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Canada’s Defense Posture in a Dangerous World - Thinking Canada Volume I, Issue II

5 Apr 2022

2 Sanders committed to building the Type 26, and has announced a decision to spend 2.2 billion dollars (Canadian) on radar systems for the first three ships.8 While the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel and the Canadian Surface Combatant have been the most visible elements of the recapitalization of the Royal Canadian Navy, other work has gone forward. [...] In what came as a surprise to observers, it was announced in Decem- ber 2021 that the F/A-18 had been eliminated for failure to comply with the scope of bidding requirements, leaving the other two aircraft in the running for the final decision.15 The terse announcement gave no indication of the Department of National Defence’s reasoning. [...] The Biden administration’s robust role in galvanizing NATO in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may also have affected the decision or at least the timing of the announcement. [...] The same is true of the other services, of course, though as the largest of them and most dependent on manpower to fulfill its missions, the Army suffers the most. [...] 2 Sanders includes Vance’s successor as Chief of the Defence Staff, the Deputy Commander of NORAD, the former head of military human resources, the Commander-designate of the Canadian Army and the general who had been seconded to the Public Health Agency to manage logistics for vaccine roll-out.
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