In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we make available the two keynote speeches from our conference, Charting Canada’s Digital Ambition, on 16th September: The Honourable Jenna Sudds and Lieutenant-General Steve Boivin. In their respective speeches, the two cover the current culture of government within the private sector, how the government is operating with digital transformation at its core, the status of the uncertain and rapidly evolving global security environment, as well as 6 of the 29 operations running out of the Canadian Joint Operations Command.

This conference was organized by Triple Helix, supported by the Department of National Defence’s Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program, CGAI’s strategic sponsors, and conference sponsors Dell Technologies and Microsoft.

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Guest bios:

- The Honourable Jenna Sudds is the MP for Kanata and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and to the Secretary of State

- Lieutenant-General Steve Boivin is the Commander of the Canadian Joint Operations Command

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Host bio:

- David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

Release date:

10 October 2025