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Conrad Black: Canada Paying a Heavy Price for Ignoring Its Military for 30 Years

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Conrad Black: Canada Paying a Heavy Price for Ignoring Its Military for 30 Years
The Canadian flag is seen on a soldier's uniform at Garrison Petawawa in Petawawa, Ont., on Oct. 19, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Conrad Black
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These are times of great tension in the world. War in the centre of Europe and in the Middle East, and rumour of war in the Far East, demonstrate the geopolitical price that Canada has paid for treating its armed forces for nearly 30 years as an anachronistic waste of money.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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