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A New Grand Canadian Army – WTF…

Published by Ryan Flannagan on January 22, 2026

Canada’s Proposed 300,000 Citizen Army is Dead on Arrival The big news from the past month is the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) cockamamie plan to create a citizen reserve force of 300,000 “soldiers”. What are the details? Well, according to this Murray Brewster of the CBC, a new unit is being drawn up in the CAF with the “daunting mission of delivering 100,000 reserve soldiers and an additional 300,000 citizen soldiers in a supplementary reserve…” That would be on top of an…

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Canada: We Must Grow Our Indepdence From a Mecurial United States

Published by Ryan Flannagan on January 22, 2026

A Patriot Author’s Recommendations to Sort Canada Out (Post Carney Davos Speech) Further to Mr. Carney’s January 20 speech in Davos, I re-read this piece I wrote several weeks ago. I’m struck by the similarities between what Carney said and what’s below. That Carney’s speech so closely reflects what is below goes to show how much he nailed the moment yesterday in Davos. If I’m a centre-right Canadian, and the PM and I are singing from the same hymn book,…

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Review of Civil War, The Movie (2024)

Published by Ryan Flannagan on May 8, 2024

Since I write books about the United States’ second Civil War, I feel like I should write a review about the movie Civil War, which got its full release on April 14. I saw it last night and in a word, it was a terrific movie. For those of you who don’t know about the movie or who know a little about it, the scene that sets the background for the movie is a civil war that’s taking place in…

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Should Canada Join AUKUS?

Published by Ryan Flannagan on September 12, 2023

The Quick Answer is No. Let’s start off by answering the question of what is AUKUS? First, AUKUS stands for Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. As best I can understand, AUKUS is a three-country defence pact that proposes the involved countries work together closely on several defence-related issues in the Pacific region, including the transfer of technology that would allow Australia to acquire nuclear submarines (henceforth to called SSN = Submersible Ship Nuclear). It’s this last point…

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What Capabilities Should the CAF Go Without?

What Capabilities Should the CAF Go Without?

Published by Ryan Flannagan on February 9, 2023

I recently listened to a podcast where Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff talked about the future of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). As things tend to go with senior leaders from any large governmental organization, it was a guarded talk. There was however one thing I seized on from the General’s remarks. Specifically, on two occasions, he indicated that the CAF would have to choose capabilities (current or future) that it wouldn’t be able to take on. The comment got…

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Americans: Why do you put up with Canada’s defence spending?

Americans: Why do you put up with Canada’s defence spending?

Published by Ryan Flannagan on June 29, 2022

I’ve now had just over 800 people download my first two novels. To my surprise, the majority of my readers indicate they’re from the United States. This being the case, I thought I would write this blog post as an open letter to my American readership.  And what am I writing to my American readers about? Just this – Why in the name of whatever you believe in do you tolerate countries like Canada spending virtually nothing on its own…

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Top 3 Books To Set You Up For Success

Published by Ryan Flannagan on May 5, 2022

No Matter How Hard Life Gets At any given moment in time, life can suck. We all have bad spells. For some of us, it’s a bad day, for others it’s several years.   I can tell you that for the past two years, my own life has been particularly challenging. Perhaps the toughest two years of my life. Health issues, an extraordinary professional challenge, a new job, the selling and buying of houses, and the moving of a family…

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