Guess this is a collector’s item now. #RCN #Navy

The CAF failed to meet recruiting goals for a decade yet in 2025 hit a post Cold War record. In 2025 the Snowbirds had a historically light schedule, only performing aerobatic shows at 15 🇨🇦 events. In this paper I will demonstrate that the Snowbirds actually hurt recruiting...

The Trump administration has paused the Permanent Joint Board on Defense aka the PJBD. It was a reasonable step presented in a worrisome way. #USCanada christophersands1.substack.c…

Shadow fleet, hybrid threats, energy security, protection of critical infrastructure, environmental risks, and @NATO's Baltic Sentry among the themes discussed during our seminar "(Un)safe Waters: Challenges to the Baltic Sea Security" Event organised in partnership with the Canada Nordic Baltic Poland Parliamentary Friendship Group and Polish Institute of International Affairs - @PISM_Poland Debate inspired by the PISM report 🔗👉pism.pl/publications/unsafe-… Sincere thanks to our co-host, Estonian Ambassador to Canada Margus Rava (@RavaMargus), as well as to the distinguished speakers: • the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, @HonAhmedHussen, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (House of Commons of Canada) • Her Excellency Ambassador Signe Burgstaller, @SweAmbCAN, Embassy of Sweden in Ottawa, @SwedeninCAN. • Dr David Perry, @DavePerryCGAI, President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, @CAGlobalAffairs. • Dr Paweł Markiewicz, @DrPMarkiewicz, Executive Director of the @PISM_DC. Good to see such a great turnout on this important subject. *** @Polska @WitoldDzielski

🆕 Canada's "Shocking" Defence Outlook with David Perry. Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! The way we’re thinking about defence in Canada is not the same as it was 5 years ago. 1 year ago. Or even 6 months ago. The wars in Ukraine and Iran have dramatically demonstrated the impact of new technologies. And in February, the Carney government committed more than 80 billion NEW dollars over 5 years to rebuild and rearm our forces. 340 billion in total. It’s more than defence spending. It’s a whole new defence industrial strategy. I want to know: How do we spend that money? What kind of defence capacity do we build? Who and what are we defending ourselves against? How have war innovations changed thinking about what we produce, or procure? What will our North look like in 10 years? This is just some of what I covered with our guest, David Perry, today. Including ... shockingly ... his opinion that we should be buying American jets! And my debate with him on that. @DavePerryCGAI is the President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, a non-partisan, independent think tank. Subscribe and join us: YouTube youtu.be/i8sc0DXOZAo?si=mVFc… Apple podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas… Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6hN… TikTok tiktok.com/@airquotesmedia

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights to save fuel as prices soar ft.trib.al/HXxGMgs

1/9 (A Thread) I very rarely do this but DND/PSPC/DIA left me no choice. What you’re about to read is an important accountability lesson for Canada’s government - in a space where tens of billions of dollars are being spent - or about to be spent.

1/ Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland in January, with military support from France, Germany, and Nordic nations. Elite troops and F-35 jets with live ammunition were sent, and runways were to be blown up to prevent an invasion. ⬇️