The Liberals’ midpoint record on defence and security is mixed

Their myriad of policy blunders have raised questions about their ability to deliver on their stated goals.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan enters the House on March 1. A common theme in the Trudeau government’s handling of defence matters has been to stall, and then go back on its word, say the authors. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CARMENT, NABIL BHATIA, NATALIE LAMARCHE, WILLIAM O’CONNELL

March 28, 2018

OTTAWA—At the midpoint between its ascent to power and the next federal election, the Trudeau government gets an overall grade of a B- on its foreign policy, having improved in some areas while underperforming in others. These are the findings from our

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