New White Uniforms
The first High Collar White Tunics have been delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), marking a significant milestone in bringing this tunic into the official clothing system. Previously, many…
Canada and Australia’s Different Submarine Paths
By John Harvey Canada and Australia are natural comparators: sparsely populated, resource-rich, English-speaking Westminster democracies on continent-sized landmasses, with maritime approaches out of all proportion to their populations, economies of…
Shoulder to Shoulder: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Naval Outreach
Between April 20 and May 8, 2026, Canadian warship HMCS Charlottetown and combat support ship MV Asterix sailed shoulder-to-shoulder with American, Australian, Japanese, and French forces in the waters off…
NATO Priorities and Defense Cooperation
The Canadian Minister of National Defense, has concluded a productive visit to Europe, including engagements in Brussels, Belgium, where he participated in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defense Ministers’…
Japan-Canada Defense Ministers Meeting
On June 24, 2026, from 4:20 PM for approximately 60 minutes, Defense Minister Koizumi held a defense ministerial meeting with Canadian Defense Minister McGinty, who was visiting Japan. At the…
Military Justice System Through Royal Assent of Bill C-11
On June 18, 2026, Bill C-11, An Act to amend the National Defense Act and other Acts (Military Justice System Modernization Act) received Royal Assent. Royal Assent marks an important…
Korea-Canada Navy Combined Training: Stronger Together at Sea
The Korean and Canadian navies conducted cooperation exercises on the Western Canadian Sea from June 3 to June 4 (Canada local time). Four traps and three aircraft including the Korean…
A Submarine Decision That Will Define Canada’s Naval Power
By Andrew Erskine It is almost time for Canadians to see who Ottawa has selected to build its new fleet of diesel-electric submarines. Having moved the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project…