Eugene Lang is an assistant professor at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University and a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Vincent Rigby is the Slater Family Professor of Practice at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and a former national security and intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“Canada will be there for Ukraine alongside our other allies, with as much as it takes for as long as it takes.” These bold words were uttered by Justin Trudeau following last July’s NATO Summit.

What is Canada’s long-term plan for supporting Ukraine in its valiant defence against Russia? The short answer: we don’t have one, but we need one right away.

Two years into the war, it is evident that “for as long as it takes” will mean years into the future. It is now a war of attrition, with Ukrainian and Russian forces battling over small territorial gains, together expending as many as 15,000 artillery shells a day. At times, it resembles the bloody trench fighting of the First World War.

Ukrainian victory will ultimately depend on the supply of military equipment and munitions from NATO states and their defence industries. CIA Director William........

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