Where’s the public accountability in Canada’s military contracting?

A year has passed since the government announced more than $17-billion in military equipment programs, and in that time the process for awarding these contracts has been subject to numerous complaints.

Two opposition parties have recently tried to put the brakes on the government's problem-plagued military spending spree. Last week, Liberal defence critic Denis Coderre and NDP defence critic Dawn Black demanded that the government not sign any new major military contracts until the auditor gene...

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