Bourque NewsWatch is the Canadian answer to Drudge--tons of mostly Canadian media links, plus toadys insider political info.

Rick's right about the National Post, the absolutely worst of Conrad Black's many publications. One that you might try though is the Ottawa Citizen, which although a Southam (=Black) paper publishes a wide spectrum of opinions, some of which occasionally make sense.

CBC radio replayed an earlier interview with Dallaire about Rwanda this morning. He sure sounded depressed.

The Canadian military is confused as to its primary mission, mainly because we have a kind of national ambivalence about it. Are they for defense of our borders (against whom?), international goodwill efforts, domestic search and rescue, or what? None of these missions can claim enough support that they get adequate funding for equipment and training, and the military has rolled itself into a myopic, defensive bureaucratic culture which is mostly notable for throwing to the wolves any member who dares to try to improve things.

Sad, true though.

W-O