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Monday, January 6, 2025
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The Three Stooges of Canadian defence

The federal government, military brass, and the defence industry are all pointing in different directions when asked for the path forward on our Armed Forces’ readiness.

Preparing to fight the previous war

The equipment and artillery we’re using have no place on a modern battlefield, as witnessed by the ongoing near-peer conflict in Ukraine.

Canada’s combat cupboard is empty

Meanwhile, we’re aiming to ramp up artillery shell production sometime next fall, and our battle group in Latvia is going to freeze their asses off in dune buggies during a cold, damp Baltic winter.

The Canadian Armed Forces: early quitters?

For Canada to be dismissed as an ‘early quitter’ by a former Australian prime minister might sting somewhat if those allies who continued the fight in Afghanistan had delivered an eventual victory.