| National Defence | news releases
Minister Blair and Michael McLeod highlight federal investments for wildfire response and recovery in Indigenous and northern communities
| National Defence | media advisories
The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, will visit the Northwest Territories from April 23-25, 2024 to discuss Budget 2024 and Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed Vision for Canada’s Defence
| National Defence | news releases
Today, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Max Bernays arrived in its new homeport in Esquimalt, British Columbia.
| National Defence | news releases
Today, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Montréal’s crew bid farewell to their loved ones at a departure ceremony held at HMCS Scotian in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
| National Defence | backgrounders
Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Bill Blair released Our North, Strong and Free – a defence policy update that responds to the significant global shifts we have witnessed since Canada’s comprehensive defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged, was announced in 2017.
| National Defence | news releases
A Canadian Armed Forces member, Captain Sean Thomas, went missing in an avalanche in Switzerland while on leave from an operational deployment, and is presumed to have been killed. The Canadian Armed Forces extend their sincere condolences to Captain Thomas’s family, are providing the family with resources and support during this difficult time.
| National Defence | media advisories
On April 8, 2024, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, will release Canada’s Defence Policy Update.
| National Defence | media advisories
On Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, will make an announcement on housing in Toronto.
| National Defence | statements
Today, the Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Bill Blair, and the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, issued the following statement:
| National Defence | media advisories
Media are invited to a museum reopening and monument unveiling for the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) on April 2nd, 2024, at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden.
