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OTTAWA—The Department of National Defence has once again been in the public spotlight. First, it was the news that the Liberal government is trying to cut up to $1-billion from the defence budget as part of the government’s overall goal to trim federal spending. Then, during a Sept. 28 appearance before the House Defence Committee, Chief of Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre admitted that a cut of that magnitude would have an impact on operations.
This means we have the luxury of choosing the conflicts to which we commit resources. The notion of simply spending an arbitrary amount as being reflective of a nation's commitment to defence was well illustrated in a recent column by The National Post's John Ivison. The target of his piece was the Canadian Surface Combatant program to build 15 new frigates to replace the Royal Canadian Navy's current 12 aging Halifax-class frigates.
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