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▶ Would Canada turn to Russia for heavy icebreaking?
▶ Will the Philippines become a failed state?
▶ Will political interference lead to more resignations?
▶ Will CSC need anti-ballistic missile capability?
▶ Will Canada's G7 Presidency effect reform in Ukraine?
▶ Will Canada and Russia continue to play nice?
▶ Wildfire Responder Support
▶ Where was the damn chopper?
▶ West Bank Road Trip
▶ We need to stop deluding ourselves
▶ We are Failing our Friends
▶ Was Canada's involvement in Afghanistan useful?
▶ Veterans' road to wellness blocked
▶ Veterans Ombudsman testifies to Senate Subcommittee
▶ Veterans Deserve Recognition from Government
▶ Veterans anxious over safety of Afghan interpreters
▶ Venezuela needs a new election says Trudeau
▶ Vaccines roll out with military precision
▶ Vaccine roll-out critical to public confidence
▶ USN accepts new warship
▶ Update: General Belzile ineligible for Veterans Wing at Perley Rideau
▶ Unravelling the Omar Khadr payoff
▶ Uncertain future for Multinational Observers
▶ U.S. shuts down its cyber policy office
▶ U.S. Congress wants F35 issues resolved
▶ Trump, Canada, and the Way Ahead
▶ Trump's Realpolitik Policy for NATO and East Europe
▶ Trump Administration: a Template for Change
▶ Trudeau convenes Incident Response Group
▶ Transitioning military veterans into entrepreneurship
▶ Training Synergies for the Lockheed F-35B
▶ Tortured soldier regrets taking PTSD compensation
▶ Tolerance of hate allows it to take root and flourish
▶ Time to reinforce Direct Defense in Europe
▶ Time to get serious about defence preparedness
▶ Time for Lionel Desmond's Canada-150 Inquiry
▶ Throne Speech Notes on Security
▶ There has been progress, but is it enough?
▶ The “Periphery” War – fanning the embers
▶ The Race for Global Influence
▶ The new Defence Policy is a good start, but ...
▶ The Legalization of Corruption in Canada
▶ The kerfuffle about military CADPAT uniforms
▶ The ills of defence-related procurement
▶ The Great(er) Game: political rhetoric
▶ The Chauvin verdict is a message for me and my colleagues
▶ The Big Welcome in Ottawa on 6 Oct 2019
▶ Suggestions for the Syrian Refugee Initiative
▶ Strategic military alliances are more critical today
▶ Strategic Communications: The Enemy is Us
▶ Speech from the Throne
▶ Special Prosecutor for the Chief Military Judge
▶ Speaking truth to power on the "interim" fighters
▶ Somalia Retrospective
▶ Soft-power and Military Intimidation
▶ SNC-Lavalin crisis deepens as Gerald Butts resigns
▶ SNC-Lavalin case should kick-start changes
▶ Should ex-military avoid political public service?
▶ Senior CAF appointments and promotions announced
▶ Senate Committee weighs in on peacekeeping
▶ Selling UN Peacekeeping to Canadians
▶ Security concerns still in the shadows
▶ Russian activities are “genocide”. Now what?
▶ RIMPAC wraps with a bang
▶ Reviewing David Fraser's book on Op Medusa
▶ Response to latest PBO report on CSC
▶ Response to guest editorial: NSS Progress and Perspectives
▶ Remember the lessons of the polio vaccine
▶ Reality check for the PM
▶ RCN diplomacy in West Africa deployment
▶ RAF unleashed
▶ Promises and peacekeeping
▶ Progress on new fighter infrastructure and aircraft
▶ Pivoting to Missile Deterrence
▶ People can learn, organizations can recover
▶ Peacekeeping results have been mixed
▶ Peacekeeping is not as simple as you thought
▶ Peacekeeping in Africa: sober reflections
▶ Peacekeepers killed in Mali, Canada to stand fast
▶ Over Africa – Canada's new UN Peace Mission
▶ Ongoing LAV saga
▶ On fighter aircraft and political games
▶ On a Razor's Edge
▶ Nuclear "tactics" an oxymoron
▶ NSICOP report expected before year end
▶ Not Another Review
▶ NORAD intercepts Russian aircraft
▶ No place for ethics in politics
▶ No future arms deals with Saudi Arabia say Cdns
▶ New era, as Opposition vows to be "constructive"
▶ NATO SecGen Debate
▶ NAC provides context on PBO Report on CSC
▶ More secrecy in govt now, thanks to Access to Info
▶ Moral equivalence with China not acceptable
▶ MND responds to reporters
▶ Military volunteers are being taken for granted
▶ Military implications in latest federal budget
▶ Mali Update
▶ Looking for project funding?
▶ Liberals spending hundreds of Billions: Where are the jobs?
▶ Liberals poised to shut down defence publications
▶ Liberals planning to eject from JSF buy
▶ Let's match the rhetoric with action
▶ Let's have some respect
▶ Let 2021 be the year of sweeping redress
▶ Legal semantics of the "preferred outcome"
▶ Legacy Hornets can’t close Canada's capability gap
▶ Leaked intelligence hampers investigation
▶ Last debate was great, but where was defence?
▶ Lack of respect for sacrifice at Whole Foods
▶ Kudos to the government
▶ Key election questions
▶ Keeping soldiers fit for duty
▶ Just Fighting ISIS is a Fatally Flawed Strategy
▶ Is Trump a symptom of complacent liberal democracy?
▶ Is SNC-Lavalin affair a sign of deeper scandal?
▶ Is sending helicopters to Mali good enough?
▶ Is common sense being lost?
▶ Is Canada becoming a freeloader again?
▶ Is AI technology creating an ethical dilemma?
▶ Is a lie a mistake? Is it a mistake to lie?
▶ Iraqi forces capture Kurdish-held city
▶ Investigative independence and accurate terminology
▶ Increasing the female presence in peace ops
▶ Improving Safety for CAF Personnel
▶ Implications of the new federal government
▶ Implications of the 2019 federal elections
▶ Impact of long-term funding shifts due to COVID
▶ Immigration targets are too high says poll
▶ Hybrid submarines, an efficient alternative
▶ How will 'events' shape this government?
▶ How to deter Russia
▶ How long will Canada remain a “defence freeloader”?
▶ Hope emerges after four years of shade
▶ H of C Speaker announced
▶ Green may be the new Gold for October voters
▶ Govt procurement a proven time-waster
▶ Global arms imports show disturbing trend
▶ Give Credit Where it's Due
▶ Free Trade with China ignores security concerns
▶ Former Air Force commanders call on govt to drop Super Hornet buy
▶ Fighter replacement reaching new depths
▶ Fighter replacement entangled by politics
▶ Fighter Procurement Office
▶ Federal Plans and Main Estimates
▶ Federal Election and the Protection of Personal Information
▶ Federal Budget Preserves Spending
▶ Federal Budget 2017
▶ Facing the harsh realities of governing
▶ F35 supply chain already benefits Canada
▶ Evidence or Emotion?
▶ Ethics through the Lens of Military Reform
▶ Equipping Junior Rangers – solutions & self-esteem
▶ Electronic Warfare LOI released 5 Feb 2019
▶ Duty to Protect is being neglected
▶ Drone effectiveness goal of new partnership
▶ DPR to be released soon
▶ DPR to be released June 7
▶ Don’t Let Trump Start a War with North Korea
▶ Don't follow U.S. back to Afghanistan
▶ DND to create independent reporting system
▶ Dithering or a rethink on peacekeeping intentions?
▶ Defence Procurement in the 43rd Parliament
▶ Defence Policy to support military families
▶ Defence Policy short on short-term funding
▶ Defence Minister talks about plans for Iraqi training
▶ Defence commitments in 2022 Budget
▶ Debate rhetoric ignores humanitarian dimension
▶ D-Day Remembered
▶ COVID-19 preventative measures
▶ Court rejects social obligation of GoC to CAF
▶ Consult before closing down SAR dive crew
▶ Comments from the PM's Security Advisor
▶ Combat Innovation: Australia
▶ Climate change affects national security says report
▶ Climate Change
▶ Charges stayed against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman
▶ Challenges facing UN peacekeepping
▶ Cdn Primer to the G20 Summit in Germany
▶ Cdn Defence Review Essays
▶ Canadians on their own if fighting for ISIS
▶ Canada’s arms export practices
▶ Canada-U.S. relationship will stay the course
▶ Canada's War Dead to be Honoured at Normandy
▶ Canada violates NATO agreement
▶ Canada should stand strong in trade negotiations
▶ Canada remains a Defence Freeloader
▶ Canada a NATO parasite
▶ Can USN sink Canada’s IP Piracy policy?
▶ Can the 'Cornwallis Five' receive a fair hearing?
▶ Can Defence Policy create bi-partisan consensus?
▶ Can Canada be an Honest Broker on Ukraine?
▶ Call for Veterans to contribute stories
▶ CAF needs significant new funding
▶ Cabinet Posts Cause for Optimism?
▶ Breaking faith with those who died for freedom
▶ Boeing vs Trudeau
▶ Be careful what you wish for
▶ Balance needed rather than unnamed allegations
▶ Badass MND
▶ Australia’s Quest for Sovereign Security
▶ Australian Fighter purchase is about saving face
▶ Australia resets its Defence Policy
▶ Aussies: Joint Land Combat Force
▶ Auditor General not optimistic about pilot shortages
▶ Assessing Canada’s Defence Policy
▶ Are military and veterans' suicides casualties of war?
▶ Are delays indicative of a lack of respect?
▶ Arab countries await new U.S. Administration
▶ Anti-vaxxers are putting you at greater risk
▶ Air power interoperability to international integration
▶ Aftermath of the President's Speech
▶ After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News
▶ Activity on Strategic Tanker Transport Capability
▶ A way ahead in Iraq & Syria
▶ A new military affliction: Thin Skin
▶ A more assertive EU in a volatile world
▶ A call to action from war veterans' graves
▶ 2019 Def-Sec Budget overview
▶ 2017 Canada Army Run Dinner guest speakers
▶ "Strong, Secure, Engaged" will it be properly funded?
▶ "New" terrorism and vulnerable “soft targets”
DND Statement
DND Statement
DND to create independent reporting system

The Minister of National Defence announces that Madame Louise Arbour will lead an Independent External Comprehensive Review into harassment and sexual misconduct in the DND/CAF. Her mandate is to provide concrete recommendations to set up an independent, external reporting system that is free from any influence of the Chain of the Command.

DND Statement
Response to latest PBO report on CSC

This statement from DND explains key differences between their cost estimates and those of the PBO, confirms the extensive research that went into selecting the design, and notes the high cost of starting the process all over.