Eyre is right: our long-term security would be greatly enhanced by a credible, even small, Canadian nuclear force

So as we continue to work on conventional rearmament, it’s worth keeping an eye on this. Because if there’s a way we can do this, we should. 
Wayne D. Eyre, then-chief of the defence staff, front right, pictured March 7, 2023, on the Hill.

TORONTO—Retired general Wayne Eyre, Canada's former chief of the defence staff, says this country’s security and sovereignty would be best protected if we possessed our own nuclear weapons and the delivery systems to fire them at whatever targets we deemed in need of vap...

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