Lieutenant Colonel Mark Keeley
Senior officer in charge of the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School at Saint-Jean, responsible for basic training capacity and implementation of rapid recruitment and training changes described in the episode.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 27min
How to spend billions – fast: Carney’s Defence Deadline
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Keeley, senior officer running Canada’s basic training at Saint-Jean, explains rapid moves to scale recruit intake. He describes quick purchases and relaxed hiring to expand capacity. The conversation covers training bottlenecks, graduation changes, and how buy-fast pressure meets limits in time, staff and space.
