Defence Deconstructed: Military Culture & Defence Infrastructure Investments

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry talks to Charlotte Duval-Lantoine about some of the work she published with us on military culture and personnel. Then, David Perry speaks about Department of National Defence’s Infrastructure Investments with Kevin Horgan, MGen Gros-Jean, and David Thompson. This conversation was a panel from our conference on building the necessary infrastructure for NORAD modernization, which took place on June 13, 2024. This event was made possible thanks to the Department of National Defence’s MINDS Program, CGAI’s strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Hanwha Defence and Ocean, Cenovus, conference silver sponsor Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, and bronze sponsors PCL Construction and Rio Tinto. Guest bios Charlotte Duval-Lantoine is the Ottawa Operations Manager and a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Kevin Horgan is the Vice President, Service Delivery, for Defence Construction Canada Major General Martin Gros-Jean is Chief of Staff to the Department of National Defence’s Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment) David Thompson is the Director General of Portfolio Requirements for the Department of National Defence Recording Date: 13 Sep and 13 June 2024 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips