Minister McGuinty faces challenge to modernize military under unstable U.S. relationship: defence experts

Canada’s multibillion-dollar defence modernization plans are 'predicated on the assumption of an increasingly tight, integrated working relationship with the United States,' says CGAI president David Perry.
Defence Minister David McGuinty was sworn in to his new portfolio on May 13.

A shakier relationship with the United States and a low-level of operational readiness for Canada’s military could make this the most difficult time in decades for someone to take over the defence portfolio, according to sector experts who say that the new minister's backg...

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