Strong Secure Engaged Surpasses Expectations
After a lengthy period of the most extensive public consultation on Canadian defence in a generation, the Trudeau government released...
Fixing procurement
Canada’s largest postwar procurement project, the Canadian Surface Combatant, is losing a million dollars’ worth of buying power for each...
The other side of Canada’s deal with the Saudis
The Canadian Army fights from a world class Light Armoured Vehicle built in Canada by a Canadian company. Purchased in...
Budget 2014: Back to 2007?
Budget 2014 announced more “budget adjustments” for the Department of National Defence, the fourth budget since 2010 to do so....
The capital equipment plan: When budget and ambition don’t meet
In 2008, the Canada First Defence Strategy (CFDS) itemized an extensive shopping list of military equipment. Essentially a 20 year...
Heading toward a hollow force?
There has been much talk in Ottawa about looming defence cutbacks. Massive in scale, it is rumored they will require...
Beyond the Afghan numbers
Last October, the newly created Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released The Fiscal Impact of the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan. The...
The price of the Afghan mission
By February 2009, Canada’s military operation in Afghanistan will total $4.5 billion, including approximately $3 billion for operations in Kandahar...