Stopping the CAF ‘death spiral’
The Liberal government should put out the call for former service members to return to duty on an emergency call-up basis to enrol and train the new admissions.
Military revisiting beartrap necessity as feds explore Arctic ship chopper capabilities
The initial decision to not include the securing device on the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships limits the ability for big helicopters to be operational at sea.
The Canadian Armed Forces’ bloated head
As the bottom falls out of the CAF at the rank-and-file level, the top offices remain filled to the brim.
The Canadian Armed Forces’ disappearing act
Ongoing operational readiness issues are keeping Canada’s soldiers from participating in key training and promotional activities.
Does Canada really need the CF-35 Joint Strike Fighter?
With Trudeau’s Liberals dropping in the polls, maybe it is not too late to bring out their old campaign promise to axe the F-35 contract if elected again?
Canada’s military procurement: a laundry list of broken promises
Only a foolish military analyst would hail the recent defence policy update as a solid building block upon which to rebuild our badly depleted CAF.
Canada’s updated defence policy muted on UN peacekeeping as historic low contributions persist
Observers are expressing growing doubt over whether Canada will ever deploy the quick reaction force pledged in 2017.
Seeing will be believing with Canada’s defence policy update
Perhaps the most important detail to remember is that this is a projected 20-year plan, which is unlikely to survive any change in government.
Feds pledge faster and better defence procurement strategy, but experts say it all comes down to execution
The April 8 policy update acknowledged that ‘defence procurement takes too long in Canada and needs to be faster and more effective,’ but the initial steps outlined to fix things were met with mixed reviews.
As feds announce billions in new defence funding, opposition MPs pan backloaded plan that misses 2 per cent NATO target
Only 11 per cent of the new money announced in the much-anticipated defence policy update will be doled out in the first five years of the 20-year plan.
