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Opinion REDMAN: Needed, a government that takes defence seriously (Western Standard)


For a time in the 2010s, it looked like Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government was committed to investing in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF.) In 2017, as part of a major foreign policy statement, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, announced a new defence policy: “Strong, Secure, Engaged”. Canada was to be strong at home, secure in North America and engaged in the world ...

... The CAF, as it stands today, is a depleted, demoralized and nearly shattered force. The neglect and deterioration, which I explored in Part I of this series, is unforgivable. But it’s not irreversible.

How should Canada begin to rebuild the CAF? ...

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