The employment concept document hammering home the threat to Canada from China and Russia comes as the military leadership and its supporters advocate for billions more dollars in defence spending.

But pumping more money into the military comes at a time when the Liberal government is pushing fiscal restraint on federal departments. In addition, the Canadian Forces and National Defence have faced questions about how they manage the money they already receive as well as concerns about equipment projects that have gone tens of billions of dollars over budget without providing additional military capability.

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    1 year ago

    We must remember that Russia and China do not differentiate between peace and war

    [citation needed]

    The hostile intentions and actions of our adversaries show that they consider themselves to be at war with the West

    As opposed to the oh-so-friendly rhetoric getting slung from the USA and Canada right now.

    A bunch of churlish hypocrites, the lot of them.