Canada’s top general welcomes the Liberals’ promised review of the country’s defence policy but said the military must remain robust and equipped to handle a variety of threats in a world of “continuous conflict.”
Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of defence staff, said events over the last year highlight the varied demands placed on the military. Those missions include transporting Syrian refugees, dispatching medical workers to help in the Ebola fight in Sierra Leone, a show of force in Ukraine and Eastern Europe against Russian aggression, and combat operations against Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria. …read more
Source: National Newswatch
