Does Canada need to buy new fighter jets? Yes: Richard Shimooka in the Toronto Star
The security challenges and needs facing Canada are quite visible to even casual observers of the news today. We ignore it at our...
A new approach to military accountability: Christian Leuprecht in the Hill Times
Governments exhibit a common pattern when confronted with harmful institutional culture: they appoint a new leader and commission an outside study. Yet this...
Canada should remain in the arms business, but tighten the rules: New MLI Commentary
OTTAWA, ON (May 14, 2021): Recent calls to limit Canada’s defence exports ignore important realities, including the major contribution our domestic arms industry...
The lessons Canada's military didn't learn from the Somalia inquiry: Richard Shimooka in the National Post
The sexual misconduct crisis now facing the Forces points to broader systemic issues the Somalia inquiry tried, and failed, to address, writes Richard...
Military efforts at home are increasingly the norm. A Joint Task Force Canada is the next logical step: Christian Leuprecht in the Globe and Mail
Evidently, domestic operations are no longer a part-time sideshow, yet the CAF still responds to emergencies with pick-up teams, writes Christian Leuprecht in...
The Decline of Canada’s Defence Aviation industry: Richard Shimooka in the Hill Times
If the government is serious in its desire to sustain the aerospace, and defence aerospace industry, it must do so through a well-reasoned...
Defining a role for the Canadian Armed Forces in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief: Christian Leuprecht and Peter Kasurak in the Hill Times
Overall, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief is a significant and growing demand on CAF resources—though it fits uneasily with the vision the CAF...
COVID-19 unlikely to fundamentally disrupt Canada-US defence relations: Teeple and McBride for Inside Policy
As we have in the past we will overcome this novel challenge to relations with our neighbour and ally, and face growing security...
Canada must divide its military resources along foreign and domestic lines: Christian Leuprecht in the Globe and Mail
Canada can learn from its allies: home and away need not be zero-sum games, especially when a country spends as little on its...
Carving Out Capacity and Preserving Capability during COVID-19 (and Beyond): Adam MacDonald and Carter Vance for Inside Policy
The Canadian military’s ongoing COVID-19 response raises longer-term issues of its role in supporting governments on the domestic front, write Adam MacDonald and Carter...
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