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Friday, March 9, 2018

Don Martin: Waving the White Flag on Canada as a Middle Military Power

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By: Don Martin, CTVNews, Host of PowerPlay The most uplifting takeaway from my 2007 Afghanistan embedding with the troops was hearing how o...

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Budget Flatlines Canadian Defence Spending

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By: Ken Hanse, Macleans Magazine You really have to dig into Equality+Growth, the Liberal government’s 2018 budget document, to find any ...

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Cost Concerns Stall JTF2's Planned Move to CFB Trenton

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By: David Pugliese, National Post As Canada’s special forces prepares to increase in size, a planned move of its counterterrorism unit from...

Monday, July 10, 2017

Canadian Military Officials hope Procurement Now On-Track

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The Canadian Press For anyone hoping the Liberal government plans to blow up Canada's much-maligned military procurement system, Patr...

Friday, July 7, 2017

The Battle to get More Women into the Military

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This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academi...

Thursday, July 6, 2017

RCAF Commander - Government Taking Necessary Time on Fighter Replacement

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By: Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The head of the Royal Canadian Air Force has refuted suggestions, including from more than a...

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

General Warns Canada's SOF Operating on 'Borrowed Time'

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The Canadian Press, The deputy commander of Canada’s special forces says his troops risk being run ragged after three years in Iraq, as wel...

Monday, June 19, 2017

New Saab Gripen E takes first flight - A Possibility for RCAF CF-18 Replacement?

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By: David Pugliese, Defence Watch Saab’s Gripen E, the next generation of that fighter jet made its first flight on June 15. That is a maj...

Friday, June 16, 2017

Liberals to spend $2.5-billion to keep Victoria-Class Submarines Operating Past 2030

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By: Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press The Trudeau government is planning to spend billions more on the navy's four wayward submarines ...

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Resolve iAOR to be Unveiled July 20

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By: David Pugliese, Defence Watch Chantier Davie has issued invitations for the unveiling of the Resolve-class interim Auxiliary Oiler Repl...

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Defence Experts Reject "Capability-Gap" and Interim Fighter Plan

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In a new survey, 88 percent of the country’s top experts on defence and security agreed the government should cancel its proposed interim ...

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

RCN Officer Told to Choose between her Child or Career

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By: Murray Brewster, CBC News CBC EXCLUSIVE Acting Sub-Lt. Laura Nash is on her way out of the military after being given what she says ...

Monday, June 12, 2017

CAF Women in Force Program Quickly Fills Up

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By: Marc Montgonmery, CBCNews Women in Force Program The Canadian Forces are eager to increase the number of women in the military. There i...

Liberals face tough questions on Afghanistan, interim Fighter Jets

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By: Lee Berthiaume, Canadian Press OTTAWA — Although the Trudeau government launched its long term plan for modernizing the military last w...

Friday, June 9, 2017