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It’ll take more than bureaucratic billions to pull Canada’s military out of its death spiral

It’ll take more than bureaucratic billions to pull Canada’s military out of its death spiral

Our soldiers have stories, but since Christie Blatchford left us, no one in our media is interested in telling them

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The late Christie Blatchford, right, on assignment in Afghanistan

When Prime Minister Mark Carney made his military spending announcement last week, I found myself thinking again about the late Christie Blatchford and wishing she were still with us.

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