Nothing gained by setting arbitrary military money targets

Before Canada makes a knee-jerk commitment to a meaningless dollar figure of defence spending, let’s focus first on what our military actually needs.

Members of 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron watch as a CH-146 Griffon helicopter lands in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on March 12. With Ukraine battling the Russian military, suddenly it seems that every retired general, defence pundit, and politician is convinced that we need to commit to significant increases in the annual defence budget, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Cpl. Angela Gore

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

March 28, 2022

OTTAWA—The Russian invasion of Ukraine has captured the imagination of the Canadian public in a manner that seems almost inexplicable. Even when Canadian soldiers were being killed on the ground in Afghanistan or RCAF aircrew were blowing up “bad guys” in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Kosovo, there ...

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