Further to my last:

Ken Hansen, the analyst quoted in the article linked to above, focuses on then LGen Leslie's 2011 recommendations for CF Transformation. At the time, he was working with government priorities and planning assumptions that included drastic budget cuts in the Army and Navy to accommodate -- among other things -- the procurement of new ships for the Navy and the Coast Guard as well as the F-35 for the Air Force. After Afghanistan, we were supposed to do fewer (and cheaper) overseas deployments -- remember the peace dividend? We were supposed to get one of those. Didn't happen.

Four years is a long time in politics and staff planning. After securing the leadership of the Liberal Party, Justin Trudeau recruited Mr Leslie as his military advisor. I would bet money that if he had the CF Transformation task today, knowing what he knows about the new government's priorities, Mr Leslie's recommendations would look quite different.