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SCOTT TAYLOR
by Slider Mon 19 Aug 2019, 10:10 am
Armed Forces amend policy, once again
Published: Aug 19, 2019
Published: Aug 19, 2019
A new Canadian Armed Forces’ policy states that tattoos are now only prohibited on the face and the scalp. Members can request an accommodation if they have, or intend to have, cultural or religious-based tattoos on the face and scalp. CPL. JEAN ARCHAMBAULT
What started out as an almost comical, albeit embarrassing incident in Halifax has led the Canadian Armed Forces to once again amend their policy on individual service members’ deportment.
This whole saga began last June in a Tim Hortons outlet when a member of the Royal Canadian Navy was observed displaying a contentious tattoo on his right forearm. An offended civilian patron quick-wittedly snapped a photo of the tattoo, which had the word “infidel” graphically altered into the shape of an assault rifle.
As the sailor was in work dress uniform, complete with a ball cap displaying the name of the ship to which he was assigned, it did not require the detective skills of Sherlock Holmes to identify the culprit once the images were made public.
The sailor was questioned by his superiors as to the symbolic meaning of his inked image. According to the official navy response, the sailor meant no offence to any religion or culture. However, in light of the commotion caused by the social media coverage of this incident, the sailor has agreed to tattoo over the contentious image at his own expense.
So case closed: Chalk another one up to the fact that the Canadian Armed Forces are an organization composed of fallible human beings capable of poor judgment on occasion?
Not so fast. Although they insist that the timing is purely coincidental — and definitely not in response to the Tim Hortons incident — the Forces have just brought in a whole series of new directives regarding tattoos.
The new guidelines were issued Aug. 12 by the office of Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff. Military members were warned that anything considered sexually explicit, discriminatory, racist, extremist, homophobic, misogynistic, sexist or evidence of membership in a criminal organization should not be permanently tattooed on their bodies.
The new policy also makes a point of stating that tattoos are forbidden on the face and neck. However, members are allowed to request special consideration if they wish to have their face or scalp tattooed for religious or cultural reasons.
I am blissfully unaware of any religion or culture that requires a face tattoo, but I assume in their efforts to embrace inclusion, Forces policy planners felt it prudent to include that particular clause.
As an institution, the Forces have been grappling to deal with widespread sexual misconduct throughout the ranks. In 2015, Vance announced the implementation of Operation Honour as a concentrated effort to eliminate such misconduct.
As such, it would be surprising if anyone in uniform would be so unaware of the career consequences of getting a sexist image or slogan tattooed anywhere on their person.
However, the real concern lies with images that could be associated with criminal organizations such as motorcycle gangs and, more alarmingly, white supremacist groups.
Military intelligence officials report that at least 30 Forces members were discovered to have been associated with hate groups in the past year.
Forbidding such members from displaying symbolic tattoos will prevent future embarrassment for the institution, but it does not remove the criminals or white supremacists from the military.
Maybe policy makers should have taken the opposite tack when dealing with tattoos. If members harbour such deep sentiments regarding sexism or racism that they wish to permanently brand themselves with a vulgar message, that says a lot about their true character.
Instead of ordering members to cover over offensive images, why not use these symbols to identify personality disorders? I’m not saying that any service member with a questionable tattoo be discharged, but it is safe to say that if someone is sporting “the Mayor of Boobtown” on his forearm, he might need a little counselling regarding sexism in the workplace.
Symbols of racism, criminal entities or white supremacy, on the other hand, have absolutely no place on those who wear the uniform in defence of Canadian values.
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Re: SCOTT TAYLOR
by Terrarium Mon 26 Aug 2019, 12:57 pm
Sexual misconduct in CAF on a steady decline - report
Scott Taylor
Published: Aug 26, 2019
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/national-perspectives/scott-taylor-sexual-misconduct-in-caf-on-a-steady-decline-report-345157/
Scott Taylor
Published: Aug 26, 2019
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/national-perspectives/scott-taylor-sexual-misconduct-in-caf-on-a-steady-decline-report-345157/
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Re: SCOTT TAYLOR
by Rekert Tue 03 Sep 2019, 2:54 pm
‘A plethora of unanswered questions’
Scott Taylor
Published: Sept 3, 2019
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Re: SCOTT TAYLOR
by Ranger Tue 22 Oct 2019, 5:52 pm
SCOTT TAYLOR: Parties ignored foreign policy during campaign
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Re: SCOTT TAYLOR
by Falcon Mon 18 Nov 2019, 9:01 am
Don Cherry just as divisive among veterans
11.18.2019
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/national-perspectives/scott-taylor-cherry-just-as-divisive-among-veterans-376706/
11.18.2019
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/national-perspectives/scott-taylor-cherry-just-as-divisive-among-veterans-376706/
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Re: SCOTT TAYLOR
by Silversun Mon 09 Dec 2019, 4:24 pm
SCOTT TAYLOR: Canada maintains leading role in NATO, despite Trump's grumbling
12.09.2019
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/local-perspectives/scott-taylor-canada-maintains-leading-role-in-nato-despite-trumps-grumbling-385848/
12.09.2019
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/local-perspectives/scott-taylor-canada-maintains-leading-role-in-nato-despite-trumps-grumbling-385848/
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Re: SCOTT TAYLOR
by Oliver Tue 27 Oct 2020, 8:53 am
Canadian military's public affairs branch has weaponized itself into self-destruction
Oct 27. 2020
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Re: SCOTT TAYLOR
by Rockarm Tue 29 Dec 2020, 9:01 am
One racist in the Canadian Armed Forces is too many
Updated Dec 29. 2020
Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s Minister of National Defence, has created a panel to root out hatemongers and bigots in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Re: SCOTT TAYLOR
by Spider Tue 04 Jan 2022, 10:00 am
SCOTT TAYLOR
We are now into a brand New Year and despite the fact that it is simply another entry on our calendars, hope springs eternal that this annual marker will be a harbinger of a brighter future.
It is also always a milestone wherein we pause to reflect on the recent past and plot out a new set of resolutions with every intention of, this time, keeping them.
The Canadian Armed Forces are starting out 2022 with newly minted Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, and I think it is a safe bet to say that as an organization they are collectively eager to consign the sexual misconduct scandals of 2021 to the dustbin of history.
Looking forward, there is ever increasing sabre rattling with Russia over the Ukraine. As international tensions mount and the political brinksmanship intensifies, Canadians should be reminded that we presently have a forward deployed battle group of about 650 soldiers based in Latvia. Were hostilities to erupt in eastern Ukraine with a Russian military incursion and NATO in turn vowing intervention, the Latvian based battle group would be placed in danger of being engulfed in an escalation of conventional warfare.
However, as Russia possesses a hefty nuclear arsenal and have threatened to employ it if cornered, one has to believe that calmer heads must soon prevail.
What this pandemic period has illustrated to Canadians is that there are different domestic threats to our citizens which have proven far more real than foreign military forces potentially redrawing the map of Europe. The CAF’s quick response to assist in civilian long term care facilities during the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak, the RCAF’s international repatriation flights for stranded travelers, and military assistance in the wake of climate-change natural disasters in western Canada were all immensely popular with the Canadian public.
That was the face of the Canadian military of which the average citizen could take note and thereby appreciate those selfless services provided by our men and women in uniform. Unfortunately, this crisis also served to illustrate that the CAF has very limited resources dedicated to such domestic relief operations. The medical personnel in uniform are in theory sufficient in numbers to administer care to fellow service members with a slight emergency surge capacity.
As for deploying combat troops to flood zones or forest fires, the optics of having them drive around in Light Armoured Vehicles may put a very military imprint on published images but the truth be told there are far more capable civilian logistics vehicles that are not coated in armour.
As we (hopefully) begin to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us from a public health perspective, the pressure will soon mount on the Trudeau minority government to start reigning in the burgeoning debt load that this two year economic implosion has created. With inflation spiraling and threatening to boost bank interest rates, those hundreds of billions of dollars which the federal government borrowed to cover the price tag of dealing with COVID will now suddenly become very costly to manage.
I think this inevitable future budget belt tightening by the federal government could lead to a healthy public debate about where Canadian citizens want to see their tax dollars spent when it comes to the defence of this nation.
For instance, the Russian air force utilizes its massive Antonov strategic airlift planes to fight forest fires. In such a mission, the aircraft are equipped to carry and drop fire retardant. The RCAF presently has five C-17 strategic airlift planes yet none of them were converted for such a dual purpose use.
I think that moving forward, future Canadian defence policies and procurements need to be based upon a wider range of threats than simply military threats. We cannot afford to not do so.
Looking ahead to what 2022 means for the Canadian Forces
Posted Jan 04. 2022
Posted Jan 04. 2022
We are now into a brand New Year and despite the fact that it is simply another entry on our calendars, hope springs eternal that this annual marker will be a harbinger of a brighter future.
It is also always a milestone wherein we pause to reflect on the recent past and plot out a new set of resolutions with every intention of, this time, keeping them.
The Canadian Armed Forces are starting out 2022 with newly minted Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, and I think it is a safe bet to say that as an organization they are collectively eager to consign the sexual misconduct scandals of 2021 to the dustbin of history.
Looking forward, there is ever increasing sabre rattling with Russia over the Ukraine. As international tensions mount and the political brinksmanship intensifies, Canadians should be reminded that we presently have a forward deployed battle group of about 650 soldiers based in Latvia. Were hostilities to erupt in eastern Ukraine with a Russian military incursion and NATO in turn vowing intervention, the Latvian based battle group would be placed in danger of being engulfed in an escalation of conventional warfare.
However, as Russia possesses a hefty nuclear arsenal and have threatened to employ it if cornered, one has to believe that calmer heads must soon prevail.
What this pandemic period has illustrated to Canadians is that there are different domestic threats to our citizens which have proven far more real than foreign military forces potentially redrawing the map of Europe. The CAF’s quick response to assist in civilian long term care facilities during the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak, the RCAF’s international repatriation flights for stranded travelers, and military assistance in the wake of climate-change natural disasters in western Canada were all immensely popular with the Canadian public.
That was the face of the Canadian military of which the average citizen could take note and thereby appreciate those selfless services provided by our men and women in uniform. Unfortunately, this crisis also served to illustrate that the CAF has very limited resources dedicated to such domestic relief operations. The medical personnel in uniform are in theory sufficient in numbers to administer care to fellow service members with a slight emergency surge capacity.
As for deploying combat troops to flood zones or forest fires, the optics of having them drive around in Light Armoured Vehicles may put a very military imprint on published images but the truth be told there are far more capable civilian logistics vehicles that are not coated in armour.
As we (hopefully) begin to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us from a public health perspective, the pressure will soon mount on the Trudeau minority government to start reigning in the burgeoning debt load that this two year economic implosion has created. With inflation spiraling and threatening to boost bank interest rates, those hundreds of billions of dollars which the federal government borrowed to cover the price tag of dealing with COVID will now suddenly become very costly to manage.
I think this inevitable future budget belt tightening by the federal government could lead to a healthy public debate about where Canadian citizens want to see their tax dollars spent when it comes to the defence of this nation.
For instance, the Russian air force utilizes its massive Antonov strategic airlift planes to fight forest fires. In such a mission, the aircraft are equipped to carry and drop fire retardant. The RCAF presently has five C-17 strategic airlift planes yet none of them were converted for such a dual purpose use.
I think that moving forward, future Canadian defence policies and procurements need to be based upon a wider range of threats than simply military threats. We cannot afford to not do so.
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