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Revitalizing Canada’s Defence Essential for Promoting Peace, Improving International Reputation

If Canadians question why Canada needs better military capabilities, expert on the military and defence Richard Shimooka says it’s “a chip that we can play”
Revitalizing Canada’s Defence Essential for Promoting Peace, Improving International Reputation
A CF-18 Hornet from the Canadian Air Task Force Lithuania flies beside two Portuguese F-16 Fighting Falcons over Lithuania for the NATO Baltic Air Policing Block 36 mission during Operation Reassurance on Sept. 15, 2014. Canadian Armed Forces
Rahul Vaidyanath
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News Analysis

Canada has a sense that it should be active in the world as a benevolent nation. But there is a gap between the country’s aspirations to achieve these altruistic goals and its present capabilities to do so in the international sphere.

The ability to protect its sovereignty and assist its allies comes from a strong military defence program, but for quite some time, this has been lacking—most notably in the air force.

Rahul Vaidyanath
Rahul Vaidyanath
Journalist
Rahul Vaidyanath is a journalist with The Epoch Times in Ottawa. His areas of expertise include the economy, financial markets, China, and national defence and security. He has worked for the Bank of Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., and investment banks in Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles.
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