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.
Trumped again
For President Donald Trump to question Canada’s military resolve is an insult to the sacrifices which were made in support of the U.S.
Are cracks forming in Canada’s military relationship with America?
Underinvestment in Canada’s defence has produced an overreliance on the U.S. military that will be hard to break, say national security observers.
Casting a wider recruiting net
Why is the CAF trying to fix a problem that does not exist instead of addressing the issue of a lack of trainers in the system?
