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.

Defence Minister David McGuinty said he would 'look into' the terms of the contract before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal called for the government to put a hold on the procurement.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

July 14, 2025

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has ordered the government to pause its multimillion-dollar procurement of night-vision binoculars for the military, following a complaint from a Canadian firm that claims the contract’s restrictive criteria favours an American sup...

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