Who will fight for Canada? With all the sabre-rattling happening around the world, and the possibility of an isolationist president south of the border, it is a question Canadians must start asking themselves.
For decades, we’ve blithely basked under the U.S. defence umbrella. But should that shelter be withdrawn, we and other nations in the free world would be exposed to the icy whims of autocracies like Russia and China, whose war machines are ready to go. At last week’s Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of military and world leaders, the prevailing theme was not if there will be more conflict, but when. And how to prepare for it, starting with military capabilities.
Given enough time Trudeau would initiate a pedophile recruitment drive for the armed forces.
In the fall of 2022, a little more than six months into the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, two of Canada’s major ammunition manufacturers submitted proposals to the Liberal government to drastically increase production of artillery shells.
The defence department’s cyber force is being hindered by a lack of staff and training as well as security clearances that take far too long, according to an internal review obtained by this newspaper.
