News Analysis
OTTAWA—Senior military and defence officials say that the threats North America faces today have never been more challenging. With the war in Ukraine, Canada’s defensive capabilities are getting stretched and gaps are becoming more apparent.
“This geopolitical upheaval comes at a difficult time for the Canadian Armed Forces as an organization. Our numbers, as you know, are not where they need to be. Our readiness is not where I would like it to be nor where it needs to be,” Canada’s chief of the defence staff general Wayne Eyre said during a fireside chat at the 91st annual Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence on March 9….