The never-ending story of studying military to civilian transition
Over 10 years, the number of recommendations made by the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Defence Committee, the Senate National Defence Committee and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee counts in the dozens—more if you include additional advice from my office, and that of the Veterans Ombudsman. However, the government has acted on very few of these suggestions.
Who will be Canada’s next chief of the defence staff?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has 12 lieutenant generals in the ranks, but only one can become Canada’s next top soldier.
Owning up to the defence debacle
It would be pretty tough to sugarcoat the military’s failings to a room full of many of the same officers who had a hand in drafting a report outlining its issues.
Throwing money at recruitment won’t fix the CAF’s personnel problems
The current offensive fails to address two important factors that have led the military to its worrisome personnel circumstances: systemic flaws in the recruitment process, and under investments in human resources.
‘Flexing some legal muscle’: info watchdog takes Blair to court as DND eschews access law
The Department of National Defence is only the second governmental entity that Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard is taking to court to compel it to follow the law.
The Canadian military is in worse shape than the numbers indicate
Apologists will dismiss this crisis as a common challenge to maintain a peacetime army, but these can hardly be considered peaceful times.
Canada’s health system needs to be prepared to support the Armed Forces in this time of crises
Maintaining the health of fighting forces is critical to success on the battlefield, so Canada’s system needs to be prepared to support the CAF’s rising health-care needs should hostilities commence.
A trip to Sicily is a reminder of our sacrifice
As our world becomes more and more dangerous, do those that followed the ‘greatest generation’ have the strength to endure a terrible conflict like the Second World War?
‘We want Canada to be on the ground’: Cypriot envoy calls for Ottawa to reopen high commission
Canada has been without an embassy in Cyprus since 1970, and is the only G7 country without a diplomatic presence on the island nation.
Defence Minister Blair redefines the word ‘urgent’
Canada has not had any air-defence capability whatsoever since 2012, and buying two new systems first announced more than a year ago is hardly moving with haste.
