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Implementing Canada's Defence Policy Statement
David Rudd, Deborah Bayley and Karen Everett, eds. The Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 2005
Following the release of Canada's International Policy Statement in April of 2005, the defence policy document, Setting Our Course, largely disappeared from public discourse. If the Canadian military's core capabilities and command structure are to be rejuvenated, and if better inter-departmental and international relationships are to be fostered, greater public scrutiny of Ottawa's plans will be required.Obstacles to the new policy's implementation range from a protracted procurement cycle and an outdated defence administrative format, to a legacy of decline in foreign policy. However, the policy offers at least some hope of a new direction for Canada’s military as it struggles to cope with domestic and international challenges. The Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies' spring, 2005 seminar brought together civilian and military experts to review the progress made to date, and to evaluate the prospects for successful defence transformation. Speakers and topics included:
Has Canada Awoken? Andrew Cohen
Making Inter-departmental ‘Jointness’(3-D) Work Mark Sedra
The New Defence Agenda Dr. Douglas Bland
Son of Global Mobile: The Historical Origins of the Defence Policy Dr. Sean Maloney
The Procurement Cycle’s Race with Obsolescence 1960-2005 General (Retd) Paul Manson
Missing in Action: A Defence-Industrial Strategy for Canada Peter Boag
Setting Our Course General R. J. Hillier |
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