On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry talks to former principal of the Royal Military College of Canada John Scott Cowan, retired Major-General David Fraser, and retired Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison about reaching two per cent of GDP in defence. This conversation is a follow-up from our guest's publication "What Spending 2 Per Cent of GDP on National Defence Could Mean for Canada" https://www.cgai.ca/what_spending_two_per_cent_of_gdp_on_national_defence_means_for_canada

Guest bios:

VAdm (ret'd) Paul Maddison is the Director of Compass Leaf Consulting.

Major-General (ret'd) David Fraser is the President of Aegis Six Corporation.

John Scott Cowan was principal of the Royal Military College of Canada, president of the CDA Institute 2008-2012, and chair of the Defence Science Advisory Board of Canada.

Host biography

Dr. David Perry is the President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry

Recording Date: 19 September 2024

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