We listened and we are acting to meet needs of CAF

Through Strong, Secure, Engaged, we’ve committed to increase the annual defence spending to $32.7-billion over the next 10 years—an increase of over 70 per cent. We know that an investment in our equipment is an investment in our people.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, pictured with Lieut.-Gen. Alain Parent on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LIBERAL MP JEAN RIOUX

May 28, 2018

Since being named parliamentary secretary to the minister of National Defence in January 2016, I’ve had the privilege to witness the development and implementation of our new defence policy Strong, Secure, Engaged. Strong, Secure, Engaged puts the women and men of our Canadian Armed Force...

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