We need you! Canada’s NATO commitment extends beyond defence to its people

It does not have to be an either/or choice of investments between refurbishing the military and investing in Canadians.
Why Canada should oppose Trump’s Golden Dome proposal

A comprehensive ballistic missile defence system is viewed by many defence analysts as potentially destabilizing as it could be perceived as enabling a nuclear first strike by one side.
Outpacing AI-speed threats: why Canada must rethink defence innovation

Canada has the momentum to be a world-leader in adapting behavioural AI to the electromagnetic warfare space, but needs to focus on a few keys to success.
The consumer industrial complex

The war in Ukraine heralds a new future for killing machines—and that future belongs to China and Ukraine.
Defence focus in budget signals turning point, but some defence experts wary about lack of detail

Defence spending promises in the 2025 budget are ‘seizing the moment,’ but lack previous specificity, says Conference of Defence Associations Institute director of research Kevin Budning.
Chief of defence staff in full retreat

To try and deny or diminish your own comments once they have been ridiculed in public is not good leadership.
Is our military ready to be a half a million strong?

Before looking to enlist hundreds of thousands more soldiers, the CAF needs to start taking proper care of those already in uniform.
The CAF’s emotional apology for racism

The general consensus at the Oct. 30 ceremony was that this emotional apology is a starting point, not the closure of an historical chapter.
Room for improvement in the CAF? Yeah, I’ll say

There is a time-honoured tradition when it comes to Canada’s defence procurement: seeing is believing.
‘Complex, blow-your-brains-out expensive, and extraordinarily technical’: MPs urged to study Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ as feds say they’re in talks with U.S.

‘What is desperately needed is a non-partisan statement in Parliament that all parties recognize the need to defend Canada as a core national interest,’ says Andrea Charron, director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies.