With the release of its much-awaited platform for the ongoing federal election, the Conservative Party led by Stephen Harper has reaffirmed its commitment to the Canada First Defence Strategy that it released earlier this year. Given the incumbent nature of the Conservatives, the reaffirmation unsurprisingly comprises the bulk of the party’s national defence agenda in [...]

The Liberal Party of Canada has become the first political party to release its comprehensive policy platform in the ongoing federal election. The policy dedicates two sections to two of the prominent issues facing Canada’s military planners: the general way forward for national defence, and the question of Arctic sovereignty. Yet, despite naming specifically these [...]