Canada should hold on to military relationship with U.S., former defence chief says

The Canadian military’s former top soldier says global war is closer than it has been for decades and that this country must focus on building new alliances, but also not discard existing ones such as that with the U.S. Retired general Wayne Eyre, chief of the defence staff from 2021 to 2024, said he has seen no indication that Canada can’t trust its long-standing military relationship with Americans. Mr. Eyre sat with The Globe and Mail for a wide-ranging interview this week in connection with his newly published memoir, called Into the Breach. The book details his more than 40…