On a Tuesday morning in late June, a crowd of investors, government officials, entrepreneurs and bankers huddle in a small conference room on the 53rd floor of the TD Bank Tower in downtown Toronto to mull over the possibility of imminent conflict.
Kevin Reed, president of the European Defence, Security, and Resilience Bank, asks the attentive crowd before him how many of them think Canada will be at war in five years. Nearly half of them raise their hands. Next, he asks how many think Canada will be at war in two years. A few put down their hands, but many remain. Then, he asks, “How many think we’re at war now?” Some hands are still raised.
