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HMCS Windsor takes part in Exercise Cutlass Fury on Sept. 18, 2016. It is the only one of Canada's four Victoria-class submarines that has been to sea since 2021, notes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of DND/Cpl. Chris Ringius
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 1, 2025
A CF-18 at the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland in 2021 as it takes part in NORAD joint exercises. DND photograph by Master Corporal Gary Calvé
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 1, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 1, 2025
A CF-18 at the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland in 2021 as it takes part in NORAD joint exercises. DND photograph by Master Corporal Gary Calvé
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 31, 2025
Then-Air Force Commander Lt.-Gen. Yvan Blondin gets ready for a flight at Solenzara Air Force Base in Corsica, France, on Dec. 4, 2013. DND photograph by Master Seaman Steeve Picard
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 31, 2025
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 31, 2025
Then-Air Force Commander Lt.-Gen. Yvan Blondin gets ready for a flight at Solenzara Air Force Base in Corsica, France, on Dec. 4, 2013. DND photograph by Master Seaman Steeve Picard
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 24, 2025
Royal Canadian Air Force ground crew perform post flight checks on a CF-18 fighter jet in Kuwait on Nov. 3, 2014. Photograph courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera/DND
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 24, 2025
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 24, 2025
Royal Canadian Air Force ground crew perform post flight checks on a CF-18 fighter jet in Kuwait on Nov. 3, 2014. Photograph courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera/DND
News | BY IREM KOCA | March 19, 2025
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair is tasked with reviewing Canada's multibillion-dollar contract to purchase American fighter jets amid Canada-U.S. tensions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | March 19, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | March 19, 2025
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair is tasked with reviewing Canada's multibillion-dollar contract to purchase American fighter jets amid Canada-U.S. tensions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 17, 2025
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair’s March 8 shipbuilding contract announcement was unsurprisingly dropped into a media void, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 17, 2025
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 17, 2025
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair’s March 8 shipbuilding contract announcement was unsurprisingly dropped into a media void, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREGORY LICK | May 29, 2024
Members of the Royal Canadian Navy Naval Reserve’s Regional Dive Centre (West) conduct diving operations in Churchill, Man., on Sept. 24, 2022. DND photograph by Sailor 1st Class Valerie LeClair
Opinion | BY GREGORY LICK | May 29, 2024
Opinion | BY GREGORY LICK | May 29, 2024
Members of the Royal Canadian Navy Naval Reserve’s Regional Dive Centre (West) conduct diving operations in Churchill, Man., on Sept. 24, 2022. DND photograph by Sailor 1st Class Valerie LeClair
Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks to the members of Operation Unifier’s U.K. training element in the southeast of England on Sept. 17, 2023. Unlike our allies, Canada seems to be the only one not grasping the magnitude of the current geopolitical situation, writes Bloc MP Christine Normandin. DND photograph by MCpl Nicolas Alonso
Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks to the members of Operation Unifier’s U.K. training element in the southeast of England on Sept. 17, 2023. Unlike our allies, Canada seems to be the only one not grasping the magnitude of the current geopolitical situation, writes Bloc MP Christine Normandin. DND photograph by MCpl Nicolas Alonso
Opinion | BY AARON ETTINGER | May 29, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Ottawa on April 4, 2018. Canada should spend a figure that is consistent with the country’s security needs and long-term national interests, writes Aaron Ettinger. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY AARON ETTINGER | May 29, 2024
Opinion | BY AARON ETTINGER | May 29, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Ottawa on April 4, 2018. Canada should spend a figure that is consistent with the country’s security needs and long-term national interests, writes Aaron Ettinger. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY YOURI CORMIER | May 29, 2024
History suggests it will be a challenge for Defence Minister Bill Blair and the federal government to realize a disciplined, well-resourced, and effective implementation plan for the defence policy’s objectives, writes Youri Cormier. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY YOURI CORMIER | May 29, 2024
Opinion | BY YOURI CORMIER | May 29, 2024
History suggests it will be a challenge for Defence Minister Bill Blair and the federal government to realize a disciplined, well-resourced, and effective implementation plan for the defence policy’s objectives, writes Youri Cormier. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NICOLAS TODD | May 29, 2024
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry François-Philippe Champagne tests out an F-35 fighter jet simulator at the CANSEC trade show in Ottawa on June 1, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NICOLAS TODD | May 29, 2024
Opinion | BY NICOLAS TODD | May 29, 2024
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry François-Philippe Champagne tests out an F-35 fighter jet simulator at the CANSEC trade show in Ottawa on June 1, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP JOHN MCKAY | May 29, 2024
Canada should thank General Wayne Eyre for his steady hand, and we wish the new CDS every good fortune, writes Liberal MP John McKay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP JOHN MCKAY | May 29, 2024
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP JOHN MCKAY | May 29, 2024
Canada should thank General Wayne Eyre for his steady hand, and we wish the new CDS every good fortune, writes Liberal MP John McKay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID PRATT | May 29, 2024
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Canadian Armed Forces at the Royal Canadian Air Force base in Cold Lake, Alta., in August 2022. Photograph courtesy of NATO/Flickr
Opinion | BY DAVID PRATT | May 29, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID PRATT | May 29, 2024
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Canadian Armed Forces at the Royal Canadian Air Force base in Cold Lake, Alta., in August 2022. Photograph courtesy of NATO/Flickr
Opinion | BY MARIE-FRANCE LALONDE | May 29, 2024
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces salute departing Armed Forces of Ukraine members during Operation Unifier in Poland on March 20. The bottom line is that the Canadian Armed Forces needs to grow, writes Marie-France Lalonde. DND photograph by MS Zach Barr
Opinion | BY MARIE-FRANCE LALONDE | May 29, 2024
Opinion | BY MARIE-FRANCE LALONDE | May 29, 2024
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces salute departing Armed Forces of Ukraine members during Operation Unifier in Poland on March 20. The bottom line is that the Canadian Armed Forces needs to grow, writes Marie-France Lalonde. DND photograph by MS Zach Barr
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 27, 2024
RCAF members evacuate residents of the Pikangikum First Nation community in July 2019. Willing veterans could backfill the disaster-relief assistance role currently filled by Operation Lentus, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Cpl Ken Beliwicz
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 27, 2024
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 27, 2024
RCAF members evacuate residents of the Pikangikum First Nation community in July 2019. Willing veterans could backfill the disaster-relief assistance role currently filled by Operation Lentus, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Cpl Ken Beliwicz
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 20, 2024
Given the thousands of applicants, it would seem that dress and deportment was not the problem, but rather the recruiting and training branches that simply could not process the influx, writes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Armed Forces 
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 20, 2024
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 20, 2024
Given the thousands of applicants, it would seem that dress and deportment was not the problem, but rather the recruiting and training branches that simply could not process the influx, writes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Armed Forces 
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 15, 2024
HMCS Harry DeWolf passes a 25-storey tall iceberg in Nunavut's southern Davis Strait in August 2023. Canadian Armed Forces photograph by Pte Brendan Gamache
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 15, 2024
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 15, 2024
HMCS Harry DeWolf passes a 25-storey tall iceberg in Nunavut's southern Davis Strait in August 2023. Canadian Armed Forces photograph by Pte Brendan Gamache
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 13, 2024
This summer’s retirement of Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre will open the door for the Liberals to start making good on promised reduction through attrition, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 13, 2024
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 13, 2024
This summer’s retirement of Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre will open the door for the Liberals to start making good on promised reduction through attrition, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade