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Canada-Jamaica Defence Relations

| National Defence | backgrounders

Canada and Jamaica share a long-standing, close bilateral defence relationship that continues to grow.


National Defence and the preservation of HMCS Sackville

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As Canada’s oldest warship and the sole remaining Flower-class corvette, HMCS Sackville is an important part of Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) history. Commissioned on December 30, 1941, Sackville served proudly through to the end of the Second World War.


Integrating Australian Jets into the Current Royal Canadian Air Force Fighter Fleet

| National Defence | backgrounders

Canada recently announced its decision to purchase Australian F-18 aircraft to supplement the current fleet of fighter aircraft. These aircraft are of similar age and design to Canada’s CF-18 fleet and can be integrated quickly with minimal modifications, training and infrastructure changes.


Canadian and U.S. emergency management officials testing new communication technologies to improve emergency response

| National Defence | backgrounders

On November 15 and 16, 2017, the Department of National Defence’s Centre for Security Science and the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate conducted the fifth Canada-U.S. Resiliency Experiment, known as CAUSE V, to demonstrate how technologies can enable Canadian and U.S. emergency management officials and responders to communicate and exchange information as emergency incidents unfold.


Communique

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From 14-15 November 2017, delegations from 79 countries met in Vancouver, Canada, to re-affirm their commitment to United Nations peacekeeping.


2017 UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial and Canada’s Defence Policy

| National Defence | backgrounders

Canada’s defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged, recognizes the changing nature and complexity of peace operations, and presents a new approach to defence by the Government of Canada. Under Strong, Secure, Engaged, Canada will be engaged in the world, with the Canadian Armed Forces contributing to global peace and security.


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