Canada’s military is short 16,000 troops, its branches are operating below readiness thresholds half the time and its budget is being cut as wars erupt worldwide. In this series, National Post examines the dangers of Undefended Canada, and how to regain our security.

For all the debate around Canada’s defence readiness, all the talk about global security, what’s really on the line are the lives of the men and women in uniform, says Guy Thibault, former second-in-command of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).

If Canada is not equipped to face the challenges of the unstable and unpredictable world ahead, he says, then the ultimate sacrifice will be made by the soldiers, sailors and Air Force personnel required to do the fighting.

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