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Canada’s new border security plan: Where’s the people?
December 20, 2024

Canada’s new border security plan: Where’s the people?

$1.3 billion is a lot of money, but it’s nothing more than a good start. I watched the...

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The expansion of the federal firearms ban
December 06, 2024

The expansion of the federal firearms ban

Here we go again…. Thursday’s announcement by the Liberal government to expand their 2020 list of banned firearms...

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Are Canada’s Crime Rates Surpassing U.S.A.’s?
December 04, 2024

Are Canada’s Crime Rates Surpassing U.S.A.’s?

I don’t buy it. A recent Fraser Institute report claims that homicide rates aside, Canada’s crime rates in...

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Is Canada’s border security apparatus broken?
November 29, 2024

Is Canada’s border security apparatus broken?

In a nutshell, yes. I, and many others, have opined for several years that Canada needs to tighten...

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Donald J. Trump: Leader or Boss? (repost from 2017)
November 23, 2024

Donald J. Trump: Leader or Boss? (repost from...

Reposted from July 2017 – WHAT HAS CHANGED? I, like millions of others across North America, watched the...

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The downhill slide of true leadership in politics on both sides of the 49th parallel
November 23, 2024

The downhill slide of true leadership in politics...

Reposted from Feb. 2020 My July 2017 article “Donald J. Trump: Leader or Boss?” https://www.lighthouseleadershipservices.com/post/donald-j-trump-leader-or-boss, expresses my then...

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Promotional processes in police services: We need to promote LEADERS!
November 07, 2024

Promotional processes in police services: We need to...

Focusing on knowledge of policy isn’t the answer During my law enforcement career, I always struggled with our...

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Some emergency response employees are exposed to Operational AND Organizational Trauma
November 03, 2024

Some emergency response employees are exposed to Operational...

Cover photo from www.tcsupfitting.com In the emergency response context, there has been much discussion and research over the past...

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Make change for the right reasons
September 16, 2024

Make change for the right reasons

Sometimes wholesale change isn’t necessary I recently heard of an incident in a police service where an individual...

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