Dave Perry

President & CEO, Defence Deconstructed podcast host @CAGlobalAffairs. Canadian defence, especially budgets and procurement.

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

@irbrodie The hat, or Nanisivik?

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

Likely an active market amongst some early Harper team!
@irbrodie

[Murray Brewster @Murray_Brewster]

Guess this is a collector’s item now. #RCN #Navy

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

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[Mid-Career Army Officer @MidOfficer]

The CAF failed to meet recruiting goals for a decade yet in 2025 hit a post Cold War record.

In 2025 the Snowbirds had a historically light schedule, only performing aerobatic shows at 15 🇨🇦 events.

In this paper I will demonstrate that the Snowbirds actually hurt recruiting...

[The Hill @thehill]

Trump-Carney feud moves into military realm
https://t.co/TPfCdEpRbk

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

'Canadians should see the incident as a reminder that institutionalized cooperation with the United States cannot simply be taken for granted. Institutions remain effective only when both sides remember why they exist and continue to invest political capital in sustaining them.'

[Christopher Sands @USCanada_Sands]

The Trump administration has paused the Permanent Joint Board on Defense aka the PJBD. It was a reasonable step presented in a worrisome way. #USCanada https://t.co/Mx6jtCpvrj

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

It's a very long standing arrangement.
What concretely were both sides trying to do with it?
Who was to be our chair this year?
What would have been on the next agenda?

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

There is important and unfortunate symbolism to the PJBD move, but it likely speaks to wider concerns.

What had Canada been trying to achieve with this unique institutional relationship in say, the last decade?

Seems like a relationship we'd taken for granted.

[Mike Crawley @MikeCrawleyCBC]

Pentagon walks away from Canada-U.S. defence board

Trump administration official @USWPColby says Canada 'has failed to make credible progress' on military spending
https://t.co/1apJQZX68p

[Thomas Juneau @thomasjuneau]

Great to be back on Defence Deconstructed, the @CAGlobalAffairs podcast hosted by @DavePerryCGAI, to talk about the situation in the Persian Gulf:

https://t.co/FKb8YuqBal

[U.S.-China Commission @USCC_GOV]

China can now track a U.S. aircraft carrier from San Diego all the way to the Western Pacific.

5 years ago, that was largely undetected.

It's worth your time to listen to @DavePerryCGAI, Randy Schriver & @michael_kuiken to break down China's growing power, including 🔽

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

Thanks for including me in this important discussion. The Baltic is a microcosm of how the full range of Russian threats can converge. Important takeaways for the Arctic on the need to act comprehensively. @NATO
@CAGlobalAffairs @NationalDefence

[Embassy of Poland in Canada @PLinCanada]

Shadow fleet, hybrid threats, energy security, protection of critical infrastructure, environmental risks, and @NATO's Baltic Sentry among the themes discussed during our seminar "(Un)safe Waters: Challenges to the Baltic Sea Security"

Event organised in partnership with the Canada Nordic Baltic Poland Parliamentary Friendship Group and Polish Institute of International Affairs - @PISM_Poland

Debate inspired by the PISM report 🔗👉https://t.co/yrsKYtNuqs

Sincere thanks to our co-host, Estonian Ambassador to Canada Margus Rava (@RavaMargus), as well as to the distinguished speakers:

• the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, @HonAhmedHussen, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (House of Commons of Canada)

• Her Excellency Ambassador Signe Burgstaller, @SweAmbCAN, Embassy of Sweden in Ottawa, @SwedeninCAN.

• Dr David Perry, @DavePerryCGAI, President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, @CAGlobalAffairs.

• Dr Paweł Markiewicz, @DrPMarkiewicz, Executive Director of the @PISM_DC.

Good to see such a great turnout on this important subject.

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@Polska @WitoldDzielski

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

If you missed it last week, check out my conversation with @TheHerleBurly about Canadian defence! @CAGlobalAffairs

[The Herle Burly @TheHerleBurly]

🆕 Canada's "Shocking" Defence Outlook with David Perry.

Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites!

The way we’re thinking about defence in Canada is not the same as it was 5 years ago. 1 year ago. Or even 6 months ago. The wars in Ukraine and Iran have dramatically demonstrated the impact of new technologies. And in February, the Carney government committed more than 80 billion NEW dollars over 5 years to rebuild and rearm our forces. 340 billion in total. It’s more than defence spending. It’s a whole new defence industrial strategy.

I want to know: How do we spend that money? What kind of defence capacity do we build? Who and what are we defending ourselves against? How have war innovations changed thinking about what we produce, or procure? What will our North look like in 10 years?

This is just some of what I covered with our guest, David Perry, today. Including ... shockingly ... his opinion that we should be buying American jets! And my debate with him on that.

@DavePerryCGAI is the President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, a non-partisan, independent think tank.

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[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

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[Financial Times @FT]

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights to save fuel as prices soar https://t.co/BShIt2eIad

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

@AusHCCanada @ANUmedia @JohnBlaxland1 @CAGlobalAffairs @KPMG_Canada @dfat A great conversation with a long time observer of Canada from a key ally. We need to more intentionally develop these partnerships.

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

Presto - all of @NATO estimated to be meeting the 2014 Wales Investment Pledge.

RIP to the now empty Quadrant of Shame - the bottom left hand corner previously representing those like Canada that weren't spending 2% of GDP on defence, or 20% of their budget on equipment and R&D

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

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[Murray Brewster @Murray_Brewster]

1/9 (A Thread) I very rarely do this but DND/PSPC/DIA left me no choice. What you’re about to read is an important accountability lesson for Canada’s government - in a space where tens of billions of dollars are being spent - or about to be spent.

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

Stiiiiillllll broken:
https://t.co/Q490SL7TuA

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

PSA: link remains broken. https://t.co/Q490SL7lF2

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

For anyone following along - CAF Operations website remains as described here. No info available on @CanadianForces in Kuwait.

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

Caveat, we won't actually know for certain how final year end spending measured up for months, but I suspect the real measure will be what @NATO *estimates* on the next public document, not whatever that might be revised to after all the books close.
🤞no more Quadrant of Shame!

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

One week left in FY 2025/2026 which means 7 days remaining for Canada to hit the 2014 @NATO investment pledge of spending 2% of GDP on @NationalDefence
There's enough optimism on this that it now seems likely.

[Dave Perry @DavePerryCGAI]

@MidOfficer thoughts and prayers to this well intentioned plea