Internal Department of National Defence reports have warned that current operational demands have the Canadian Armed Forces stretched thin.
National Defence’s annual departmental plan, published in June, cautions that the Canadian Army is “currently at its force generation sustainability limit.”
Canada’s military already has around 2,000 troops deployed in Latvia, Canada’s largest overseas mission, but the army only has some 13,000 deployable soldiers total.
According to Wikipedia, our total deployable force is 24,000… Seems low, but the page states our current international deployment is 8000, and we are involved in 37 operations.
Just give Ukraine nukes. Security guarantee without risking our troops.
Ironically, Ukraine used to have quite a few nuclear warheads (Soviet leftovers like Russia’s). They were removed and disassembled in the 1990s, and Ukraine is a signatory to the major nuclear non-proliferation treaties. If someone (the US? France?) offered them new warheads now, I don’t know what their decision would be.
Canada doesn’t have nukes to give
Canada has a voice in the coalition for Ukraine peace. We should make a strong argument for providing nukes to provide a permanent long-term security guarantee. Unless you think having troops in Ukraine indefinitely is a better idea.
