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Here's a chance for us to lose the last shred of credability we might still have with our allies.
By ALLISON DUNFIELD
Globe and Mail Update
A Senate committee on national security and defence released a bleak report Tuesday on the financial crisis facing Canada's military, saying that Canada's troops need an immediate funding injection of $4-billion to survive.
Titled "From the Bottom Up", the report also recommends withdrawal of troops from all overseas missions following the completion of their deployment and further says a moratorium of 30 months should be placed on further overseas missions.
"Money alone will not solve the problem," Senator Colin Kenny, who heads the Senate committee, said Tuesday at an Ottawa press conference.
In a speech last week, Defence Minister John McCallum said he will cut administrative fat and outdated weapon systems out of the Canadian Forces, and acknowledged that he is looking for money for more troops and modern equipment.
Mr. McCalllum is currently in Europe attending NATO meetings.
Tuesday's report was based in part on interviews with officers and enlisted personnel at 15 military bases across Canada.
It is the first in a series of interim reports to be issued under its current mandate to "review matters relating to national defence and security generally, including veterans affairs."
By ALLISON DUNFIELD
Globe and Mail Update
A Senate committee on national security and defence released a bleak report Tuesday on the financial crisis facing Canada's military, saying that Canada's troops need an immediate funding injection of $4-billion to survive.
Titled "From the Bottom Up", the report also recommends withdrawal of troops from all overseas missions following the completion of their deployment and further says a moratorium of 30 months should be placed on further overseas missions.
"Money alone will not solve the problem," Senator Colin Kenny, who heads the Senate committee, said Tuesday at an Ottawa press conference.
In a speech last week, Defence Minister John McCallum said he will cut administrative fat and outdated weapon systems out of the Canadian Forces, and acknowledged that he is looking for money for more troops and modern equipment.
Mr. McCalllum is currently in Europe attending NATO meetings.
Tuesday's report was based in part on interviews with officers and enlisted personnel at 15 military bases across Canada.
It is the first in a series of interim reports to be issued under its current mandate to "review matters relating to national defence and security generally, including veterans affairs."