Defence Minister Sajjan announced the appointment of Navy Captain Geneviève Bernatchez as the 15th Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Armed Forces.

Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan and Transport Minister Marc Garneau will hold a press conference to announce Canada’s new Defence Policy on 7 June 2017.

As part of it's pending Defence Policy Review (expected to be released on June 7th), the government today announced its intent to exempt military salaries of deployed personnel at ranks up to and including Lieutenant-Colonel. This tax relief will also apply to police officers deployed on international operational missions.

Officially launching its 2017 season, the SkyHawks team will be performing at the 'Wings Over Gatineau" airshow this weekend.

The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Defence, finished a two-day visit to Malaysia focused on common issues of security, defence and trade.

The Canadian Army will honour the sacrifices of Canadians made a century ago at the Battle of Vimy Ridge during a number of events throughout Canada between the 8th and 9th of April, 2017.

Defence Minister Sajjan today announced that the government is extending Canada’s current military contribution to the fight against Da’esh until June 30, 2017. The extension gives the Government time to assess the evolving nature of the fight while allowing the CAF to maintain their contributions to ongoing coalition operations.

The RCN enrolled the first recruit via the Expedited Reserve Enrolment process last night at a ceremony at HMCS Donnacona, Montreal’s Naval Reserve Division.

The budget for the Department of National Defence in fiscal year 2015/16 was $18.66 billion, 0.9 per cent of Canada's GDP, falling short of the NATO target of two percent of GDP. Canada is short-changing itself in relation to its NATO allies because Canada does not include all of the things that some other nations include in the calculation of their defence budget submissions.