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DND appointees ‘tremendous’ team to tackle new defence policy

With strong operational backgrounds, observers think Jody Thomas, Bill Matthews, and Gordon Venner can fulfill the government's high expectations.

Jody Thomas, centre, Bill Matthews, left, and Gordon Venner, right, were recently appointed the Department of National Defence’s deputy minister, senior associate deputy minister, and associate deputy minister, respectively, effective Oct. 23. The Hill Times file photograph, photographs courtesy of DND, G20

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BY EMILY HAWS

October 4, 2017

The leader, money man, and defence policy specialist appointed to the Department of National Defence's top ranks on Sept. 22 have the expertise needed to take serious action on the government's new defence policy, according to political observers. Michael Day, a fellow at the Canadian Global Affair...

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