The Liberal government is looking to cut almost $1 billion from the annual budget of the Department of National Defence (DND) — a demand the country’s top military commander says is prompting some “difficult” conversations within the military.
Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre and Deputy Minister of Defence Bill Matthews testified before the House of Commons defence committee late Thursday, where they acknowledged in more detail the ramifications of the federal government’s spending reduction plan.
“There’s no way that you can take almost a billion dollars out of the defence budget and not have an impact,” Eyre told the four-party committee. “This is something that we’re wrestling with now.”
Will they have to lay-off the transvesite make-up squad?
