In defence of Canada and abroad

A persistent challenge facing defence policy is that spending on equipment procurement becomes a political wedge issue. There have been promises to create an independent procurement agency, but no follow-up.

A Foreign Policy article recently identified Chrystia Freeland as a leading candidate for NATO secretary general. But as NATO allies raise concerns about Canada’s defence spending, her chance of getting the top job dims, writes Nelson Wiseman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NELSON WISEMAN

May 8, 2023

TORONTO—Taking a holiday from the lessons of the First World War, then-Senator Raoul Dandurand, Canada’s delegate to the League of Nations in the 1920s, likened Canada to “a fire-proof house, far from inflammable materials. A vast ocean separates us from Europe.”...

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