Combat capability and the Canadian forces
The aim of the 2002 CDAI Annual Seminar was to discuss the combat capability of the Canadian Forces: army, navy and air force, in their current state and how capable they are likely to be in the foreseeable future. The Chief of the Defence Staff, General Raymond Heneault, opened the seminar with his perspective on this difficult and contentious topic, his speech is reproduced here. General Heneault, with the complex task of speaking of the resource management of the CF in its entirety, speaks of “balancing our investments in people, equipment and training” particularly in the key areas of people and the modernization of equipment and force structure.