The West Block – Episode 6, Season 12
: A dire warning of rough economic waters ahead, and the crisis in the Canadian forces.It’s been a hard few years and times about to get even tougher. That’s the bleak outlook we’ve been hearing from Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer is here on the forces battering the global economy and Canada.
Ian Bremmer is the president and founder of the Eurasia Group, a leading global research and consulting firm. His latest book is titled The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats—and Our Response—Will Change the World.So many people feel this at the gas pump. They feel it at the till. They feel this kind of global anxiety and unrest that you can’t quite put your finger on, whether it’s war and peace or the economy, but inflation is just at the centre of so much of this.
The country’s top soldier Gen. Wayne Eyre was blunt, warning that the shortfall means Canada’s military isn’t prepared to fight the threats of tomorrow.For more on what this means for the forces and for Canadian security, I’m joined by former Defence Chief Retired Gen. Rick Hillier. Nice to see you, Gen. Hillier. Always great to have a chance to speak with you.Mercedes Stephenson
I was very fortunate, you know. I have prime minister Paul Martin, who loves soldiers and he was determined to rebuild the Canadian Armed Forces and then he was followed by Stephen Harper, who was determined to rebuild the Canadian Armed Forces.
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