OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand faced questions Friday about whether the Canadian military is being stretched too thin, as she underscored the importance of growing Canada’s military footprint in Asia while offering vague reassurances about sending more troops to Europe. The two international flashpoints emerged again and again as Anand appeared at a series of public events in Halifax, where senior government and military officials from Canada and around the world are gathering for the weekend to discuss global security. Even as Anand repeatedly called out China for what she described as Beijing’s “assertive behaviour” and railed against Russia's…
News Timeline:
Track the development of this news story across the Internet.