John Robson: Beware the Governmental Word ‘Continue’

Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Rankin during a maritime exercise in Darwin, Australia, on Sept. 5, 2021. The latest salvo in a barrage of stories about Canadian military unpreparedness is that because we’re not in the tripartite Australia-UK-U.S. AUKUS treaty we are missing out on vital discussions of cyberwarfare, writes John Robson. POIS Yuri Ramsey/Australian Defence Force via Getty Images

Commentary

The latest salvo in a barrage of stories about Canadian military unpreparedness is that because we’re not in the tripartite Australia-UK-U.S. AUKUS treaty we are missing out on vital discussions of cyberwarfare. It’s a serious matter indeed. But in discussing it I want to focus on spin rather than substance.