The last parliamentary session right after the election was short and intense, but committees were not yet meeting. This fall, with the committees back in operation, the Bloc will be able to engage in targeted discussions with both the Conservatives and the Liberals.
After successive unrealistic Liberal promises, there is no indication that the government will suddenly become interested in our Armed Forces.
At the end of the exercise, Canada will remain the only NATO country not only failing to reach two per cent, but also lacking a plan to do so.
The government has had many years to restructure the CAF, but instead, on the domestic level, we are currently left with an underfunded, ill-equipped, and demoralized military.