By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 13 June 2025 A few days ago Prime Minister Mark Carney made a major announcement about defence. It was a good speech, made by a serious […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 16 March 2025 The purpose of this post is to argue that there seems to be no reality associated with the projected budget costs for various […]
By Dave Perry, 14 February 2025 To see the full and final version of this column, go to the current issue of CNR at https://www.navalreview.ca/wp-content/uploads/public/vol20num3/cnr_vol20_3_Perry.pdf Dating back to the release […]
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 […]
Message from the Deputy Minister and Chief of the Defence Staff DND/CAF Departmental Plan 2024-25 and Spending Reductions Yesterday, the Government of Canada announced its plan to reduce spending and […]
By David Dunlop, 2 October 2023 Here we go again folks! The Canadian government is again asking the Canadian Armed Forces to do its part and find $1B in defence […]
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 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 Dr. Ann Griffiths, 7 April 2022 With the brutal war in Ukraine continuing, much attention is understandably focused on Eastern Europe. But Arctic security is now also receiving a […]
By Procrustes, 30 March 2022 The recently consummated ‘supply-and-confidence’ agreement in Ottawa has now placed any chance of significantly increased defence spending on hold for another three years. The NDP […]
By Jeff G. Gilmore, 2 September 2021 During a time of promises related to the upcoming election, it is useful to look at the two major political parties to review […]
Procrustes, 10 March 2021 There is a potentially intriguing policy-making dynamic developing between the CSC and the Future Fighter (FF) projects. First, the FF will cost less than the CSC […]
The government has two major projects for the Canadian Forces coming up in the near future – the Canadian Surface Combatants (CSC) and the replacement fighter jets. Both are big […]
Procrustes, 11 August 2020. The recent confirmation that the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) will conduct and deliver yet another report on the mounting costs of Ottawa’s preferred bid winner for […]
The latest Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) report, “The Cost of Canada’s Surface Combatants: 2019 Update,” issued on 21 June 2019, has revised the latest cost for the Canadian Surface Combatant […]
An interesting study was just published by Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI) by Ross Fetterly. Governments are always tempted to slice bits off various departmental budgets to cut costs. But, […]
13 July. David Dunlop. Now that the 2018 NATO Summit has apparently passed a referendum to have all NATO countries contribute as a minimum at least 2% GDP to defence, […]
At a speech at CANSEC in Ottawa on 31 May, MND Harjit Sajjan called for Boeing to withdraw its trade complaint against Bombardier. He also noted that the Canadian government […]
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 […]
I am at a loss to explain Mr. Hansen’s logic, and not General Leslie’s in his letter to the Chronicle Herald (Leslie’s Logic Alarming, 31 October), and in his 27 […]
