For decades, Canada's military had no combat uniforms designed for women. That's about to change

In recent years, Canada has conducted major Arctic exercises to reinforce its sovereignty over the North. Those operations tend to reveal the same fragility: specialized equipment dependent on foreign manufacturers and logistics chains stretched across borders and oceans. The flag may be Canadian. The infrastructure, often, is not. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said repeatedly that the future of national defence depends on building domestic capability and diversifying our defence partnerships. We have made commitments to meeting our NATO defence spending targets, and we have signed onto...