November Message
Preparing for our Centennial
MGen Dean J. Milner, CMM, MSC, CD, MA (Ret'd)
23 October 2025
First of all, many thanks to everyone who participated in the two RKUSI marquee centennial events that were held on October 17th! The Defence and Security Forum was a day long event featuring a remarkable array of remarkable speakers and panelists. General (Retd) Tom Lawson, in his capacity as the Chair of the Conference of… Read more
September – Looking Forward to the Fall
Preparing for our Centennial
MGen Dean J. Milner, CMM, MSC, CD, MA (Ret'd)
5 September 2025
I hope everyone has enjoyed a great summer. There certainly has been plenty of good news to read about on the defence and security network throughout the summer as our Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced that Canada and its NATO Allies have agreed to a new Defence Investment Pledge of investing 5% of annual GDP… Read more
Summer Message – Looking Forward to the Fall
Preparing for our Centennial
MGen Dean J. Milner, CMM, MSC, CD, MA (Ret'd)
6 August 2025
I hope that everyone is making the most of the summer! Many of you will recall that we had our last speaker before our summer break in June. General (Retired) Wayne Eyre was exceptional, and it was great to see him stay late afterwards at the Fort to answer many more questions. He shared many… Read more
June Message – Defence Spending Increase Announced
Building Momentum as We Modernize and Grow
MGen Dean J. Milner, CMM, MSC, CD, MA (Ret'd)
13 June 2025
It has been a positive start to the month with the recent announcement by our Prime Minister that his government is going to put a priority into rebuilding the Canadian Armed Forces and focusing on the defence of our country. He is committed to finally spending two percent of our GDP on defence by the… Read more
May Update
Reclaiming Canada’s Role in Defence and Security
MGen Dean J. Milner, CMM, MSC, CD, MA (Ret'd)
24 May 2025
Our speaker in April was one of our own RKUSI members, General (retired) Walt Natyncyzk. We are so fortunate to have General Walt with his tremendous experience as former Chief of Defence Staff and his many years as the Deputy Minister for Veterans Affairs as a member. His talk was charismatic, hard charging, and he… Read more
