Getting Canada to a Wartime Footing: Clear Parameters are Required

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Getting Canada to a Wartime Footing: Clear Parameters are Required

1 Jan 2023

Table of Contents Getting Canada to a Wartime Footing: Clear Parameters are Required About the Author Canadian Global Affairs Institute Getting Canada to a Wartime Footing: Clear Parameters are Required "Given the deteriorating world situation, we need the defence industry to go onto a wartime footing and increase their production lines to be able to support the requirements that are out there, whether it’s ammunition, artillery, rockets, you name it.” Highly unusual comments from Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Wayne Eyre to the CBC last May, in reference to the war in Ukraine. And ones that have had Canada’s defence companies scratching their heads ever since. In late October, CGAI hosted a conference titled “Putting Canadian Defence Procurement on a War Footing.” The objective was to snatch a few nuggets of clarity, in terms of both Eyre’s statement and how the government hopes to make it a reality. Various civilian government officials and military officers, including the CDS, spoke at the event. Yet, five months after Eyre’s pleading, none of the officials at the conference could provide any new details on what government policy is in this respect, nor what is expected from industry. Nevertheless, Eyre’s basic sentiment hits home
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Christyn Cianfarani

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