Budget cuts in defence: an opportunity to align needs and outputs?

The concern around cuts revolves around resources, but we tend to underappreciate the cultural and structural impacts.

The cuts announced in the budget are an opportunity for Minister David McGuinty, centre left, and the Department of National Defence to escape deeply entrenched beliefs about resource concentration and valuable military labour, writes Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CHARLOTTE DUVAL-LANTOINE

November 19, 2025

Canada is entering a new defence chapter. On Nov. 4, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his first federal budget in which he allocated $81.8-billion to defence over the next five years. These are historical levels of defence spending, unseen in the 21st century. ...

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