Quebec offers few incentives in the NATO defence bank competition

If Quebec fails to bring the defence bank to Montreal, it'll have no one to blame but itself.

Instead of offering incentives, the twin disincentives of separation and language make Montreal less attractive as a location for international organizations like the DSRB, writes Andrew Caddell.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

May 20, 2026

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—When I moved to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1995 as the “trailing spouse” of a Canadian representative to the World Trade Organization, I had “C-1” status, meaning I would be equivalent to a Swiss citizen in the job market.

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