By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 8 February 2026 [This is an excerpt of an article in Vol. 21, No. 3 of Canadian Naval Review. For the full article, click on the […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour The purpose here is to show the projected costs of capital equipment for DND over a 20- to 25-year lifespan based on the existing proposed budget […]
By Moderator, 6 May 2024 On 1 May, DND/CAF announced that it was integrating two digital service organizations – the Digital Transformation Office (DTO) and the Chief Information Officer Group […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 10 April 2024 As you have probably heard, the has government released the long-awaited defence policy update. It’s entitled “Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed […]
By David Dunlop, 14 January 2024 Below is an article from 9 January 2024 in Vanguard Magazine that again underpins the secretive policies of the present government. In the article […]
By CNR, 18 August 2023 The CNR Editorial Board has lost one of its members. Senator Hugh Segal passed away last week in Kingston. Hugh had been an energetic and […]
By David Dunlop, 14 August 2023 Here is an article by Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute an independent public policy think-tank in Ottawa, and published on […]
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 […]
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