A Canadian Armed Forces Chinook helicopter hovers as a WestJet airplane passes by while dignitaries arrive in Calgary, Alta., on June 15, 2025, to attend the G7 Leaders meeting taking place in the nearby community of Kananaskis. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
The Canadian Armed Forces is giving itself an additional seven years to meet its equipment readiness requirements for the army and navy, as well as pushing back the dates for when it will meet its personnel readiness targets.
The Department of National Defence said in its Departmental Plan for 2025-26 that it now plans to achieve 90 percent operational readiness and its equipment serviceability targets for the army and navy by the end of March 2032. In the previous year’s report, the department planned to meet the targets by March 2025.
