Leadership and risk tolerance stymie fixing CAF recruitment, retention
A more flexible, learning-oriented leadership approach could help the Armed Forces remain attractive and effective in an increasingly complex security environment.
‘This cannot stand in Canada’: advocates push Liberals to showcase ‘zero tolerance’ after downplaying former candidate’s China bounty comments
Despite Paul Chiang’s resignation, diaspora communities ‘will now remember’ Liberal Leader Mark Carney ‘stood by his candidate’ whose comments are now being probed by the RCMP, says Hong Kong Watch’s Katherine Leung.
Defence pledges have unprecedented electoral spotlight, but more ambition may be needed to match allies: experts
‘We seem to be catching up on the old conversation just as it’s on the cusp of changing,’ says defence expert David Perry on the consensus building towards two per cent defence spending.
Canada’s national security bureaucracy needs a rethink
When the House of Commons returns, it should shape how Ottawa analyzes intelligence.
Will the F-35 become a casualty as Trump’s trade war widens?
The U.S. president badgering Canada into spending more on American defence technology under threat of economic punishment does not sit well with most patriotic Canadians.
Tech versus traffickers: closing Canada’s border security gaps
The failure to recognize trafficking network links results in missed opportunities to dismantle entire criminal enterprises.
Election process ‘robust,’ but security partners will be ‘on the lookout’ as Canada heads to the polls, says chief electoral officer
Stéphane Perrault shared changes to this year’s federal election voting process, including measures to expand Indigenous and student access across Canada.
Does the military have room to get its elbows up?
Sadly for patriotic Canadians, the majority of the military hardware that the government does purchase is from American defence companies.
Foreign interference: ideas and nations
The main challenge in keeping our elections free and fair is finding the means to deal with the new ways politics and elections are conducted. Are our current laws on spending limits by third parties (and candidates) still meaningful in this era of micro-targeting via numerous, mostly free, delivery mechanisms? Doubtful.
Cancelling the F-35 deal would be ‘cutting our nose off to spite our face,’ says former senior military official
A former chief of the defence staff says ‘the ramifications of cancelling the F-35 purchase threatens to hurt Canada more than it would hurt the U.S.’
