Canada’s enfeebled Navy needs some real muscle

The previous Conservative government dragged its feet on replacing the Royal Canadian Navy's destroyers, but also laid out a plan to pump billions into refurbishing the fleet.

The HMCS Charlottetown departs the Halifax Dockyard in Nova Scotia for Operation Reassurance on June 27, 2016.Photograph by John Clevett courtesy of the Canadian Forces.

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

July 6, 2016

On Thursday, June 23, Chief of Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance presided over the change of command ceremony between outgoing Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Commander, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, and his successor Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd. In a rather light-hearted moment during the formal proceedings, V...

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