Federal election brings new crop of defence promises to break
Both governing parties have a proven track record of neglecting Canada’s national defence and veterans.
There goes the neighbourhood
If our old relationship with the U.S. ‘is over,’ then we can learn from our southernmost neighbour how to be creative in rethinking what constitutes defence spending in Canada.
This isn’t the ‘Whisky War’: in defence of Greenland and Denmark
We cannot sit back as the Trump administration bullies Denmark into submission with false claims of neglected defence.
Leadership and risk tolerance stymie fixing CAF recruitment, retention
A more flexible, learning-oriented leadership approach could help the Armed Forces remain attractive and effective in an increasingly complex security environment.
Defence pledges have unprecedented electoral spotlight, but more ambition may be needed to match allies: experts
‘We seem to be catching up on the old conversation just as it’s on the cusp of changing,’ says defence expert David Perry on the consensus building towards two per cent defence spending.
Will the F-35 become a casualty as Trump’s trade war widens?
The U.S. president badgering Canada into spending more on American defence technology under threat of economic punishment does not sit well with most patriotic Canadians.
Does the military have room to get its elbows up?
Sadly for patriotic Canadians, the majority of the military hardware that the government does purchase is from American defence companies.
Cancelling the F-35 deal would be ‘cutting our nose off to spite our face,’ says former senior military official
A former chief of the defence staff says ‘the ramifications of cancelling the F-35 purchase threatens to hurt Canada more than it would hurt the U.S.’
Another major procurement project FUBAR
Buried in the fine print of the Canadian Surface Combatant announcement was the fact that the total cost to build these three warships is expected to be a whopping $22.2-billion.
U.S. pressure ‘lighting a fire’ under Ottawa to get major defence procurement projects moving, says expert, as trade war escalates
Amid the tariff tiff with the U.S., ‘there’s a sudden realization that…Canada may actually be on its own,’ which may be speeding things up, says Adam Lajeunesse.
