Prime Minister Harper’s government showing signs of commitment fatigue
The government's Canada First Defence Strategy and its immediate commitment to acquire major war-fighting and other support capabilities were impressive in scope and, for Canadians, breathtaking in implementation—at least until 2009.
Few prime ministers have been as outspoken as Sir Wilfrid Laurier on matters of defence—the man who identified the rationale and the truly Canadian character of the country's national defence strategy. Yet all prime ministers have held to what might be called the "Laurier Doctrine" because ...
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