Since the beginning of Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine, I have been out of step with my neighbours here in Toronto. I was aware of the American-led coup that ousted the democratically-elected president (Yanukovych) of Ukraine in 2014 and replaced him with a string of anti-Russian puppets. (For his Read more…
In 2014, Anne-Laure Bonnel, living in Paris, heard a speech by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The population of Ukraine is split between ethnic Ukrainians and ethnic Russians. President Poroshenko is here addressing the Ukrainian-speaking population about the Russian-speakers. Poroshenko is describing his vision for Ukraine. He is speaking on behalf Read more…
When the USSR disintegrated in 1989, NATO lost its raison d’être. NATO had been a military alliance whose mission was the defence of the Western world from Soviet aggression. It had been established in 1949. The Canadian government had been involved in its creation with no input from, nor consultation Read more…