Canadian armed forces (CAF) lack of world class war-fighting equipment in this increasingly unstable world significantly alarms one of Canada's most decorated and respected military leaders.

(CAF members forced to purchase off the shelf personal gear)..

In March of this year our guest delivered a major speech at the annual Conference of Defence Associations Institute in Ottawa to which he provided me exclusive access and during which he warned "we are not taking defence and secuirity seriously in this country and our way of life is jeopardy as a result."

Guest: Vice Admiral Mark Norman (ret'd). Former Commander, Royal Canadian Navy and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.

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