OTTAWA – Defence Minister Bill Blair said his government’s plans for Canada’s military are meant to be concrete funded plans, not aspirational, as opposition members said he was moving too slowly to rebuild the armed forces.

Blair appeared Monday at the House of Commons national defence committee to take questions about the <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;new defence policy&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-to-focus-on-securing-arctic-improving-personnel-recruitment-and-retention-in-new-defence-policy&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-to-focus-on-securing-arctic-improving-personnel-recruitment-and-retention-in-new-defence-policy">new defence policy</a> the Liberals unveiled last week after nearly two years of work.

Many items in defence plan are spread out over decades{ai:summary}<p>In a smoke-filled room in Ottawa, Defence Minister Bill Blair defended his government's military plans as tangible, not just rhetoric, amid criticism of slow progress from the opposition. The Liberals' new defence policy, revealed after extensive deliberation, faced scrutiny at the House of Commons national defence committee. #military</p>

'In Canada, we do not publish our aspirations': Blair insists new defence policy is fully funded

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