Canada can’t afford to squander chance for rare Indo-Pacific role with AUKUS, say analysts
Although AUKUS is holding consultations with Canada to find areas to collaborate on advanced technology information sharing, it has yet to signal if it will welcome new members.
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 military gutted by politics
The CAF has steadily withered on the vine under successive Liberal and Conservative governments.
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.
Time to admit the obvious: the CAF’s status quo isn’t working
The solution to the military’s woes will only come from senior leadership convincing the Liberal government of just how dire the circumstances currently are.
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.
Canada’s next submarine fleet likely to be foreign built as Navy faces timeline crunch, say defence experts
Canada faces a tight deadline to replace its aging fleet of submarines before it risks losing the crucial naval capability.
Feds’ rush vehicle purchase will do little to boost CAF’s battle readiness
Has no one in National Defence headquarters been watching the conflict in Ukraine for the past two years?
Defence spending push to reach NATO target coming in fall from business advocacy groups
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in July that Canada ‘fully expects’ to reach a spending target of two per cent of GDP on defence by 2032, but critics say the announcement ‘lacks any substance.’ It’s expected the government will be lobbied hard on this in the fall.
Let’s get creative: CAF can’t keep picking up emergency response shortfall
Given the reality of climate change, the demand for federal disaster assistance will only increase. The answer cannot always be ‘send in the military.’
