Federal election brings new crop of defence promises to break

Both governing parties have a proven track record of neglecting Canada's national defence and veterans.
Whichever way you cast your vote in the coming election, do not believe the promises made regarding defence investment, writes Scott Taylor.

OTTAWA—At a Montreal campaign stop on April 14, Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged that if his Liberals were re-elected, they would cut through the bureaucratic Gordian knot which has long hamstrung all of Canada's military procurement projects.

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