Canadian troops vital to Ukraine effort, but aren’t superhuman

The CAF produces the best soldiers in the world, but actual combat experience cannot be substituted with live-fire ranges and scripted tactical exercises.

Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, mentor Ukrainian recruits during a trench clearance on Operation Unifier, on Feb. 2 in the United Kingdom. Since the spring of 2015, Canada’s Operation Unifier has trained more than 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Corporal Eric Greico

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 21, 2023

OTTAWA—For those who casually follow the affairs of the Canadian Armed Forces, it will come as no surprise that one of their primary roles has become that of training foreign militaries.

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