What’s new at CDA?
- 5 March 2010: The CDA is pleased to announce that its Executive Director, Colonel (Ret’d) Alain Pellerin, has been awarded the Brigadier-General Dr. G. Bell Shield Award for Strategic Excellence by the Canadian International Council.
- 5 March 2010: The CDA Institute and CDA recently concluded their annual seminar and AGM in Ottawa on March 3-4. The event was a great success with over 500 people attending. Presentations from the seminar and AGM will be posted as they become available.
- 18 February 2010: The CDA’s Senior Defence Analyst, Colonel (Ret’d) Brian MacDonald, has written a short paper on, “Waiting for Defence Budget 2010/11: Second of the Canada First Defence Strategy Budgets.”
- 16 December 2009: The CDA has released a position paper on, “A Canadian Military Presence in Afghanistan Post 2011.”
Commentary on Defence
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