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OTTAWA - Canada’s military forces are “ready” to meet their commitments should Russia’s war in Ukraine spread to NATO countries, but it would be a “challenge” to launch a larger scale operation in the long term, with ongoing personnel and equipment shortages, according to Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Wayne Eyre.
Eyre told Joyce Napier on CTV’s Question Period, in an interview airing Sunday, that while the forces in Europe are “ready for the tactical mission they’ve been assigned,” he has larger concerns about strategic readiness. He said there’s a lack of people and equipment, and further concern around the ability to sustain a larger scale mission in the longer term.
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Eyre said Canada’s military would be “hard pressed” to launch another large-scale operation like it had in Afghanistan, as an example, without having to redistribute its resources around the globe, as threats evolve.
“The military that we have now is going to be increasingly called upon to support Canada and to support Canadian interests, to support our allies overseas, but as well at home,” Eyre said, citing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, climate change impacting the landscape in the Arctic, and an increase in digital and cybersecurity threats.
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Meanwhile Defence Minister Anita Anand said on CTV’s Question Period last week that Canada should “be able to walk and chew gum at the same time,” and balance its NATO commitments with securing the Arctic and promoting peace in the Indo-Pacific.
Eyre said his number one priority is getting Canada’s armed forces up to full strength, with an attrition rate of 9.3 per cent between both regular and reserve forces, up from 6.9 per cent last year. The Canadian Armed Forces Retention Strategy was released just last month.
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Geez, I wonder why the experienced members are leaving in droves. Maybe because they look at the rust out, the impossible length of time to get new equipment. The poor leadership from the top, a government that's willing to send poorly equipt units into the field.
Wonder why we can't get new members? Because the people that would be willing or be interested in the military and look at the state of the military, and a government that doesn't give a crap about the troops that serve and hard pass.
Our defense minister returned the unspent money meant about $1.2 billion back to the government. This is while we have severe material shortages, rusted out equipment, and just a completely awful system of procurement.
Also people aren't dumb. When our government promises to spend more on bold initiatives and ends up cutting spending, our military and our allies know that we're not serious.
We've already had CAF leadership saying that we can't live up to our mission of defending Canada. We probably can't do the same type of response to natural disasters that we used to, and its likely in the back rooms of NATO and Norad that when the mention of the Canadian Forces happen they roll their eyes to the ceiling.
Right now the mighty nation of Tongo could probably fight us to a Standstill. A poorly equipt Canadian Military with a serious moral and retention problem would probably spill a lot of blood if they had to fight in Europe or anywhere else.