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Ottawa’s Newly Released Defence Plan Crosses a Dangerous Line

The new defence plan looks simple on paper. The risks are anything but.
Ottawa’s Newly Released Defence Plan Crosses a Dangerous Line
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces marching, in a file photo. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
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Canadians have grown used to bad news about the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), but the newly revealed defence mobilization plan is in a category of its own.

David Redman
David Redman
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David Redman is a retired lieutenant colonel in the Canadian Army and senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.