A legion of our own

Creating a Canadian foreign legion might be considered extreme, but it would solve a personnel shortage within our military that has reached a critical tipping point.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš speak at the Ādaži military base in Latvia on July 10. The question is where our under-strength Army units are going to find and train the prerequisite number of personnel to keep the necessary Canadian soldiers forward deployed in Latvia, writes Scott Taylor. Latvian State Chancellery photograph by Gatis Rozenfelds

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

July 24, 2023

OTTAWA—The recent NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, proved the genesis for a number of promises by the Trudeau Liberals to make significant increases to Canada’s military participation in the alliance.

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