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Listen live at 4 p.m. on Saturdays: What questions do you have about the Canadian military and its readiness?

Our expert guests answer your questions about the readiness of Canadian military, and your questions about how to be happy.

Plus, What questions do you have about how to be happy?

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A CC-130 releases a parachuted rescue kit during CHINTHEX 2023.
A CC-130 Hercules from 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron flying over Lethbridge, AB during CHINTHEX 2023. (Sailor 1st Class Megan Sterritt, 17 Operations Support Squadron, Winnipeg)

You've got smart questions, we've got solid answers.

Click here to listen to the CBC's Just Asking every Saturday at 4 p.m. when you need to make sense of the world around you.

With guest experts, Just Asking turns the week's news and latest trends into tips that help you make better decisions in your life. Whether it's tech, money, career or health — we'll hear you out, and help you out. The show takes live calls on CBC Radio every Saturday afternoon, and drops the podcast that same evening. The guest host this week is Marcia Young.

Here's what's happening this Saturday:
 

What questions do you have about the Canadian military -- and its readiness?

Canadian military spending hasn't traditionally been a top election issue. But thanks to Canada's shifting relationship with the United States -- it certainly is right now. From NATO spending -- to Arctic sovereignty -- what questions do you have about Canada's military readiness? Is it ready? And what exactly is it supposed to be ready for? Richard Shimooka is a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute who studies defence policy. And Whitney Lackenbauer is the Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North, and an expert on Arctic security. We'll also hear from former Nunavut Premier Paul Quassa on Arctic sovereignty and defence.

What questions do you have about how to be happy?

You might not need a study to tell you that Canadians aren't particularly happy right now, but in case you do, the Global Happiness Report has Canada ranked as the 18th happiest country in the world. That's down from last year's ranking, and much lower than fifth place which was Canada's highest rank ever (back in 2015). So in a world where happiness has been harder to come by -- what questions do you have about how to be happy? Is laughter the best medicine? What is happiness anyway? And does trying to be happy work? Or just make us (ironically) less happy in the end? Gillian Mandich is a happiness researcher, and Dr. Saunia Ahmad is a clinical psychologist.

Send us your questions at cbc.ca/myquestions!