She was appointed Canada’s chief of the defence staff ... present danger Trump poses leaves us no choice. Second, history does not encourage conscription. We had it in both world wars, and ...

Along with British youth opposing military conscription due to what they see as “elitist wars” and Canada’s current status with the U.S. as a defence “freeloader,” a looming question is ...

All Canada goes to the polls this Monday for a plebiscite. The vote is nominally on conscription, but conscription has become such a burning issue that the plebiscite will actually be on the whole ...

The issue of conscription or mandatory military service tore Canada apart during the First World War. Pictured here, soldiers standing by a sign denouncing men who did not sign up for the war.

But comments from top military officials about what could happen if NATO goes to war with Russia have made the possibility of being called up to fight feel closer than it has in generations.