Nic Boisvert

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Nic Boisvert is a former public servant with an interest in defence who writes for the Council for Canadian Security in the 21st Century. Free use of these papers is encouraged provided reference is made to the CCS21 and its Web site— www.ccs21.org.

2005:

  • It’s the Relationship, Stupid
  • It’s Time to Consider National Service
  • Breaking the Procurement Logjam
  • Canada Command – “We have Seen the Enemy and It Is Us.”,
  • Managing the Capability Gap, August 5, 2005 (PDF)
  • The Return to Kandahar – Are We Up to It?, July 12, 2005 (PDF)
  • Politics By Other Means, June 1, 2005 (PDF)
  • Defence Policy Statement – Worth the Wait
  • Ottawa Time Warp (II) – Cold War Nostalgia
  • Bold Talk – But Can We Bank On It?, March 1, 2005 (PDF)
  • The Canadian Forces in the 21st Century: A Sentimental Military, February 1, 2005 (PDF)
  • DARTS and Laurels, January 5, 2005 (PDF)

2004:

  • The Missed Opportunities of a Kerry Presidency?
  • Calling the Government’s Arctic Bluff
  • Jeeps, Then Helos, Now Subs — What Makes this Time Different?, October 14, 2004 (PDF)
  • The Ottawa Time Warp
  • It’s Time for the Review to Go Public, July 22, 2004 (PDF)
  • So We Survived the Election
  • Of Boy Scouts & Carriers: Competing Views of Defence, June 11, 2004 (PDF)
  • Paul Martin’s Suez Moment?, May 3, 2004 (PDF)
  • “The Core Responsibility of Any Government … “, April 5, 2004 (PDF)
  • Here We Go Again to Haiti
  • It Must Depend on Your Definition of “Major”, February 10, 2004 (PDF)
  • Building New Defence Relationships

2003:

  • Changing the Guard at NDHQ, December 1, 2003 (PDF)
  • If You’re REALLY Serious About Army Transformation
  • The Consequences of Empty Rhetoric, October 1, 2003 (PDF)
  • Connecting the Dots: The Carrier Option, The Chretien Doctrine, and Transformation of the Canadian Forces
  • The Carrier Option
  • Canada and the Transformation of NATO, June 16, 2003 (PDF)
  • “Transformation” – What’s the Point?
  • Question of Confidence, April 1, 2003 (PDF)
  • Today’s Lesson – Civil Control of the Military
  • Getting Joint Right
  • The Canadian Forces Needs a New Strategy

2002:

  • It’s Health AND Safety – Get it? Now Grow Up, December 20, 2002  (PDF)