Prime Minister Mark Carney raised more questions than answers about Canada's position when he said he's not ready to rule out sending troops to Ukraine once the war with Russia ends, experts say.

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.

  • OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    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.