Two Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members based in Toronto have been removed from their military duties after being arrested on charges relating to kidnapping, organized crime and the theft of firearms and weapons, the Department of National Defence confirms.
Sachintha Fernando and James Moreau were arrested on Aug. 11, 2026, according to Laura McIntyre-Grills, a spokesperson for DND.
A series of internal Department of National Defence documents suggest Canadian troops were ill-prepared and occasionally ill-equipped for the harsh conditions they faced last winter during a major training exercise with American forces in Alaska.
The evaluation reports, obtained by CBC News, show the military has a lot to learn and a long way to go to rebuild its capability to defend the Arctic.
During my time as the chief of the defence staff, the global security situation changed profoundly, and not for the better. The confluence of security stressors – geopolitical order, climate change, acceleration of technological change and societal dynamics – presented challenges perhaps unique in the long arc of human history. The international order established at the end of the Second World War was eroding. Climate change was spurring conflict, human migration and natural disasters. Rapid technological advance was not only changing the character of war, but also how countries pursue national objectives. Social order was becoming fraught with division. By 2022, especially after Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, I came to believe that we were undergoing a turning point in global security affairs.
The Canadian Armed Forces is not just facing a recruitment crisis—it’s facing a rebellion. A damning confidential report obtained by Wiretap Media from a confidential source reveals that middle management and troops are mounting what can only be described as a revolt against upper management’s DEI agenda. At the same time, senior officials cover up the catastrophic failure of their diversity initiatives by blaming “white supremacy” and “extremism.”
In May, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that the Swedish company Saab would be Canada’s preferred supplier for its surveillance aircraft. Last week, the government signed a preliminary agreement to purchase six of Saab’s GlobalEye planes, using Canadian-supplied Bombardier jets as the base.
The GlobalEye was one of three contenders for the multibillion-dollar contract. The other two were American.
The Canadian military’s former top soldier says global war is closer than it has been for decades and that this country must focus on building new alliances, but also not discard existing ones such as that with the U.S.
Retired general Wayne Eyre, chief of the defence staff from 2021 to 2024, said he has seen no indication that Canada can’t trust its long-standing military relationship with Americans.
Canada’s former top military commander considered resigning “several times” during his tenure in battles with the former Trudeau government over the sexual misconduct scandal, and the lack of commitment towards defence spending.
Retired general Wayne Eyre’s new memoir, Into the Breach: A Soldier’s Journey, also peels back the curtain on the internal debate that took place over how to end the convoy occupation of downtown Ottawa in early 2022.
Sexualized jokes, “microaggressions” and other inappropriate behaviour continue within Canada’s military despite a decade-long effort to change workplace culture, according to a Department of National Defence report.
The report, Evaluation Of Defence Team Culture, said overt misconduct has become less acceptable since DND began its culture-change campaign in 2015, but investigators found less obvious behaviour continues to affect military and civilian workplaces.
This past weekend, I attended the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), my alma mater. It was a powerful reminder of what RMC and its graduates have given this country: generations of leaders who served Canada in war and peace, including those who made the ultimate sacrifice. They were guided by a motto that remains as relevant today as ever: Truth, Duty, Valour.
Canada’s former top soldier said he is appalled by the attack on a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., saying the alleged involvement of a veteran could risk tarring the reputation of the military.
Retired general Wayne Eyre led the military when suspect Sean Ward was released in 2022 from the Canadian Armed Forces after serving five years.
“I was horrified to hear of the events,” he said in an interview. “I was disappointed to learn of the perpetrator’s military affiliation.”
I think the CAF’s “reputation” is long past the point of salvage and most of that damage was self-inflicted.
OTTAWA — Months after the Canadian Armed Forces banned chaplains from praying at official military ceremonies, members of a Protestant chapel at an east coast military base are protesting plans to deconsecrate the historic sacred building and turn it into a multi-faith space.
For most of the generation that followed the Cold War, Canadians had the luxury of forgetting about the North Atlantic. The Soviet Union disappeared, NATO expanded eastward, and the waters between North America and Europe seemed less like a strategic front than a vast and secure highway connecting friendly countries. That comfortable assumption is now dangerously out of date.
Federal Conservatives have called on both the auditor general and the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) to examine whether the proper process was followed in the Liberal government’s plan to acquire airborne early warning planes from Swedish aircraft-maker Saab.
Sources told CBC News earlier this month that the GlobalEye, the government’s choice for the air force, met only a handful of the military’s requirements and will need important modifications.
Looks like a flying Vegomatic.
Canada has formally applied to join the U.K.-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a collection of NATO nations whose mandate is to respond more quickly in a crisis.
Prime Minister Mark Carney formally announced the plan on Wednesday while meeting with his British counterpart Andy Burnham.
In a statement, Carney called JEF an “important initiative” and highlighted other close defence ties with the U.K., including Canada’s observer status in the development of the next generation of fighter jet.
Canada is too busy making the world safe for transgenders to fight any boring old war.
OTTAWA — Proposed restructuring of the Canadian Army’s 2nd Canadian Division risks undermining Canada’s military heritage and turning soldiers into little more than provincial clean-up crews, a leading defence expert warns.
