Seeing will be believing with Canada’s defence policy update

Perhaps the most important detail to remember is that this is a projected 20-year plan, which is unlikely to survive any change in government.

Defence Minister Bill Blair took two years to unveil the defence policy update, which is not an ‘urgent’ response in any universe, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

April 15, 2024

OTTAWA—On April 8, Minister of National Defence Bill Blair unveiled the Liberal government's long-awaited Defence Policy Update (DPU). Titled Our North, Strong and Free, the new policy outlines a significant spending increase, and promises to acquire some very spe...

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