MacKay faces test to win trust of troops, form relationship with CDS

'It is a bucking bronco of a portfolio,' says one defence observer. 'Any minister who has been there will quickly find out he is being stonewalled.'

In a country with a seemingly insatiable appetite for eating up its defence ministers, Peter MacKay's appointment to the Defence portfolio last month will stand as a test for his ability to maintain the trust of those in and out of uniform and during a period of potentially volatile transition, s...

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