On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, BGen (ret’d) Dan MacIsaac speaks to Marilyne Parent and Doug Beaton about building defence infrastructures in the North.

This episode is an excerpt from our North American Defence Conference, which took place on May 19th, 2022 in Ottawa. The event was made possible thanks to the Department of National Defence’s MINDS Program, our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Davie Shipyard, as well as our conference title sponsor L3 Harris Technologies and bronze sponsor Raytheon Technologies. To learn more about this event, go to: https://www.cgai.ca/defending_the_continent

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Davie Shipyard.

Participants' bios

Marilyne Parent is a civil and geotechnical engineer with WPS.

Doug Beaton is the Director Government and Defence, Business Development at ATCO Frontec.

Host Bio

BGen (ret’d) Dan MacIsaac is a senior associate at CFN Consultants.

Dave Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Recording Date: 19 May 2022

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips