The Globe and Mail: Ottawa plans to spend big on defence. But is there a long-term vision for Canada’s military?

Dr. Andrea Charron, director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba, said Ottawa should be planning a Canadian quick reaction fighter facility in co-operation with the U.S., Denmark and Greenland at the U.S.’s northerly Pituffik Space Base in Greenland to speed up response times for the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Arctic. Dr. Charron said Canada also needs to have a funded operation for the defence of the country, so that the Armed Forces stop dipping into maintenance funds when they need to scramble jets. Right now, the Forces “must steal from Peter to pay Paul,” she said.

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