Canada’s military is past the point of a quick fix

Far beyond the size of Canada’s defence budget, the real crisis facing the Canadian military right now is its chronic shortfall in personnel.

Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre speaks with soldiers deployed on Operation Unifier in the U.K. on Oct. 28, 2022. Last October, Eyre declared the personnel shortage to be the CAF’s No. 1 priority, writes Scott Taylor.Photograph courtesy of the CAF/Corp. Eric Greico

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

April 26, 2023

OTTAWA—The Canadian military has been in the news a lot lately, and suffice it to say that the common theme is that of an institution in a state of crisis not seen in decades.

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