The threat posed by Russia has forced NATO members to re-examine their national security policies and has generated pressure to increase their defense expenditures. Canada has increased its defense budget and has established a rotational military presence in Europe, to include its role as the framework nation for eFP Latvia. This thesis explores Canada's ability to expand its role in Europe beyond its current commitment, escalating up to a permanent force similar to its mission during the Cold War. The thesis analyzes three critical factors to support the argument: the Government of Canada, the Canadian Public, and the Canadian Army (CA). The analysis shows there are challenges and significant risks that exist, therefore the established of a permanent force in Europe prepared to executed large scaled combat operations is not recommended. These primary challenges include: lack of public awareness for the CA, increased shortfalls in requisite conventional force capabilities to execute large scaled combat operations and a need to improve the force management process with an emphasis on improving recruiting and training throughput along with the operationalization of the CA reserve.

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