Meet The Right-Wing Think Tank Driving Canadian Policy Toward War
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By Yves Engler
HuffPost Canada
A registered “charity” with buckets of donations from arms manufacturers and other corporate sources is aggressively trying to push Canadian foreign policy further towards militarism and the use of violence.
And the right-wing Canadian Global Affairs Institute seems to be growing in influence, or at least media prominence.
Since last month’s federal budget, senior CGAI analyst David Perry has been quoted throughout the media arguing for increased military spending.
“I’m stunned this budget is actually taking money away from the military and pretending to give it back several decades in the future,” Perry told CBC.
In its reports, conferences and commentary, the Calgary-based institute promotes aggressive, militarist positions. In the ...