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Today, MLI Senior Fellow Rob Huebert testified before the House of Commons National Defence Committee. He outlined three key points regarding the impact of the Defence Industrial Strategy.
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“Instead of tweaking the selection standards, the military should establish entry and basic training standards tailored to recruits’ chosen trades, which would help restore historical training success rates without reducing overall enrollment. Adequately resourcing recruitment
“Both within and outside of Quebec, national unity promises to once again rear its head. In such times, the ability of provinces to legislate within their own jurisdictional domains may be crucial to avoiding cracks in the federation. And as it has sometimes done before, the
“The question is not whether Japan should engage China, it must, but whether it will do so from a position of principle or supplication. Prime Minister Takaichi has already chosen the former path with her November statement. Now she must have the courage to stay on it, knowing
“If Canada won’t stand for freedom and democracy in Taiwan — the frontline of resistance to authoritarian expansion — why should any other pariah state take us seriously? Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, Iran’s destabilization of the Middle East, or the repressive antics of the