While an increase in personnel at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown will bring with it a “unique opportunity” for locals, it will also bring challenges, according to the base commander.
Carney government announced over $1B in new funding in March
Jordan Gill · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 26, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 26 minutes ago
Listen to this article
Estimated 4 minutes
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.
Col. Paul Williams, commander of 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, said new funding will be spent on updating infrastructure, some of which is from the late 50s when the base was built. (Allyson McCormack/CBC)
While an increase in personnel at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown will bring with it a “unique opportunity” for locals, it will also bring “challenges,” according to the base commander.
“We’re certainly engaged with the community always to make sure that they’re ready to receive any capability that we’re bringing on board and that they have a suitable amount of time to predict the infrastructure requirements to provide the support that they can,” said Col. Paul Williams.
Last month, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced more than $1 billion in new spending at Base Gagetown in an effort to help rebuild Canada’s military.
This story was brought to Nouzie by RSS. The original post can be found on https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/base-commander-sees-challenges-opportunities-gagetown-funding-9.7174510?cmp=rss
