Canada has enjoyed a lengthy peace dividend but that time is over. The Liberal government should wake up, listen and act
According to retired Lt.-Gen Andrew Leslie, a former Liberal MP, the Department of National Defence handed back $3 billion in the 2021-22 fiscal year that it was unable to spend on new capital equipment. That would take the total handed back in lapsed, reprofiled and unallocated funds to $15 billion since this government came to power, Leslie said.
The risible state of Canada’s ability to defend itself was highlighted this weekend by a request from Ukraine for its allies to supply air defence systems to protect against Russia’s indiscriminate missile attacks. One source said the call was made to Canada by Ukrainian officials who did not know that this country has no air defence systems of any kind.Article content
“If Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister of Finance Freeland wanted to solve this, they would pay a lot more personal attention and get it done,” he said in an interview. Far from being clear-eyed, the government’s response appears to have been clouded by wishful thinking that the current crisis in Ukraine is an aberration.Article content
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