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Strong, Secure, Engaged: Canada's Defence Policy
Table of contents
Message from the Minister of National Defence
Message from the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Message from the Minister’s Advisory Panel
Executive summary
1. Well-supported, diverse, resilient people and families
Recruitment, training and retention
Leveraging Canada’s diversity
Total health and care for our people
Reinventing transition
2. Long-term investments to enhance the Canadian Armed Forces capabilities and capacity to support peace and security
Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian Army
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
Canadian Armed Forces Joint Capabilities
3. Fixing defence funding
Stable, predictable, realistic funding
Investing in defence
Ensuring effective management of the defence budget
Reporting of defence spending - NATO
Rigorous costing and third-party review
Ensuring transparency of the defence budget
4. Global context
Key trends
Evolving balance of power
The changing nature of conflict
Implications for Canada of a changing security environment
5.
Strong, secure, engaged
– Articulating a new vision for defence
6. A new Canadian approach to defence: Anticipate. Adapt. Act.
Anticipate
Adapt
Act
7. Global defence engagement
Canada’s global defence partnerships
Annex A: Financial transparency
Annex B: Overview of long-term funding commitment to Canadian Armed Forces capabilities
Annex C: Gender-based analysis plus and the defence policy review
Annex D: Summary of new initiatives
Strong, Secure, Engaged
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2019-05-31
