Ottawa’s Newly Released Defence Plan Crosses a Dangerous Line

Ottawa’s Newly Released Defence Plan Crosses a Dangerous Line

Commentary Canadians have grown used to bad news about the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), but the newly revealed defence mobilization plan is in a category of its own. After years of controversy over capability, morale, and leadership challenges, the military’s senior ranks now appear willing to back a plan that misunderstands emergency law, sidelines provincial authority, and proposes to place untrained civil servants in harm’s way. The document …