No, Dr. Lennox, Canada is not “already at war with the US”
23 March 2026 Politicians have come to often rely on presenting or even manufacturing a crisis and offering themselves as the solution. Crisis moves votes. The result is witnessed in…
National Indigenous Defence Conference (NIDC) 2026
*This overview was published for the NIDC 2026, being held in Ottawa on 27 February 2026 Overview The National Indigenous Defence Conference will advance reconciliation efforts, strengthen partnerships, build capacity,…
Media Limelight: Report – From the Depths: Getting the Victoria-class Submarine Replacement Right
05 November 2025 What defines DefenceReport from news agencies is that we want to help shape the new and political conversations. We achieve this through in-house reports, academic papers, and…
Report – From the Depths: Getting the Victoria-class Submarine Replacement Right
28 October 2025 For multiple governments, the Victoria-class submarine fleet has been a procurement curse. The subs have been on land more than at sea, undergoing extensive refits and numerous…
Rock to Chips: Ensuring continued Canadian Prosperity
Two reports released this year – AI 2027 and Future Lives: Social Mobility in Question – deserve far more attention than they’ve received. Alongside Could Canada Be a Failed State?…
Could Canada be a Failed State?
The term “Failed State” conjures a narrow set of ideas in most people’s minds. Generally, one probably pictures a post-apocalyptic hellscape where there is no law and order, no governing…
Goal posts moving: Carney & NATO’s 2%
The Canadian government, under Prime Minister Mark Carney, unveiled a defence policy bombshell. It has been pledged that the Canadian government will reach its 2% commitment of GDP to defence…
Canada’s Cabinet Problem
10 February 2025 While the pointless Liberal leadership race carries on what stands out from all the noise is the lack of commentary from candidates on more fundamental structural change.…
Strengthen Canada’s Presence in the North or accept Trump’s Manifest Destiny
3 February 2025 “The whole Continent of North-America appears to me destined by Divine Providence to be people by one Nation—speaking one language—professing one general System of religious and political…
Canadian Armed Forces: Adrift without Clear Policy
13 January 2025 Canadian Armed Forces: Adrift without Clear Policy