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With Trump As Commander-in-Chief, Canada’s Dithering On Procurement Becomes Intolerable | CBC News

June 25, 2018 mdbincbi

Defence procurement is the government promise that keeps on rebooting. At the moment, Canada is preparing to purchase 25 second-hand F-18 fighter jets from Australia — pending U.S. approval —as a stop-gap measure until it can replace its fleet with new jets. The earlier plan was to buy 18 used jets, making this the roughly zillionth update to Canada’s defence procurement plan. This de facto refusal to truly modernize our fighter jet fleet will make Canada look like the runt compared to our allies. And by “allies,” I am referring mainly to…

Canada Has A ‘Colonial Mentality’ When It Comes To Funding Our Military – CBC News | Opinion

March 31, 2017 mdbincbi

This government banked on the belief that their refusal to commit to Canada’s defence would be met with little more than passive concern. And they were right. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press) The stated objective in the Trudeau government’s recent budget was to “continue to deliver on the things that matter most to Canadians.” But what mattered most when it came to defence procurement, apparently, was to defer the purchase of much-needed equipment for an already emaciated military to the 2030s. As with past military cuts, this government banked on the belief that…