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SECURITY
BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JENNIE CARIGNAN
G
lobal disorder, China's rise,
and an aggressively asser-
tive Russia are already cre-
ating a more complex and
competitive national secu-
rity environment for our and like-minded
governments to manage. Add to that the
entanglement of destabilizing dynamics
from climate change, large-scale human
displacement, biodiversity loss, and eco-
nomic and supply chain disruptions that
are likely to flow from the interplay of all
these developments on the fringe of our
core business and we have a number of
so-called "wicked problems" looming on
our horizon for which we will need the
best and brightest.
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will
need all hands on deck to contribute as a
Defence Team of soldiers, sailors, aviators,
operators, and public servants. We also need
to engage the full potential of Canadians
who align in our fighting spirit to rise up as
the most effective defence for Canada.
Our job is to ensure that the CAF and the
On the Horizon
MILITARY CULTURAL CHANGES
PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR FUTURE THREATS IS
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CANADA'S SECURITY AND
DEFENCE COMMUNITY. IN SPEECHES TO WATERLOO-
BASED THINK TANK CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL
GOVERNANCE INNOVATION IN 2021, CANADA'S
NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE
SERVICE, AND THE CHIEF OF THE COMMUNICATIONS
SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT DESCRIBED A MULTI-POLAR
THREAT CHARACTERIZED BY RIVALS JOCKEYING FOR
POSITION.
Members of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
run to their position during an attack on the defensive
position during Exercise LION INTRÉPIDE in the areas
of 2nd Canadian Division Support Base on 9 November
2022. Photo: Private Kareen Brochu-Harvey, Valcartier
Imaging Section, Canadian Armed Forces
