The future of Canadian defence will not look like the past

There should be no denying that, for Canada and for our allies, we have a unique opportunity to diversify and expand our economic and security relationships that will be of mutual benefit.

Iroquois-class destroyer HMCS Athabaskan leaves St. John's, N.L., in 2016. We should seize the moment to become more self-sufficient, and to diversify our military, diplomatic, and economic partnerships, write Jamie Carroll, Philippe Lagassé, and Tim Page.Canadian Armed Forces photograph by Cpl. Neil Clarkson, 14 Wing Imaging, Greenwood, N.S.

Opinion

BY JAMIE CARROLL, PHILIPPE LAGASSé, TIM PAGE

April 17, 2025

United States President Donald Trump’s rhetoric is both alarming and destabilizing. It is shaking the confidence of Canadians that we can continue to rely on the U.S. as our logical, inevitable, go-to, default—call it what you will—security and economic partner.

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