The Senate defence committee released its latest report on Thursday and one of the recommendations was this: “BUILD CROSS-PARTY CONSENSUS ON MILITARY ISSUES.”Is that even possible? The committee notes that defending Canada should be an issue that is above partisan politics. Developing an effective defence policy requires broad public and political support and engagement. The Committee believes that it is essential to build political consensus around national security priorities and to open up defence policy to regular review. Parliamentary committees are the best mechanism to develop this cross-party consensus and to provide oversight of key defence policy and procurement issues.

Source: National Post April 14, 2017 04:07 UTC