Main estimates 2017-18: the good, bad, and ugly for defence

Canada plans to spend less this year on defence, after inflation, than it did the year before.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan speaks to reporters last year. The Liberals have followed through on their goal to maintain DND’s existing spending plans, but by some metrics spending is down.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY David Perry

March 8, 2017

The Canadian government’s 2017-18 main estimates were released Feb. 23 and contain mixed news for the Department of National Defence (DND): some good news, some bad, and some ugly. The one piece of good news is that the Trudeau government has adhered to the Liberal campaign pledge to maintain DN...

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