The Policy Insights Forum (PIF) is pleased to announce that Meagan Boucher-Martin has joined as the organization’s newest Policy Analyst Intern for 2024. This Internship is provided in the spirit of the Samuel Group’s Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan and our promise to develop young Indigenous leaders to assume positions of responsibility in the governance of Canada.

This PIF Brief examines Canada’s defence challenges in the Indo-Pacific viewed through an Australian lens, focusing on common interests in regional security, and emphasizing the need for Canada to increase its participation in Indo-Pacific strategy and procurement coordination efforts.

This PIF Brief examines the issue of transparency in the Government of Canada’s communications, focusing on major defence procurement initiatives like the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) and the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) project.