New report casts doubt on DND meeting ambitious spending commitments

If not enough spending is allocated to DND, spending will likely fall short first on capital projects, like procuring military equipment.

A model advanced fight jet, pictured at the 2016 CANSEC trade show. Vendors may have high hopes for government purchases of new military hardware, but a recent fiscal analysis suggests that not enough money has been flowing out the door.The Hill Times file photograph

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BY JOLSON LIM

May 28, 2018

Planned spending figures found in federal documents suggests the Department of National Defence is beginning to get off track from meeting the ambitious annual spending targets set forth in the government's 20-year defence policy unveiled last June, says an analysis fr...

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