By Les Mader, 25 July 2022 The 19:41 minute video from 2020 [link below] describes the 20-year Australian effort to convert the country’s basic amphibious capability into a world-class regional […]
By CNR Fan, 17 May 2022 An interesting article by a former ADM(Mat) Mr. Alan Williams was published in The Globe and Mail on 18 April 2022: Can Canada really […]
By David Dunlop, 11 May 2022 Here is a report from Global News on possible defence and foreign policy changes for Canada coming soon. Canada’s Defence Minister Anita Anand signalled changes […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 23 April 2022 In the budget recently presented to Parliament there is a statement that Canada needs a new/updated defence policy. This is debatable. Strong, Secure, […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 7 March 2022 From the pervasive silence in this Forum about the Russian attack on the people and state of Ukraine, I wonder how many, like myself, […]
By Vice-Admiral (Ret’d) Nigel Brodeur, 22 December 2021[1] Note: This paper was written in 2010 but I am deeply concerned in 2021 that the government is continuing to disregard many […]
After almost two years of broad consultations, the government released a defence policy entitled Strong, Secure, Engaged: Canada’s Defence Policy (SSE) in June 2017. It is intended to provide direction […]
20 March 2019. In mid-March David Pugliese, a reporter who has been covering Canadian security and defence matters for many years, submitted several questions to the government about the Arctic […]
The Defence Policy Review released last week is an ambitious commitment not only to the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces, but to the support of Canada’s foreign […]
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released a report on 1 June 2017 called “The Cost of Canada’s Surface Combatants.” The PBO report reviews the costs of the Canadian Surface Combatant […]
The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence has released a new report, Reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Plan for the Future. This follows the report that […]
22 March 2017. The federal budget is due to be presented in the next few weeks. With fiscal room shrinking, and an uncertain relationship with Canada’s biggest trading partner, it […]
As Canada conducts its defence review and prepares the next White Paper, it might be worth looking at the recent New Zealand effort and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s response […]
Eric Lerhe comments on the CDA & CDA Institute Special Event- Defence Policy Review: For one of the more focused Defence Review efforts, the CDAI 11 May 2016 Roundtable and its published […]
In early April 2016, the government of Canada announced that it would conduct a Defence Policy Review to examine the issues and elements of defence policy in a world that […]
As Yogi used to say, ‘Deja vu all over again!’ As in the late 1980s, the strategic importance of the Arctic rises to near the top of our national concerns. […]
Much of this has been said before over several decades but nobody seems to be listening. And yet another reference to the sound logic of the Australian model; maybe our […]
Sajjan shies away from endorsing controversial 2011 Leslie Report I was very disappointed to see that the announced Defence Policy Review was barely hours old and already needless speculation has […]
This is one opinion on the future trends in defence policy but the article is food for serious thought. For instance, can a defence policy review be conducted without a […]
As Canada readies for a new defence review, Australia has just released its long-awaited Defence White Paper, along with an Integrated Investment Program as well as a Defence Industry Policy […]