Unveiling military procurements is a proud Ottawa tradition, even if executing on them is another matter
Tag Archives: military procurement
For smarter shipbuilding, Canada should look to Denmark
Opinion: Canada’s shipbuilding plan is ballooning in cost—as these projects often do in many countries. But a former Navy commander says there is another way
Jet plane politics: Is this the moment the Liberals take flight?
The eternal F-35 debate has hit the campaign trail with engines blazing, further complicating what we thought we knew about left-right parties
Military procurement is a national disgrace
The term “aging Sea King” is a decades-old joke in Canada. Dramatic change is needed.
What’s going on with the F-35?
Postmedia now reports that a final decision will be made this morning, but there seems general agreement among everyone’s anonymous sources about what that decision will be.
Is this government’s defence spending at unprecedented highs?
Politicians so often make grandiose claims, and these are so rarely taken seriously, that testing them against facts might seem a low-yield exercise. Who, you might well ask, really cares? Yet I wonder if Conservative assertions about how no previous federal government has poured so much money into the Canadian Forces might be due for a corrective.
A question that won’t appear in Hansard
The NDP pressed the government again yesterday afternoon to explain the limo tab of three ministers who attended the Davos conference last year. Peter Van Loan’s explanation is that the vehicles in question were selected after a “competitive” process. This explanation prompted a voice from the Liberal corner—belonging to Dominic LeBlanc, I believe—to yell a query at the Government House leader.
The Commons: Jason Kenney again surveys the scope of history
Meanwhile, Nathan Cullen challenges Laurie Hawn to a staring contest
No need to keep studying the F-35?
The work of the parliamentary committee studying the F-35 procurement is apparently done. At least so far as the Conservative members of the committee are concerned. Here was Conservative MP Andrew Saxton’s explanation yesterday.
Accountability and the F-35
Alan Williams, the former assistant deputy minister who has been raising concerns about the F-35 for months, talks to the CBC about where responsibility lies. Philippe Lagasse reviews the Auditor General’s report and the lessons that should be learned.