Trade tribunal calls for freeze on multimillion-dollar defence contract after complaints it favours U.S. supplier
Highly restrictive bid criteria made competition ‘impossible’ for Canadian and European companies to secure the contract for military night-vision goggles, says a filing from Canadian defence company Cadex.
Raising hackles: why can’t the CAF help stepping on their own dicks?
Protecting the military’s reputation should never take priority over actually handling an issue, like that of the service members involved in a Facebook group sharing antisemitic, homophobic, and misogynistic material.
Time for feds to clarify plan for military wage boost, say observers
Defence Minister David McGuinty initially signalled an ‘immediate’ 20-per-cent pay raise, but Chief of the Defence Staff Jennie Carignan has indicated a longer timeline.
Is the CAF past the point of no return?
Perhaps the Liberals need to do more than make promises of massive budget increases if there are too few personnel left in uniform to manage that influx of money.
Turning goals into results
In a country of many competing interests and multiple governments, getting them all to co-ordinate their activities to achieve the ambitious goals outlined at the beginning of this piece will be complicated and difficult.
New DND plan gives extra seven years to meet army and navy readiness targets, lowers air force aims
Canada is injecting billions of dollars into its military establishment, but questions remain over whether the added funds will see it meet more ‘realistic’ readiness targets in 2032.
Capitalizing on the capital: Ottawa has defence hub potential
The need for economic renewal in Ottawa and defence modernization for Canada creates a generational opportunity to designate the city as Canada’s Defence Innovation Hub.
Time to walk the walk
A clear way to demonstrate to Canadians that he is not simply posturing would be for PM Mark Carney to cancel the remaining F-35 order.
Military police chief is ignoring the law, shutting down probes into complaints: watchdog report
In its 2024 annual report, the Military Police Complaints Commission urges the government to change the laws governing the office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal.
Potential Canada-EU defence deal short on details as questions loom over feasibility of displacing U.S. links
‘Geography, cultural similarities, tight defence linkages—all of those things have gone hand in glove with the defence industrial links,’ says procurement expert David Perry.
