that he will look for ways to work with his foreign
counterparts, especially the review bodies in the “Five Eyes” network of intelligence agencies
that link Canada with the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, to better
understand global intelligence sharing and the impact its has on efforts to apply national laws
and procedures around privacy protections. This sounds like a welcome effort to loosen the
official secrets shackles, try plain English, and explore a new relationship to public truth telling.
All new brooms have their more hesitant and timid strokes, and Commissioner Plouffe's first
annual report is no exception. The report makes only a tired and offhand comment about the
long-running battle between the CSE commissioner and the government over the inadequacies of
the legislation that governs CSE, and cannot even bring itself to explain what the problem is. The
report upholds CSE's metadata collection as properly focused on foreign intelligence objectives
and innocent of impacts on Canadian privacy without going into any kind of explanation of how
the CSE metadata program works or of the fact that its “lawfulness” is based on a government
interpretation that metadata does not constitute a “private communication” under the law and
hence is exempt from privacy protections. The commissioner's annual report gives no scrutiny to
the nature or adequacy of the system whereby the Minister of National Defence authorizes CSE
to engage in certain forms of intelligence collection that can result in the inadvertent acquisition
of Canadian communications while going about its foreign intelligence and cyber-security
missions.
The CSE commissioner has some looming issues to grapple with, many of which it has come to
belatedly. This year's annual report signalled one of them. CSE is embedded
in a global signals intelligence alliance and is, as the saying goes, a net importer. We import
much more intelligence than we export, which is of great benefit to our national security, but
comes with some potentially troubling issues around how Canada shares its intelligence with
others while protecting privacy, and how our allies deal with Canadian intelligence and share
with us. The real takeaway from this year's annual report was not the statistic that only 66 private
Canadian communications were retained by CSE (a reassuringly small number at first glance)
but rather the fact that CSE has jealously guarded even from its own minister the question of
how much Canadian content communications it acquires from its allies. We are left to wonder
how much of our net import is actually Canadian communications, a concern underpinned by the
fact that our greatest source of imported intelligence is the U.S. National Security Agency, and
that all of the Snowden revelations suggest that the NSA has developed a gargantuan appetite
and capacity for global surveillance with few observed niceties around spying on allies.
Canada needs an effective CSE to collect vital intelligence and serve as an effective watchdog to
ensure that lawfulness prevails. There is a lot more that will have to be dragged kicking and
screaming out of the deep pool of secrecy that surrounds CSE, and a lot more reflection about
what constitutes good laws around surveillance, before Canadians can be truly reassured that all
is well with our spying. A good pose on the part of the new CSE commissioner will have to
become a permanent posture. Wesley Wark is a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa's
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and an expert on intelligence practices. He is
the co-author of Secret Intelligence: A Reader.
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Section: News
Lead: OT TAWA -Prime Minister Stephen Harper is pointing to the past to warn about the
threat posed by ISIS.
Headline: Harper says ISIS has potential to become like the Taliban
Page: B2
Byline: JESSICA MURPHY NATIONAL BUREAU
Outlet: The Kingston Whig-Standard
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
OT TAWA -Prime Minister Stephen Harper is pointing to the past to warn about the threat posed
by ISIS.
“It's not very difficult for me to point out what our concerns are,” Harper told reporters Thursday
in Whitehorse, N.W.T., on the first stop on his annual northern tour.
“You have now a caliphate, an unrecognized terrorist state, occupying a large territory from
Allepo to Baghdad,” he said. “This is not unlike what we had in 2002 with the Taliban, you
essentially had a terrorist organization establishing a form of governance and using the territory
as a training ground for terrorists and that obviously is a very big concern to all of us.
“On top of all of the other things you're seeing, the violence, really unspeakable barbarism that is
occurring all over the territory and they are really committing genocide against people they see
as different. These are shocking developments.”
Harper also said Canada is in conversations with the United States on the next steps to take in
targeting the terror group.
The U.S. has been targeting ISIS with airstrikes since early August.
On Tuesday, Harper called the terror group's beheading of American journalist James Foley
“barbaric” and warned that ISIS -which has taken over large parts of northern Syria and Iraq posed a threat to Canada and the world, not just the Middle East.
Last week, Canada deployed military transport planes and personnel to deliver military supplies
to Kurdish forces fighting ISIS alongside Canada's commitment to providing humanitarian aid.
Both the NDP and Liberals say they support expanding Canada's humanitarian role in Iraq and
Syria, and called on the government to admit more refugees from the region. Canada has
resettled more than 1,430 Syrian refugees and a spokesman for Immigration Minister Chris
Alexander said the government is “ is reviewing an additional request for Syrian resettlement”
from the United Nations as part of their broader response to the regional crisis.
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Section: News
Byline: Steve Rennie
Outlet: The Chronicle-Herald
Headline: Harper links militant Islamist groups
Page: A8
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
WHITEHORSE - Stephen Harper is drawing parallels between the Islamist militants who have
seized a swath of territory across Iraq and Syria and the Taliban insurgents who controlled much
of Afghanistan before the U.S.-led invasion.
The prime minister said Thursday he's been appalled by the recent violence, notably the
beheading of American journalist James Foley by the al-Qaida splinter group known as the
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
“This is not unlike the situation that we had in Afghanistan prior to 2002,” Harper said during a
stop in Whitehorse, Yukon, on the first full day of his annual northern tour.
“Essentially you had a terrorist group establishing control of a large territory, essentially
establishing a form of governance, and potentially using that to become a haven and a training
ground for terrorism not just in the region, but across the world.
“And that, obviously, is a very big concern for all of us.”
Harper said he agrees with U.S. President Barack Obama and others that the actions of ISIL
cannot go unchecked.
“The violence - really, just unspeakable barbarism - that is occurring now across a vast territory,
the desire to essentially commit genocide against any group of people in the region who are
different, these are shocking developments.”
Two of Canada's military cargo planes will be shuttling weapons to Kurdish forces in northern
Iraq as part of a multinational effort to fight the militants.
Earlier in the day, Harper revealed plans for a multimillion-dollar Arctic-focused National
Research Council program to explore resource development, transportation and shipping, marine
safety technologies and community infrastructure.
The federal government is spending $17 million on the program over eight years, and will be
seeking another $65 million in co-investments from industry over that same time period.
Harper, who made the announcement after a tour of Yukon College, said the program will help
bridge the gap between laboratory research and the marketplace.
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Section: News
Byline: Alex Boutilier Toronto Star
Outlet: Toronto Star
Headline: 'Barbarism' in Iraq must be addressed, Harper says
Page: A10
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the “unspeakable barbarism” of Islamic State extremists
must not go unchecked, indicating Canada may send more support to Iraq.
Speaking in Whitehorse on Thursday, Harper said that the Islamic State represents a threat to all
nations, not just Iraq, comparing it to pre-invasion Afghanistan under the Taliban.
“You have now what they're calling a caliphate, essentially an unrecognized terrorist state,
occupying a large swath of territory that goes almost all the way from Aleppo to Bagdad,”
Harper said.
Canada has already committed weapons, which have been shuttled to forces resisting the Islamic
State's advance in Iraq. Two military transport planes were scheduled to begin sending arms to
Iraq last week, crewed by 30 Canadian Armed Forces personnel.
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Section: Context
Byline: Douglas Quan
Outlet: Ottawa Citizen
Illustrations:
 Postmedia News / Source: Canadian Department Of National Defence, Royal Canadian
Mounted Police
Headline: Police defend armoured vehicles; Forces accused of 'militarism'
Page: C1 / Front
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Source: Postmedia News
Growing numbers of Canadian police agencies in recent years have added armoured vehicles to
their crime-fighting arsenals - beasts on wheels that go by such names as Thunder 1, BearCat and
Grizzly.
Several are retired military combat vehicles that have been modified and donated by the
Canadian Forces. Other police agencies have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase
custom-built armoured trucks from private specialty builders.
Scenes of heavily armed and armoured police clashing with protesters in Ferguson, Missouri,
following the shooting of an unarmed black man, have sparked discussions on both sides of the
border about the “creeping militarization” of police and accusations that they are wasting money
on “toys for boys.”
But police officials from Vancouver to New Glasgow, N.S., this week defended their
acquisitions. Even if these heavy-duty vehicles are sitting in a garage most days of the week some have not been deployed even once - they are necessary for dealing with hostile and
potentially life-threatening situations such as hostage-takings, incidents involving barricaded
gunmen or active shooters and the execution of high-risk search warrants, officials said.
RCMP policy states that armoured vehicles are to be used by emergency response team members
only during “critical incidents” and “should not be deployed or used for crowd control.”
“It doesn't seem to me like a big step toward militarization of this organization. It's just providing
the basic tool that members need to do their job and protect the public,” Byron Boucher, an
RCMP assistant commissioner, said.
He said five RCMP tactical armoured vehicles from as far as Ottawa were deployed to Moncton,
N.B., in June during the hunt for a suspect in the fatal shooting of three Mounties from the
Codiac detachment.
“We've had 41 officers killed since 1961 and 83 per cent of them have been killed by rifle or
shotgun. The fact is we still face these kinds of threats - we just faced it in Codiac - and it isn't
going to go away,” Boucher said.
Michael Spratt, an Ottawa criminal lawyer, said the money spent on purchasing and maintaining
these vehicles would be better used for crime prevention.
“These sorts of toys do put the public in danger. They do escalate conflicts. They do create sort
of an image problem for the police where they aren't our protectors but they are our oppressors,”
he said. “I'd rather have a mental health crisis worker or a social worker on the street every day
than a BearCat in the garage.”
The Department of National Defence confirmed Thursday it has donated five six-wheeled
armoured vehicles to police agencies since 2007.Police officials in New Glasgow and Windsor
said their vehicles have not been deployed in a real-world situation, but tactical officers continue
to train with them.
“It's like insurance,” New Glasgow police spokesman Const. Ken MacDonald said. “Our police
force wants to prepare for anything we may encounter.”
Besides helping shield people when dealing with armed suspects, the vehicles could be used in
natural disasters and for search and rescues, said Windsor police spokesman Sgt. Matthew D'Asti
said. “A lot of media like to call it a tank. We call it a rescue vehicle.”
Edmonton police spokesman Scott Pattison said the force doesn't use its Grizzly often because it
purchased a new armoured vehicle last year called a BATT, or Ballistic Armoured Tactical
Transport vehicle, from Michigan-based The Armored Group.
Several other Canadian police forces have purchased custombuilt armoured vehicles. In 2012,
the RCMP purchased 18 armoured trucks from Navistar Defence Canada for $14 million.
According to the RCMP website, the vehicles are equipped with gun ports, sentry hatches, a
protected observation station, an elevated ladder platform, fire detection/suppression and infrared
lighting. One of the vehicles allowed officers near Prince George, B.C., to approach a suicidal
man with a shotgun parked in an open gravel pit in late 2012, RCMP Supt. Eric Stubbs said.
Officers were able to toss him a cellphone to talk to him and the incident ended peacefully.
The Ottawa and Saskatoon police spent about $365,000 each in recent years on armoured
BearCats, from Massachusetts-based Lenco Armored Vehicles.
The Vancouver, Montreal and York Regional police, meanwhile, have each about the same
amount of money on armoured vehicles.
University of Ottawa criminologist Michael Kempa remains skeptical of the need for the military
hardware and says the public ought to scrutinize these purchases.
“Nobody has presented the evidence that would suggest this is an essential part of local
policing,” Kempa said. “How far are we going to go and for what purpose?”
BIG WHEELS
A number of Canadian police forces are bolstering their crime-fighting arsenals with heavilyarmoured military vehicles. Some are donated by the Canadian Forces, some commissioned from
private military contractors. Here are two that have gone into service:
COUGAR ARMOURED VEHICLE, GENERAL PURPOSE
The Canadian military began using the Cougar in the late 1970s, initially as a tank-training
vehicle, later deploying them with Canadian troops serving overseas as part of UN peacekeeping
missions in Croatia, Bosnia and Somalia. They were originally painted camouflage green and
equipped with a 76 mm turret-mounted cannon, machine gun and smoke-grenade launchers.
Since being donated for police use, their armaments have been removed and they have been
repainted black.
In military service: 1977-2005 In police service: Since 2010 with B.C. RCMP and since 2013
with the New Glasgow, N.S. and Windsor, Ont. police departments
Number built: 195 Original cost: $300,000 per vehicle Weight: 10.7 tonnes Length: 5.97 metres
Width: 2.5 metres Capacity: 6 people Engine: 275 hp turbo-charged diesel Top speed: 100 km/h
RCMP TACTICAL ARMOURED VEHICLE
The Tactical Armoured Vehicle is a heavily armoured truck used by the Emergency Response
Team, the RCMP's paramilitary tactical force, during high-risk situations including armed
standoffs and hostage takings. Equipped with gun ports, adjustable suspension, anti-explosive
armour and infrared night lighting, 18 TAVs were commissioned from Ottawa-based Navistar
Defence Canada and designed by RCMP engineers. In police service: Since 2012
Number built: 18 Cost: $860,000 per vehicle Features: Gun ports, sentry hatches, protected
observation station, articulating ladder and bucket, front bumper winch, first aid equipment,
infrared night lighting.
Capabilities: High ballistic and explosive protection, four-wheel drive, adjustable suspension.
Life span: About 15 years.
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Section: News
Byline: Alex Boutilier Toronto Star
Outlet: Toronto Star
Illustrations:
 Stephen Harper examines a permafrost sample at Yukon College in Whitehorse, where he
lauded the NRC's Arctic Program to develop new technology. Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN
PRESS
Headline: Research Centre working to stop future hacks; NRC was cyberattacked by a Chinesebacked agent, forcing shutdown of network
Page: A4
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
The head of the National Research Council said that an alleged hack of the agency's servers by a
Chinese “state-sponsored actor” is “unfortunate,” but reflects “the reality of the times.”
In his first public comments on the July cyberattack that shut down the agency's servers, NRC
President John McDougall said the agency's private sector partners are largely satisfied with the
steps taken to address the matter.
“We've been very open with our customers in terms of the fact that it happened,” McDougall told
reporters in Whitehorse Thursday. “With very, very few exceptions they have been quite pleased
with the responses that we've been taking to try and make sure we're safeguarding their
information.”
The agency has been tight-lipped about what the hackers were after, or how much information
they were able to access, if any. Since the attack was confirmed by the government on July 29,
an NRC spokesman has repeatedly refused interviews on the issue, citing security concerns.
While McDougall reiterated Thursday that he can't speak to specifics about the attack, he said the
important thing was NRC was “able to identify ... that we had a problem.”
“We were able to contain the problem,” McDougall said. “And we are moving forward to make
sure that it has minimal chance of happening again.”
The attack was first revealed in a news report on July 28. The attack was confirmed by the
federal chief information officer the following morning, and indicated that Ottawa believed it
was perpetrated by a “highly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored actor.”
Beijing has repeatedly denied the allegations, and Ottawa has not revealed any evidence backing
them.
The attack forced the shutdown of the NRC's network, and their isolation from the larger federal
government servers. Since the incident, NRC has been working with the Communications
Security Establishment of Canada (CSEC), the secretive federal cyber espionage agency, as well
as other law enforcement agencies and departments to address the issue.
McDougall was in Whitehorse for an event with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who began his
annual 2014 tour of Canada's North on Thursday. At an event at Yukon College, Harper
announced that NRC would commit approximately $2 million a year in support of research at the
college's Cold Climate Innovation Centre.
Harper said the NRC's new Arctic Program will help to develop and commercialize new
technologies to deal with the challenges faced by people in the territories.
“The NRC's Arctic Program will serve as a bridge between the laboratory and the marketplace,
supporting research in ... resource development, northern transportation, marine safety, and
community infrastructure,” the prime minister told a crowd of about 70 people at the college.
McDougall said NRC's $17-million contribution over the eight-year life of the partnership will
be found within the agency's existing spending portfolio. The agency hopes to leverage that
money to draw out approximately $65 million from other government departments and industry
players.
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Section: Health
Byline: CHRISTOPHER CURTIS
Outlet: Montreal Gazette
Illustrations:
 DARREN BROWN, POSTMEDIA NEWS / Veterans Steve Hartwig, left, and Jason
McKenzie, at the Canadian War Museum last week as part of a cross-Canada march to raise
awareness for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Headline: Veterans walk to raise PTSD awareness; Journey across Canada also aims to collect
funds
Page: A3
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Source: The Gazette
Steve Hartwig didn't feel normal when he came home from the war zone in the former
Yugoslavia.
His family, friends and his new life as a civilian felt alien to him. And while the battlefield was
still halfway around the world, it was as though he'd somehow taken it back to Canada.
There were flashbacks. He'd have nightmares of the exploding mine that maimed him and a
fellow Canadian peacekeeper. While walking in public, Hartwig found himself scanning rooftops
and windows for potential threats, he didn't walk on grass and was afraid of the dark.
These were instincts that kept him alive in the middle of war but they only served to isolate him
from his family at home. By 2002, 10 years after he was first wounded in combat, Hartwig
finally found a psychologist equipped to help him with his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD).
Hartwig doesn't want others to suffer as long as he did so he's walking across Canada with two
other veterans to raise awareness and money to fight PTSD. The 44-year-old veteran arrives in
Montreal Friday after a journey that has put him in contact with thousands of Canadians who
struggle to cope with PTSD every day. Since June 23, he's been walking 32 kilometres per day
and driving some parts of the trip until the team reaches St-John's, Nfld., later this summer.
“It's been overwhelming,” Hartwig says, of the welcome he and his fellow veterans have
received in cities and small towns across the country. “People come up to us, they pull over, they
walk with us, they tell us their stories. A lot of people are dealing with PTSD or know someone
that is so there's a strong connection there.”
Hartwig says he's been dealing with PTSD for more than 20 years but it was the recent rash of
suicides among Canadian veterans of the Afghan campaign that helped inspire his cross-country
trek. Between November 2013 and January 2014, nine veterans took their own lives.
The Canadian Forces and Veterans Affairs provides mental health resources to soldiers and
veterans affected by post-traumatic stress and depression - one of the many symptoms of PTSD.
Representatives of the military have also pointed out that, overall, suicide rates are actually lower
among soldiers than civilians in Canada.
However there are staggeringly high rates of depression among veterans, and the Canadian
Forces have struggled to keep a 10-yearold promise to have 450 mental health professionals on
staff. As of last December, the forces employed about 380 mental health specialists.
For his part, Hartwig says it's hard for veterans to admit they might have PTSD and actually ask
for help. But in talking to veterans across Canada, he says there's a need for more professionals,
more resources to be allocated to mental health.
“It's a bit of a conflicting battle, struggling with PTSD, being in denial of it,” he told The
Gazette. “I was in denial, for sure, in the beginning. Choosing to medicate myself with alcohol or
drugs.”
Fighting in the former Yugoslavia produced ethnic cleansing and the widescale execution of
civilians. Hartwig - a paratrooper in the Royal Westminster Regiment deployed as part of a UN
peacekeeping mission - witnessed the horrors of war and survived a near-death experience in
October 1992.
He was commanding a personnel carrier when the vehicle was rocked by an antitank mine. The
explosion sent him crashing into the carrier's ceiling, breaking his arm and fracturing the driver's
skull. It was over in just a moment, but Hartwig still deals with the psychological wounds from
that day.
“I came home, and the first time I saw my mom is when I started to realize I had something
going on,” he said. “I kind of retreated into myself.
... Having that type of experience and trying to relate it to normal, everyday people who feel safe
in their town, their home, it can be very hard. The mind is so busy, and for me, my brain was
always active and processing, so a lot of the time, I was distant.”
It wasn't until 1997 that Hartwig finally accepted help. Through contacts in the military, he
agreed to take part in a pilot project with Dr. Marvin Westwood, a University of British
Columbia psychology professor who cofounded the Veterans Transition Program.
Gradually, Hartwig was able to live a normal existence. He now has four children and teaches
youth martial arts in British Columbia. But he acknowledges that PTSD put his family through
its share of pain.
“With PTSD, there's moments of extroversion, getting out and doing things and having a normal
life,” Hartwig said. “Then there are moments of intense depression and isolation. It's that back
and forth that was so hard on my family, on my relationship with my wife, my children.”
Throughout his Canadawide walk, Hartwig says he's encountered police, paramedics and other
civilians who live with post-traumatic stress. Some have witnessed traumatic events on the job,
others have lost a child or loved one and they share their stories with Hartwig or the other
veterans.
“The way we define it for ourselves is we all have our journey,” he said. “I really believe that
everybody has their own walk, their own lonely road, their own no man's land and it's just this
process of expressing it and finding somebody to help them. Once they're there, they can walk
out on their own.”
Veterans Affairs Canada offers the Operational Stress Injury Support program, which facilitates
peer support and has created a toll-free number where veterans can call 1-800-268-7708 at any
time to reach a counsellor.
ccurtis@montrealgazette.com Twitter: titocurtis
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Section: Main
Headline: Air show performers touch down
Page: A1
Outlet: Times & Transcript (Moncton)
Byline: Tess Allen Times & Transcript
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
It only took Guillaume Paquet 13 minutes to fly to Moncton from Greenwood, N.S., yesterday in
his CT-114 Tutor, but he plans to leave spectators at this weekend's Atlantic Canada
International Air Show with memories that will last much longer.
“We had an outstanding show (Wednesday) night in Greenwood and we're definitely ready,”
said the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbird, a native of Saint-Quentin who received his training
at the Moncton Flight College.
“I'm looking forward to the performance this weekend, for sure.”
Paquet was just one of several aerial performers to roar into Metro Moncton skies over
Wednesday and yesterday, as the region gears up for the first full-fledged air show in the
community since 1979 tomorrow and Sunday.
Gary Ward flew up from Lincolnton, Ga., in his MX2.
“Its primary purpose in life is extreme aerobatics, to do the hardcore stuff. That's what it's
designed for and that's what I do with it,” said Ward of his airplane, which will perform in
Moncton this weekend after a series of shows over the last few months everywhere from
Guatemala to Vancouver.
“I'm hoping that I'm going to entertain (spectators) from start to finish.”
The show's executive director, Colin Stephenson, has no doubt he - and the many other
outstanding military and civilian performers to be featured at the Greater Moncton International
Airport this weekend - will do just that.
“When you only have a show for the first time since 1979, we really want to give them a full
package, that's the reason this is going to be such a tremendous show,” said Stephenson.
“The way the weather is looking, we're getting excited for the show.”
Along with the Snowbirds, this weekend's show will present such talents as the Canadian Forces
SkyHawks and the Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Demo Team, along with civilian performers
like aerobatic glider pilot Manfred Radius, Bill Leff Airshows, Custom NorthWing Hang Gliders
and Team Rocket Aerobatics.
The weekend will also include one of the largest static displays of any air show in the country
this year, said Stephenson.
But the entertainment won't only be aviation-inspired this weekend.
Roger LeBlanc of Moncton will attempt to break the existing 2008 world record for the longest
wheelie on UTV (utility terrain vehicle) - 1,544.97 metres (960 feet). The record is currently held
by Andy Bell of the U.S. and was filmed for the MTV show Nitro Circus.
LeBlanc, with assistance by Gilles Dupuis, Jeff Gallant, Paul Arsenault and another Roger
LeBlanc, will be doing a wheelie on a Toys for Big Boys Honda 700 Pioneer.
This weekend's show will begin with a “Twilight Teaser” performance, free to spectators, over
the Petitcodiac River this evening. It is advised that spectators be there for 8 p.m.
“To put on a night show you need a great venue - we have Riverfront Park in Downtown
Moncton,” said Stephenson in a press release.
“You need excellent night acts - we have three of the best in the world: bringing variety,
excitement and amazing effects combined with their ability to fly aerobatics at night.”
While there is no concrete schedule of events for the show as it moves to the Greater Moncton
International Airport tomorrow and Sunday, most of the performances are around 12 minutes
with a few running as long as 20 or 25 minutes.
The gates to the air show open at 10 a.m. tomorrow and Sunday, with air displays expected to
take place from roughly noon to 4 p.m. both days. Tickets are on sale at the Moncton Flight
College all week or online via tickets.airshowatlantic.ca.
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Section: Actualités
Byline: Denis Villeneuve
Outlet: Le Quotidien
Illustrations:
 A sa création, l'escadron 433 accueillait des CF-5 (photo), des avions subsoniques d'attaque au
sol. Il avait été remplacé par des CF-18 au moment de sa dissolution.
Headline: Retour possible de l'escadron 433
Page: 7
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Dateline: LA BAIE
La 3e Escadre de Bagotville pourrait faire face à une nouvelle réorganisation de ses effectifs avec le
retour possible de l'escadron 433, une unité disparue en 2005 qui pourrait renaître de ses cendres.
Selon les informations obtenues et confirmées par la direction de la base, l'état-major de la Première
division aérienne basée à Winnipeg a demandé d'analyser une réorganisation de ses effectifs afin de
répondre à des besoins nouveaux en terme de déploiement aérien. “Il a été question de ça il y a plusieurs
mois, mais c'est une chose qui est encore à l'étude. Il est question de confier des missions différentes à
l'escadron 425 qui regroupe les chasseurs CF-18”, a déclaré Éric Gagnon, porte-parole de la base.
Interrogé afin de savoir si le nouvel escadron devrait signifier l'ajout obligatoire de 24 nouveaux
chasseurs CF-18, M. Gagnon a déclaré que ce n'est pas nécessairement le cas puisqu'un escadron peut
regrouper un nombre différent d'avions. “Certains besoins ont été identifiés faisant en sorte que le retour
de l'escadron 433 pourrait être nécessaire. On nous demande de regarder ça et comment ça pourrait se
réaliser”, ajoute M. Gagnon.
Soulignons que la présence de l'escadron 433 a marqué la petite histoire de la base de Bagotville.
C'est en 1961 et 1962 qu'a débuté une ère nouvelle pour la base de Bagotville avec l'arrivée de
l'escadron 416 le 31 décembre 1961 et ses nouveaux chasseurs CF-101 Voodoo. L'escadron 416 sera
déménagé à la base de Chatham en 1962 et remplacé par l'escadron 425 (Alouettes), né lors de la
Deuxième Guerre mondiale, lui aussi équipé de Voodoo. C'est en 1969 que l'escadron 433 “Porc-épic”
s'installe à Bagotville avec ses avions d'attaque au sol CF-5 Freedom Fighter, un appareil de fabrication
canadienne.
A l'été 2005, les escadrons 425 et 433, qui comptaient alors tous les deux des CF-18, sont fusionnés afin
de mieux répondre aux objectifs de la nouvelle politique de défense visant à faire de la 3e Escadre une
force expéditionnaire.
L'unité regroupée conserve le nom d'escadron 425. Les couleurs de l'escadron 433 sont retirées le 15
juillet 2005 au cours d'une cérémonie officielle. Avec plus de 1600 employés, militaires et civils, la base
de Bagotville est l'un des plus importants employeurs de la région.
Dvilleneuve@lequotidien.com
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Section: Actualités
Headline: Hommage aux militaires
Page: 6 / FRONT
Outlet: Le Quotidien
Byline: Johanne Saint-Pierre
Date: Friday 22 August 2014
Dateline: LA BAIE
La Fondation de l'hôpital de La Baie a profité de sa 23e campagne de financement pour rendre un
hommage particulier au précieux partenaire qu'est la communauté militaire de la Base de Bagotville.
L'occasion était belle puisque son commandant, le colonel Sylvain Ménard, assume la présidence
d'honneur de cette souscription, et qu'en prime, 2014 commémore plusieurs grands moments associés à
l'histoire militaire, dont les 100 ans de la Première Guerre mondiale, le 90e anniversaire de l'Aviation
royale canadienne et le 72e anniversaire de la BFC de Bagotville.
Pour ce faire, l'organisme a demandé à deux artistes réputés de La Baie, Victor Dallaire et Giuseppe
Benedetto, d'unir leur talent pour créer une oeuvre unique à partir des matériaux régionaux que sont le
bois et l'aluminium. Le fruit de leur collaboration a été dévoilé hier, à l'occasion d'un 5 à 7 où étaient
invitées des personnalités politiques. L'événement réunissait des militaires de tous horizons, soit de la
base Bagotville, de la Réserve navale et du Régiment du Saguenay.
Cette sculpture se voulait une marque de reconnaissance et d'appréciation tangible de la communauté
militaire. “ On connaît tous l'impact de la communauté militaire sur la région, non seulement sur le plan
économique, mais aussi sur le plan culturel, caritatif et social. On sait que les militaires nous ont toujours
aidés lorsque nous en avons eu besoin. On n'a qu'à penser au déluge, à la fermeture du pont Dubuc, etc.
“, explique Jean-Marc Dufour, coprésident du comité d'organisation de la campagne de financement. “
C'est la première fois que ça se fait et c'était le temps que ça se fasse, a poursuivi M. Dufour, qui
souhaite que cette oeuvre témoigne de la place, de l'importance et de la contribution de la communauté
militaire dans l'histoire régionale. Cette réalité est trop souvent oubliée. (...) C'est (maintenant) à notre
tour de démontrer notre appui “, a-t-il ajouté.
De son côté, le commandant Ménard a tenu à remercier toutes les partenaires de cette levée de fond,
dont Rio Tinto Alcan, les Caisses populaires Desjardins, Sunwing, Hydro-Québec, les dirigeants de la
Fondation, les artistes qui ont fait don d'une toile, ainsi que tous les bénévoles et militaires qui ont
participé aux diverses activités.
“ Je suis sincèrement honoré d'avoir été approché par le président de la Fondation afin de prendre la
responsabilité de la campagne de financement pour l'hôpital de La Baie “, a indiqué celui qui a
rapidement accepté la mission, notamment en raison des liens étroits qui unissent la base à la
communauté baieriveraine.
Soulignons que 72 quatuors prendront le départ du tournoi de golf de la Fondation qui se tient
aujourd'hui, au club Port-Alfred de La Baie. L'objectif visait à dépasser le montant de 107 000 $ amassé
en 2013. Le résultat de leur effort sera dévoilé ce soir, au Vieux-Théâtre de La Baie.
Jstpierre@lequotidien.com
A LA UNE
Les artistes Giuseppe Benedetto et Victor Dallaire ont présenté leur oeuvre entourés de Jean-Marc
Dufour et du commandant de la Base de Bagotville, Sylvain Ménard, coprésidents d'honneur de la
campagne de souscription de la Fondation de l'hôpital de La Baie, ainsi que Gilles Gagnon, président de
la fondation
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