You would take a look at the budgets of the last five years, and you'd say, what language did we use in the budget and in the budget speeches that actually relate to foreign policy events, and what kind of funding was put forward? We can draw from that the little gems and the seeds that we can put into this. [...] For example, a speech in the House of Commons, or the annual speech to the United Nations General Assembly (which is made every year either by the Prime Minister or the Foreign Minister to the UNGA in the fall). [...] The two great drivers of the budget are going to be the changes in the geo-strategic environment, and the domestic use of the forces, both of which have the potential to change dramatically. [...] I think the approach and the investments as planned for the RCN and the RCAF, notwithstanding the submarine deferral decision, of which was considered and the decision was made within the lifespan of this 20-year document, was not needed and as a result, a defence policy update w would, at the appropriate time, bring forward a decision related to recapitalizing submarines. [...] But of course, the pandemic did a lot of damage to the economics of the country at large and no less so to the Canadian Forces in terms of why we see now the significant numbers and shortages.
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