Carney Calls on Canada for Citizens' Army, as NATO Warns of Russian Attack Within 5 Years

In today’s breaking news update, Canadian politics has been rocked by the news of Prime Minister Carney’s call to majorly boost Canadian military reserves with a 300,000 strong “citizens’ army” of volunteer part-time military members, a visionary call not seen since WWI, according to some. Let’s look at what Carney’s Defence Minister has to say on the matter, and why this is such major breaking news today in Canada, as NATO warns they believe Russia will attack a member country within 5 years. Tune into Episode 301 of The Bill Kelly Podcast for conversations in critical times! This episode was recorded on December 12, 2025. Don’t forget to like, share, comment and subscribe to support Bill’s work! THANK YOU! Become a podcast member for weekly public and private livestreams, and to hear Bill’s stories and life lessons from 50+ years as a broadcast journalist in his members-only series, THE WAY I SEE IT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUbzckOLocFzNeY1D72iCA/join Listen to The Bill Kelly Podcast everywhere: https://kite.link/the-bill-kelly-podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBillKellyPodcast/featured BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/billkellypodcast.bsky.social SubStack: billkelly.substack.com/ *Comment ‘likes’ on behalf of this channel are an acknowledgment of your comment, not necessarily an endorsement of its contents. Thanks for joining these critical discussions in critical times! WATCH THIS EPISODE and subscribe to our channel: https://youtu.be/l3WJBBmPtds FURTHER READING DND scrambles to figure out how to mobilize and equip a citizens’ army: documents https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/army-mobilization-canada-troops-9.7009323 Russia could attack Nato within five years, says alliance chief in stark new warning https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn81x8py3j5o The forgotten ruthlessness of Canada’s Great War soldiers https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-forgotten-ferocity-of-canadas-soldiers-in-the-great-war NATO’s Rutte says Europe must prepare for ‘scale of war our grandparents’ endured https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-mark-rutte-says-europe-must-prepare-for-scale-of-war-our-grandparents-endured/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit billkelly.substack.com/subscribe