Top Trudeau adviser: Canada’s defense blueprint 'overtaken by events'

The Liberal government heralded its 2017 update as “deliberately ambitious” and a “bold new vision” for the military. | Roman Koksarov/AP Photo

OTTAWA, Ont. — Justin Trudeau’s top national security adviser says Canada’s defense strategy — released in 2017 as a “bold new vision” — needs a refresh.

“The world accelerated much more quickly than we anticipated,” Jody Thomas said Thursday during a panel appearance in Ottawa when asked about Canada’s 20-year military plan, released in 2017. “We’ve been overtaken by events, and there may be a different ordering of things that need to be invested in.”

Thomas, who was a senior defense department official

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