Canada’s health system needs to be prepared to support the Armed Forces in this time of crises

Maintaining the health of fighting forces is critical to success on the battlefield, so Canada’s system needs to be prepared to support the CAF’s rising health-care needs should hostilities commence.

The federal government could spearhead an effort to bring CAF and provincial/territorial health-system leaders together to tackle critical issues, write Margaret Bourdeaux and David Pedlar. DND photograph by Cpl. Andrew Wesley

Opinion

BY MARGARET BOURDEAUX, DAVID PEDLAR

February 26, 2024

This month, 1,000 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel are participating in the largest NATO military exercise since the end of the Cold War. This extensive exercise, which will involve more than 90,000 troops from 31 countries and continue for four months, is in response t...

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