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- ↑ By-election in Spadina to Tories’ advantage, Trudeau tells Commons, by Marina Strauss, The Globe and Mail, July 4, 1981.
- ↑ Out of their depth in Africa, by Carol Goar, Toronto Star, February 23, 2007.
- ↑ Senator calls Afghan president Karzai a 'stooge' Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine by Mike Blanchfield, CanWest News Service (reprinted by the Saskatchewan Star Phoenix), May 30, 2006.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, May 29, 2006.
- ↑ Senator slams sparse Canadian military presence in Africa, CBC News, September 26, 2006.
- ↑ Africa not 'sexy' enough for military: senator [ dead link ], Canadian Press (reprinted by CTV News), September 27, 2006.