Canada needs to hold a national conversation about mobilization, but it shouldn't start with an internal directive | Opinion | Unpublished
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Author: Alex Robinson
Publication Date: December 8, 2025 - 04:00

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Canada needs to hold a national conversation about mobilization, but it shouldn't start with an internal directive | Opinion

December 8, 2025
For decades, mobilization — the process by which a nation readies itself for war — has been almost entirely absent from public debate in Canada. The eight core missions of the Canadian Armed Forces make no mention of it, and the word itself appears nowhere in current defence policy. Read More


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