Canada needs a strong military to protect Canadians from outside interference. This has become a matter of deep concern in recent years. Yet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, like his father Pierre before him, has little respect for the military. They are globalists, who have scant concern for the notion of national sovereignty, as is required in the Arctic for example. If an emergency occurs, globalists assume that the US dominated NORAD will protect Canada. Both Trudeau Prime Ministers reduced the budget of the Department of National Defence (DND). Justin Trudeau cut $1 billion from the defence budget in 2023-2024 and allowed another $2 billion to lapse over the previous years.

It is not surprising, therefore, that Canada is unable to fulfil its international obligations, such as sufficient financial support for NATO and providing support for our allies in regard to the war in Ukraine. In April 2023, Canada promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Canada would provide a $400 million surface-to-missile defence system, which PM Trudeau planned to purchase from the United States. Mr. Zelensky was assured the system “was on its way”. It hasn’t shown up yet. On January 1, 2024, Trudeau telephoned Mr. Zelensky promising him support. Zelensky’s only possible reply must have been “Oh yeah?” Canada is in no position to send military equipment to anyone since we don’t have enough for our own military’s needs.

The Canadian military’s incapacities were exposed recently when Iran funded terrorist group Houthi, based in Yemen, and aggravated the Middle East crisis by sending missiles directed at international cargo ships navigating the Red Sea. This has led to international ships staying clear of the area, taking a longer route around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, rather than the shorter and less expensive route through the Suez Canal. This increases costs by billions of dollars in transportation and for maintaining crews. This directly affects Canada since cargo ships arriving in the port of Halifax are delayed by three weeks, thus increasing problems with our supply chain as well as increasing the costs of the cargo. The US and the UK responded to the Houthi terrorist attacks by bombing Houthi bases in Yemen. Canada was asked to contribute to this offensive but was not able to do so. However, we do seem able to supply our allies with maple syrup and hockey equipment.

DND Disintegrating Under Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)  

The DND has been dealt yet another grievous blow by the Liberal government’s mandate to establish a policy of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). This policy is an attempt to undermine and overhaul Canadian culture because of our supposed colonial history of racism, white supremacy, sexism, homophobia, and Islamophobia.  Under this DEI policy, the DND established a four-member panel on Systemic Racism and Discrimination. The members of this panel were not chosen because they were experts, but rather because of their “lived experience” (we all have lived experiences!). This panel, of course, has identified systemic barriers to equity in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The panel issued a report in 2022, which can accurately be described as “idiotic clap trap”. Instead of upholding intellectual, ethical, and moral standards, and common sense, the then Minister of DND, Anita Anand, explained (April 25, 2022), “as a racialized woman I am committed to building institutions where Canadians from all backgrounds are included, welcomed and empowered”.

The advisory panel operated within the simplistic matrix of oppressor and oppressed, disturbing the peace that exists among members of different religions in Canada. Section 6 of the panel’s 2022 report is entitled, Re-defining Chaplaincy, and is mind boggling foolishness. Although it graciously acknowledged the benefits of religion for military personnel, it immediately shifted to DEI, stating:

[R]eligion can be a source of suffering and generational trauma. This is especially true for many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirited members of Canadian society… at present, some chaplains present or are affiliated with organized religions whose beliefs are not synonymous with those of a diverse and inclusive workplace. Some of the affiliated religions of these chaplains do not subscribe to an open attitude and the promotion of diversity…some churches’ exclusion of women from their priesthoods violates principles of equality and social justice, as do sexist notions embedded in their religious dogmas…These faiths’ dogmas and practices conflict with the commitment of the Defence Team to value equality and inclusivity at every level of the workplace.

That is, religions, some thousands of years old, must now submit to the values of the DEI Advisory Panel on Systemic Racism and Discrimination, which asserts that misogyny, sexism, and discrimination are woven into some mainstream religions. The panel then recommended denying chaplaincy to those belonging to “organizations whose values are not consistent with National Defence’s ethics and values” such as male only priesthoods and traditional marriage based on the family as the basic unit of society. Ironically, not recognizing its own biases and unwillingness to challenge its beliefs, the panel recommended a review of the selection process for chaplains to ensure that “there is an intrinsic appreciation for diversity and a willingness to challenge one’s beliefs.”  For the panelists, equality also means an equivalence between western education and “knowledge keepers”, labelling western traditions as biased, but indigenous traditions as valued.

Remembrance Day Madness 

In 2023, this nonsense was on display in the preparation of the revered November Remembrance Day ceremonies. A “Spiritual reflections” directive was issued for the ceremony, based on a screening out of religious prayers so that “employing language mindful of the Gender Based Analysis (GBA+) principles” would prevail. This directive was quickly reversed when Canadians vociferously objected to it. Thanks to traditional chaplains, prayer, rather than “reflections” continues to be part of Remembrance Day ceremonies.

The tragedy of our decaying military was recently exposed in Canadian Military Journal, the official peer reviewed academic journal of the Canadian Armed Forces, which has been published quarterly since 2000. Its earlier publications included serious issues, such as NATO expansion and Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty. The recent issue was entirely devoted to DEI and the racist, patriarchal, colonialist Canadian military.

DEI Creates Serious Problems

A major problem with DEI policies is that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is experiencing major difficulty in the recruitment and retention of personnel. The regular basic strength of the military is 71,500 but is now down by 8,000 to 10,000 in its ranks. DEI is hugely increasing this problem.

Current Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair, who was appointed to this position in July 2023, is a serial blunderer. When appearing before the Senate in November 2023, Blair admitted “over the last three years… more people are leaving the forces than the CAF has been able to recruit”. True to form, Blair failed to notice that the DEI policy is eliminating “white” applicants in the military. However, it is usually “straight, white” individuals who are attracted to the military and that is precisely the demographic that has found itself relentlessly stigmatised by the CAF. Under the DEI policy, white men and women no longer feel welcomed and valued in Canada’s military.

In its search for new recruits, the CAF is looking for “under-represented groups”. This includes prioritising indigenous, LGBTQ, females, and non-white individuals. However, these individuals do not seem too interested in the military. Consequently, in 2022, the CAF dropped the citizenship requirement in order to allow permanent residents in Canada to enroll in the military.  From November 1, 2022 to November 24, 2023, the CAF received 21,472 applicants from permanent residents. Of those, only 77 permanent residents were successful. The processing of these applicants is a challenging and time-consuming process. As stated by the Department of National Defense (DND), the process of validating security clearances for permanent residents tends to be long and difficult.

Meanwhile, DEI policy keeps rolling along:

  • Instead of proudly waving the Canadian flag on military bases, the Canadian army waved the gay pride flag in June 2023. The army posted on its official twitter account photographs of these multiple flag raising ceremonies, along with a message which stated that the army was “empowering the LGBTQ community”.
  • In December 2023, the Liberal government ordered federal work places, including military bases, to install menstruation dispensaries, providing tampons and pads, in male washrooms. This was to accommodate the LGBTQ and transgendered. This policy drew ridicule from around the world on social media. Also, it did not sit well with the soldiers who vandalized and threw the dispensaries into the garbage on several military bases.

DEI Policies Destroying the Military

Trudeau should not be conducting such a left-wing socio-economic experiment in the DND. It is crushing the morale of the military and chasing away many who would proudly like to serve.

Canada’s Military History

Canada’s military has a remarkable history of competence and courage. During WW I, our soldiers showed themselves to be leaders of men in courage, determination, and capability. The enemy feared them.

During World War II, over one million Canadians volunteered to fight against evil. Canada’s population at that time was barely a quarter of what it is today. By the end of that war, our armed services were the fourth largest among our allies. We had the third largest navy in the world. Today our military is a disgrace.

Canada urgently requires investment in our defence and security infrastructure in order to protect our families and our sovereignty in an increasingly risky world. Our emasculated, woke military is not capable of doing this.