Canada needs a bipartisan defence policy, one supported by government and opposition

Nothing militarily credible will ever satisfy ideologically-committed NDPers or Bloquistes, but it ought to be possible to work out a defence modus vivendi between the Grits and Tories.

The intersection between our political parties and the Canadian Forces is littered with wreckage. There are large pieces of equipment that never made it off the ground, like helicopters. There are disagreements over funding, with the NDP, always wanting less for the military, pushed right off the...

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