In this episode, we sit down with Lieutenant General M.C. Wright to examine how Canada is adapting its military, institutions, and alliances in response to a rapidly deteriorating global security environment. Drawing directly from his current leadership of the Canadian Army, he outlines how modernization is already underway through concrete capability and structural changes, including major capital projects, force reorganization, and new ways of operating across the land, air, and cyber domains. From NATO’s evolving role and Canada’s leadership on the Alliance’s eastern flank to defence spending, procurement reform, and readiness at home and in the Arctic, the conversation moves beyond theory to what is actively being implemented today. We also explore emerging pressures such as great power competition, hybrid threats, climate change, artificial intelligence, and disinformation, and how these forces are reshaping training,