National Defence is in a deep hole, and we need to stop digging—fast

It seems that things have actually gotten worse in defence procurement with the tightening of rules, additional heavy oversight, and lack of trust with industry partners.
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair. Current policies and practices are wholly inadequate and failing to ensure quick delivery of military capabilities, writes Guy Thibault.

The best way to get out of a hole is to stop digging. The government's recently released defence policy update, Our North Strong and Free, will not fix all the issues that have been identified with our Armed Forces, but the problems have been acknowledged, and we ne...

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