Canada’s defence spending: the free ride is over
Building defence industrial capacity at home, and supporting Canadian firms to export that expertise to the world must become a strategic priority rather than an afterthought.
Appeasing Donald Trump with defence dollars
Many of the hawkish pundits are self-flagellating in anticipation of facing Trump’s wrath, but we need to look at the situation from a detached perspective.
The new look of remembrance
The modern veteran has very few fellow Canadians who fully understand the horrors they have seen.
Canada is a butter—not a gun—nation
Instead of being a NATO member, Canada should join the Partnership for Peace program.
DND access-to-info woes persist as compliance with law drops, backlog grows
For the third straight year, the Department of National Defence is going the wrong way when it comes to respecting access-to-information laws and timelines.
The sad saga of Afghan-Canadian military advisers
Veterans’ benefits have improved considerably in recent decades, but not all Canadians sent into war zones are treated equally.
CAF’s fear of publicity shouldn’t trump justice
Kristen Adams’ courage has exposed how the military’s fear of media coverage overrode its sense of responsibility to its employees.
Poor procurement won’t keep our soldiers warm at night
Army personnel are being left out in the cold after new sleeping bags fail to live up to the standards of their 1960s predecessors.
No matter how you slice it, the military’s numbers don’t add up
Without an immediate course change, the Canadian Armed Forces is hurtling towards an existential, tragic end.
Submarine saga could turn into ‘sellers beware’
One would have to caution those potential bidders that in dealing with the Canadian government it will be a case of ‘sellers beware’ rather than ‘buyers beware.’
