Canadian naval public identity and recruitment

Canada's rapidly expanding navy is judged to have done a poor job of establishing its place with the public. The evidence offered is an anecdote: Canadian officers and audiences sometimes react with disbelief when told the country once had the world's fourth-largest navy. That reaction is interpreted as a sign of problems with image and recruitment. The discussion also mentions persistent conflict between the leadership of the navy and the Canadian prime minister. It leaves the details of that political dispute unexplored, so the example does not establish its causes or consequences.