To help shift the country away from its dependence on the United States, Canada’s prime minister plans to spend billions to revitalize its military and meet a NATO spending goal.
At the end of World War II, Canada boasted one of the world’s largest navies, with 95,000 uniformed members and 434 ships.
The current Royal Canadian Navy is far less impressive — about 11,500 members and 40 vessels.
Only one of its four diesel submarines, which were bought secondhand from Britain in the 1990s, is operational. And Canada’s armed forces as a whole are about 16,000 people short of an approved head count of 101,500, including reserves.
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