Canada’s military readiness is suffering from a lack of investment and the federal government must ensure that desperately needed new money actually gets spent, experts in defence and procurement say.
“You can promise the moon and the stars. If you can’t get the money out the door then it’s of no value,” said Andrew Leslie, a former Liberal MP and retired general.
In a segment that aired Saturday, Leslie told CBC’s The House that the Liberal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has failed to provide the leadership needed to break down bureaucratic barriers and push through major spending to revitalize the Canadian Forces.
The federal government
